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Posted By Martin Thomas Callaghan I’m Working for a small construction firm, we use sub contractors to erect our scaffolding when working on houses, An employee has fallen through the top lift of the scaffold and iv been asked to come up with a daily visual inspection form that the site supervisors can follow, Sort of tick list that they can go through each day they visit site, any help would be much appreciated, Thanks Martin Martin_1985_1985@yahoo.co.uk
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Posted By Arran Linton - Smith
There is a basic construction H&S checklist within the HSE publication HSG 150.
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Posted By Martin Thomas Callaghan
Its just that all im looking for are pointers to look for on a daily basis regarding if the scaffold it safe.
Thats for your response
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Posted By Arran Linton - Smith
Who is undertaking the statutory scaffolding inspection?
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Posted By AlB
Martin,
Be careful here - scaffolding can be particularly dangerous if not correctly erected and I don't think a simple checklist will be enough. Enroll yourself on a scaffold inspection course so that you can demonstrate that you've been trained to male such judgements on scaffold erection.
And also check out the scaffold erector's credentials - they may be a cowboy outfit.
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Posted By Salus
Martin, check,
have they been through induction
Are they working to SG4,the use of fall arrest equipment when erecting .dismantling & altering scaffolding
if scaffolders have the required national access & scaffolders confederation training or equivelant CITB,they should have cards.
get the original of their certifecates and take copies
Get their insurance details and check validity with the named insurer
Ensure they have supervision on site
ensure you monitor their work
have a competent person to inspect the scaffolding (see schedule 7, const. regs),bearing in mind what the scaffold is going to be used for
record your findings from the inspection on a report form (make your own up from schedule 8 of the construction regs)or give me your e mail and i will send you mine through.
try to keep the same erectors on site
And always remember if anyone is working safely on site thank them and let their supervisor / line manager know
Apart from that Construction Industry Publications used to do 2 construction H & S manuals for site work, their number used to be 0121 742 0824
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Posted By Anthony Slinger
The fact that somebody has fallen through a scaffold lift gives me a cold feeling. Without knowing the full ins and outs, AIB hits it on the head (if that is the issue) regarding competency of the scaffolders, making sure that the scaffold is built safe in the first place. Other members will, I am sure, have had experience of scaffold that leaves a lot to be desired.
Also, a partial collapse of scaffold over 5mtrs high is RIDDOR reportable.
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Posted By Salus
Martin I have tried to mail u but my company will not alow it, sorry.
you can make up your own with these sections in
name & address of company/
location of the place of work inspected/
description of the place of work/
date & time of inspection/
details of any matter ID that could give rise to a risk to the H & S of any person/
details of any action taken as a result of any matter id above/
deatials of any further action considered necessary/
name and position of person making the report
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Posted By Martin Thomas Callaghan
Thanks to everyone who has helped me today its been a massive help, Cheers.
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Posted By Frank Hallett
Hi Martin.
You could do a lot worse than going to the Work at Height regs first.
Reg 12, Schedule 2 & Schedule 7 give you the legal requirement.
You still need a truly competent inspector for the type of scaffold in question.
Bearing in mind that it was a breach of the WaH regs in itself - I have to ask what happened to the individual who went through the boards?
Frank Hallett
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Posted By Jonathan Sandler CMIOSH
Frank has once again got it right, you should not inspect any scaffold unless you are competent to do so, competent means, ghaveing attended a and passing a written exam. Some might agrue that they have been doing the job for years but in this case not good enough.
In order to inspect what BSI are you inspecting to? If you are not competent then get somebody who is, you can ask the scaffolders to carry out this task, but dont forget reg 13 CDM still applies.
Regards
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Posted By john houlihan
Dear Martin,
Do not attempt or take the responsibility on signing off the seven day statutory inspection. You need professional help. Even the scaffolders on site may not be qualified to inspect and even if they were it might be a bit biased. You would be better off if you arranged for a weekly independent inspection. If you require any further assistance in this matter please contact me.
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Posted By Bill Fisher
Martin
Need to qualify John's response. You do not need an independent inspection.
What you need is the scaffold supervisor to prove his competence and include it in the contract if you can't do it yourself; think about the training and working with thec scaffolders to develop your abilities.
Bill
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Posted By john houlihan
A scaffold supervisor is rarely on site, maybe 2 or 3 times a week for short durations. The chargehand scaffolder is the man who will ensure the quality of the job.
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