Competent Person Scaffold Inspection Checklist |
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The competent person should use this checklist for daily inspections
of the scaffold. It is not all-inclusive and should be used as a starting
point for the competent person to develop a checklist specific
to the type of scaffold and jobsite conditions encountered.
- Are scaffolds
and scaffold components inspected before each work shift by a competent
person?
- Have employees
who erect, disassemble, move, operate, repair, maintain, or inspect
the scaffold been trained by a competent person to recognize
the hazards associated with this type of scaffold and the performance
of their duties related to this scaffold?
- Have employees
who use the scaffold been trained by a qualified person to recognize
the hazards associated it with this scaffold and know the performance
of their duties relating to it?
- Is the maximum
load capacity of this scaffold known and communicated to all employees?
- Is the load on
the scaffold (including point loading) within the maximum load capacity
of this particular scaffold?
- Is the scaffold
plumb, square, and level?
- Is the scaffold
on base plates and are mudsills level, sound, and rigid?
- Is there safe
access to all scaffold platforms?
- Are all working
platforms fully planked?
- Do planks extend
at least 6 inches and no more than 12 inches over the supports?
- Are the planks
in good condition and free of visible defects?
- Does the scaffold
have all required guardrails and toeboards?
- Are 4:1 (height
to width) scaffolds secured to a building or structure as required?
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