What are the OSHA Requirements for Scaffolding & Best Practices?
Did you know that Scaffold violations are number four on the “2021 Top Five OSHA Violations” list?
How do you keep your workers safe while they are working on scaffolds and how do you monitor scaffolds erected by another company?
What is the key to avoiding scaffold violations on your worksites?
Scaffold safety may leave you scratching your head, especially when the scaffold is shared with other trades and the movement of workers and materials is always changing. A misstep or failure to reassess after a change can result in your worker being seriously injured.
Let's take a close look at OSHA’s scaffold requirements and add in some BEST PRACTICES for keeping your workers safe and your site compliant. In our earlier blog, Top 5 OSHA Violations, 2021, we suggested using a point-by-point “Compliance Checklist” to bring each area of potential violation into focus. This way nothing is missed! Click the link above to access the checklist.
