Safe Work Practices
- Employee must be provided with fall protection when on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level.
- A competent person must determine the feasibility and safety of providing fall protection for employees erecting or dismantling supported scaffolds.
- Never overload the scaffold - know the maximum intended load.
- All scaffolds are to be constructed on a good foundation.
- Scaffolds should be designed by a qualified person and constructed and loaded in accordance with the approved design.
- Each platform on all working levels are to be fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports.
- Employee should be trained on safe work practices.