Published: 24 Jun 2018
File type: PDF
File size: 728.96 kB
Length: 9 pages
Reading level: Medium
What it contains
This document answers frequently asked questions about tower-frame scaffolds, including:
- what a tower-frame scaffold is
- who can erect and dismantle scaffolds
- what information a scaffold supplier should include
- whether towers can be linked to form a scaffold run
- how high a tower scaffold can be erected and how many platforms it can have
- how to provide ladder access to a scaffold and access requirements for low scaffolds
- edge protection requirements
- load limits on scaffolds
- which couplers can be used to tie scaffolds to the supporting structure
- basic rules for safely using mobile scaffolds