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1. Some Safety Tips Using
Scaffolding on Construction
Work Platforms
The scaffold is a temporary structure used to erect or support construction
work platforms. Workers use them at construction sites to get stable
platform when they find difficulty performing work at ground level. Workers
perform their job standing over scaffold, more than five meters height.
There is a chance of a person or object falling from such height. So it’s very
important workers follow scaffolding safety measures while standing on
construction work platforms.
Scaffolding work has to be planned safely before the work starts and people
working at high risk construction work must make a safe work method
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2. 1. Keep tools organized at work
place – The construction work
platform where you are working
has to be organized in a perfect
way. You must be careful of
slipping and while standing over
the scaffolding, keep the tools in
an organized way. This will
reduce working tools falling from
a height over others who are
standing on the ground. If the
tools are kept organized, this
will help you to move around the
scaffolding in a safe way.
2. Be safe from electrical power sources – when high risk
construction works are carried out at work sites; make sure you place
the scaffold away from electric power sources. You must be safe from
getting electric shocks from the cables which are going overhead or
underground. Different type of hazards can happen such as explosion,
arcing, fire causing burns and electrifying objects such as trees, poles
and branches. Proper risk control has to be implemented before
starting the work.
3. Be safe from traffic and mobile
towers- Vehicle traffic can affect
worker safety and also the structural
integrity of scaffold. Safety measures
have to be followed to prevent the
workers from death or injury. Change
the route of motor vehicles running
near to the scaffold and this you can
do with the help of traffic controllers.
Scaffolding safety hire has to be done before you start working near
mobile towers. It’s good to use barricades, signs and post to prevent

3. people from coming in contact with scaffold. Scaffolding safety hire
must be checked and should not contain unnecessary protrusion such
as tie tubes and putlogs.
4. Check the work site – check the construction work site, before you
start doing the work. This may prevent you from identifying new
hazards during construction. Eliminate all possible hazards, before you
start working.
5. Use only properly trained workers – Make sure at the construction
site, the workers are properly trained and they should be trained how
to construct and set up scaffolding. Workers should know how to get
on and off from the scaffold. Specific training has to be given to
workers to protect them from falling from a scaffold.
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