BASIC OF SCAFFOLDING

                                                      INTRODUCTION

Scaffolding, also called scaffold or staging, is a temporary structure used to support a work crew and materials to aid in the construction, maintenance and repair of buildings, bridges and all other manmade structures. Scaffolding is also used in adapted forms for formwork and shoring, grandstand seating, concert stages, access/viewing towers, exhibition stands, ski ramps, half pipes and art projects.

Scaffold has to fulfil a diverse set of requirements:
- creation of safe and productive working areas
- providing access to working areas at higher levels
- carrying area and/or point loads

                                    COMPONENT OF SCAFFOLD

                                                          HAZARD OF SCAFFOLD

Employees working on scaffold are exposed to so many hazards, some of which are;

        1.       Falls from Elevation: Caused by Slip, Trip, unsafe access, and lack of fall protections e.g Guard                   Rails, or use of PPE (Personal Fall Arrest-Safety Harness).

           2.  Workers being struck by fallings tools, equipment, materials or debris.

    3.   Electrocution: Contact with overhead power lines, exposed or defective insulation on cables                            carrying current .

     4.    Scaffold Collapse: Caused by instability or overloading

              

     5.   Bad Planking Giving way.

          

6.    Scaffold collapse: Caused by being struck by machinery e.g. crane boom, lifted materials, moving                  heavy duty vehicles etc.