Scaffold: Erection/ Dismantling

                                                          TOOL BOX TALK

Introduction 

1. Review any accidents or "near accidents" from the past week. 

2. Describe the hazards of the work as they relate to your project. Explain or show the Safe way of doing the job. 

3. Give the Tool Box Safety Talk

Many scaffolding accidents occur during the erecting and dismantling and missing tie-ins or bracing. Always follow OSHA guidelines for erecting and/or dismantling scaffolds and use these safe work practices:

* Erect, move, dismantle, or alter scaffolds only if you are trained and under the supervision of a competent person qualified in such activities.

* Wear fall protection whenever feasible. A qualified person must determine where fall protection is feasible and does not create a greater hazard.

* If using a personal fall arrest system, do not use scaffolds as an anchorage unless authorized to do so by a qualified person.

* Stay on structurally sound and stable portions of the scaffold while erecting or dismantling other portions of the scaffold.

* Unless they can be handed down, use ropes to lower components to the ground when dismantling a scaffold. This prevents the components from being damaged that can occur if tossed down.

* Stage materials to minimize fall hazards and to permit safe access.

* Wear approved head and foot protection