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Fall Hazards from Scaffolding - Page 2 |
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Hazard: Fall from scaffold
Standard: 1926.451(c)(2): Inadequate
scaffold foundation.
Corrective Action: Scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames, and
uprights were not placed on base plates and mud sills or other adequate firm
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Hazard: Fall from scaffold
Standard: 1926.451(c)(2): Supported
scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames, and uprights did not bear on base
plates and mud sills or adequate firm foundation.
Corrective Action: Properly install base plates and mud sills
on scaffolding. |
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Hazard: Hazard of scaffold collapse due to
concrete blocks used on footing.
Standard: 1926.451(c)(2)(iii):
Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames, and uprights did not bear on
base plates and mud sills or adequate firm foundation.
Corrective Action: Remove concrete blocks, and properly install
base plates and mud sills on scaffolding. |
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Hazard: Unstable scaffold leg
support. No baseplate
Standard: 1926.451(c)(2)(iii):
Concrete blocks used as scaffold base and missing baseplates.
Corrective Action: Install adjustable screw legs and
level ground. |
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Hazard: Fall from scaffold
Standard: 1926.451(c)(2)(iv),
1926.451(g)(1): Employees erected a wooden working platform on two
aerials lifts over 30 feet from the ground.
Corrective Action:
Working platform
was dismantled and the high lift were used to complete the job |
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Hazard: Fall from
platform.
Standard violated: 1926.451(c)(2)(v): Secured platform not
provided.
1926.451(g)(1): Fall protection not provided.
Corrective Action: Secure platform to forks and provide fall
protection. Use ladders or supported scaffolds instead of forklift. |
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Hazard: Fall from
platform.
Standard violated: 1926.451(c)(2)(v): Employees working
from the forks of a rough terrain forklift without protection against falls.
Other fall hazards from the building floor.
Corrective Action: Provide adequate equipment to perform
the job such as a secured and safe platform attached to the forks with
approval from the manufacturer. |
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Hazard: Fall from
platform.
Standard violated: 1926.451(c)(2)(v): Unsecured platform.
1926.451(g)(1): Fall protection not provided.
Corrective Action: Secure platform to forks and provide fall
protection. Use ladders or supported scaffolds instead of forklift. |
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Hazard: Fall hazard.
Standard violated: 1926.451(d)(3)(iX): 2 Point Suspension
Scaffold -anchor points not evaluated.
Corrective Action: Engineering firm hired to design, install
and test anchor points for load capacity required. |
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Hazard: Fall hazard.
Standard violated: 1926.451(d)(3)(X): 2 point suspension
scaffold tiebacks not at 90 degrees.
Corrective Action: Tie-backs corrected to 90 degrees. |
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Hazard: Fall from
scaffold.
Standard violated: 1926.451(e): Safe scaffold access for all
employees not provided.
Corrective Action: Provide safe scaffold access such as
ladders. |
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Hazard: Fall from scaffold
Standard: 1926.451(f)(6): This
scaffold was within 10 feet of the overhead powerline with 300 volts to
50KV.
Corrective Action: The scaffold should not be erected,
dismantlled, used or altered near energized powerlines. |
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