The document is a checklist for inspecting scaffolding with 36 points to check for scaffold safety including ensuring scaffold platforms can safely support work, using scaffold tag systems, providing fall protection such as guardrails and toe boards, properly securing materials, inspecting scaffold components, and restricting the height and movement of mobile scaffolds.
The document is a checklist for inspecting scaffolding with 36 points to check for scaffold safety including ensuring scaffold platforms can safely support work, using scaffold tag systems, providing fall protection such as guardrails and toe boards, properly securing materials, inspecting scaffold components, and restricting the height and movement of mobile scaffolds.
The document is a checklist for inspecting scaffolding with 36 points to check for scaffold safety including ensuring scaffold platforms can safely support work, using scaffold tag systems, providing fall protection such as guardrails and toe boards, properly securing materials, inspecting scaffold components, and restricting the height and movement of mobile scaffolds.
The document is a checklist for inspecting scaffolding with 36 points to check for scaffold safety including ensuring scaffold platforms can safely support work, using scaffold tag systems, providing fall protection such as guardrails and toe boards, properly securing materials, inspecting scaffold components, and restricting the height and movement of mobile scaffolds.
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CHECKLIST FOR SCAFFOLDING
Name of Site : Inspected By :
Date : Sub-Contractors Name :
Sl. No. Points Observation Measures
1. Is site having a practice of providing suitable and sufficient scaffolds so that the work could safely be done at a height 2. Is site engaging suitable / properly trained / experienced workmen for constructing / dismantling / shifting scaffolding works 3. Are scaffold platforms designed/constructed with a safety factor of minimum four 4. Is Scaffold Tag System is in use 5. Is there a safe means of access to the working platform 6. Are scaffold structures having a solid base avoiding pavements & manhole covers etc 7. Is the scaffolding structure free from excavation pit/proper distance is maintained 8. Is verticality of the structure properly maintained 9. Are ties for scaffold structure properly maintained (vertical as well as horizontal position) 10. Is there a provision of toe boards/guardrails and are they secured 11. Whether planks used for working platforms are wooden/metallic 12. If wooden plank, whether thickness is maintained as per standard or not, viz. a. For 1.5 M span - 1.5” thick b. For 2.6 M span - 2.0” thick 13. Is there a system of inspecting the scaffolds by a competent person at least once a week and also after every prolonged interruption in the work 14. Is there a system of inspecting materials of scaffolds on each occasion before erection? 15. Is there a system of inspecting scaffolds at every spell of bad weather/heavy wind condition 16. Is overhanging of the working platform restricted to less than 50mm/four times the thickness of the board 17. Is awareness of workmen on the importance of load distribution on a given working platform palpable 18. Is there a check for the condition and correct usage of fittings for scaffolds 19. Is the width of a working platform properly maintained according to usage, viz. a. Minimum 600mm for footing only and not for deposit of materials b. Minimum 800mm for footing and deposit of materials c. Minimum 1050mm when used for heavier loads or to support higher platforms 20. Are all the materials stored on the platforms properly secured or not? 21. Whether planks are tied using proper binding wires 22. Are openings in working platform kept safely covered/fenced 23. Do wheels used for scaffold tower of appropriate SWL with locking arrangements 24. Are mobile scaffolds used on a firm and level surface 25. Does the height of mobile scaffolds exceed four times the smaller base dimension
26. Are all materials stacked on the platform
properly secured while in motion 27. Is the safety rule: Not to ride on a scaffold while in motion, violated 28. Is there a system of checking for obstructions before the tower is moved 29. Is there an access tower exceeding 9.6mm free-standing without support 30. Are suitable/correct lifting tackles (wire- ropes/chains/shackles) selected for suspension & used 31. Are all the suspension gears correctly spaced and connected 32. Is there a system of using manila rope/coir rope for suspension at any place where such rope would be liable to damage by heat/flames/sharp edges etc. 33. Are all precautionary measures taken to prevent contact between arc welding apparatus and suspension ropes 34. Is there a provision of guardrails, toe boards 35. Is hanging platform secured 36. Is there a provision of anchoring safety belts - lanyards to be tied to guy ropes