SAFETY CONSIDERATION WHEN USING SCAFFOLDINGS

Don'ts for Safe Scaffold Use

DO NOT use damaged parts that affect the strength of the scaffold.

DO NOT allow employees to work on scaffolds when they are feeling weak, sick, or dizzy.

DO NOT work from any part of the scaffold other than the platform.

DO NOT alter the scaffold.

DO NOT move a scaffold horizontally while workers are on it, unless it is a mobile scaffold and the proper procedures are followed.

DO NOT allow employees to work on scaffolds covered with snow, ice, or other slippery materials.

DO NOT erect, use, alter, or move scaffolds within 3.05 meters of overhead power lines.

DO NOT use shore or lean-to scaffolds.

DO NOT swing loads near or on scaffolds unless you use a tag line.

• DO NOT work on scaffolds in bad weather or high winds unless the competent person decides that doing
so is safe.

• DO NOT use ladders, boxes, barrels, or other makeshift contraptions to raise your work height.

• DO NOT let extra material build up on the platforms.

• DO NOT put more weight on a scaffold than it is designed to hold.