Scaffold Safety: Hazard Alert

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• Corporate Authors:
  Center to Protect Workers' Rights
• Description:
  Each year, more than 60 workers are killed by falls from scaffolds, about 1 in 5 of the fatal falls is in construction. Besides problems with planks and guardrails, the main causes of injuries and deaths on scaffolds are poor planning for assembling and taking them apart, missing tie-ins or bracing, loads that are too heavy, and being too close to power lines. Also, falling objects can hurt people below scaffolds. Protect Yourself: Scaffolds are supported (usually by posts/beams and legs) or suspended (by ropes). 1) OSHA says a scaffold must be designed by a qualified person.* Supported scaffolds must be able to support their own weight and at least 4 times the maximum intended load . 2) OSHA says a competent person* must inspect a scaffold before each workshift and after anything happens that could affect the structure. The competent person should be trained in scaffold safety. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidental Falls Accidents Construction Industry Construction Materials Mortality Occupational Health Safety Safety Management Staff Development Workplace
• Keywords:
  Construction Construction-equipment Construction-industry Construction-materials Construction-workers Fall-protection Height-factors Injuries Injury-prevention Mortality-data Regulations Safety-education Safety-measures Safety-practices Scaffolds Structural-analysis Training Weight-factors Work-environment Work-practices Worker-health

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• Series:
  CPWR - Center for Construction Research and Training Publications
• Publisher:
  The Center to Protect Workers' Rights
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  Maryland ; OSHA Region 3
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  2 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20039610
• Citation:
  Silver Spring, MD: The Center to Protect Workers' Rights, 2004 Oct; :1-2
• Contact Point Address:
  Building and Construction Trades Dept., AFL-CIO: CPWR, Suite 1000, 8484 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring, MD 20910
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2005
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction
• Performing Organization:
  CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training, Silver Spring, Maryland
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20040801
• Source Full Name:
  Scaffold safety: hazard alert
• End Date:
  20090630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:a0fc3f23b6da202a06695fbb5f71f89eb1bd119f437bc1c1b913f535236de238966dd8e6ff875512ec0e9fa3099638a863252f0f66b0ba6edd94984d322c0475
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/213097/cdc_213097_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 39.69 KB ]