Stationary Scaffold Safety Checklist | Scaffold Inspection Checklist
- Is the scaffold designed for the intended working load and posted?
- Are scaffold components and planking in safe condition for use and is plank rated for scaffold use?
- Is the scaffold height equal to or less than three (3) times the minimum base width?
- Frame spacing and sill size capable of carrying intended loadings?
- Have competent persons been in charge of erection?
- Are sills properly placed and adequately sized? Free of defects?
- Have screw jacks been used to level and plumb scaffold instead of unstable objects such as concrete blocks, loose bricks, etc.?
- Is scaffold level and plumb?
- Are base plates and/or screw jacks in firm contact with sills and frame?
- Are guardrails, mid-rails and toe boards in place on all open sides and ends?
- Have the brackets/load bearing fittings/coupler clamps/nuts and bolts been properly tightened?
- Has proper access/fall protection been provided?
- Ladder?
- Access gate?
- Adequate access and fall protection provided when permanent ladder has been obstructed.
- Are guardrails, mid-rails and toe boards installed @ 1.83 m (6 feet) or above?
- **Are guard-rails installed @ 1.2 m (4 feet) to 2.4 m (8 feet) levels?
- Are Access ladders guarded or equipped to be used with fall arrest systems?
- Has overhead protection or wire screening been provided where necessary?
- Have free-standing towers been guyed or tied every 6.1 m (20’ feet) in height?
- Have brackets and accessories been properly installed:
a. Brackets? Tubes & Clamps?
b. All nuts and bolts tightened? - Is scaffold free of makeshift devices or ladders to increase height?
- Are working level platforms fully planked between guardrails?
- Does wood planking extend a minimum of 152 mm (6” inches) and a maximum of 305 mm (12” inches) over end supports?
- Does wood planking have cleats installed at end supports to prevent sliding?
- Are wood products free of decay, splits and other defects?
- Are all Pole material and metal components free of corrosion or thinning?
- Have personnel been instructed in the safe use of this equipment?
- Are toe boards installed securely for this type scaffold?
- Have you checked the method of hoisting poles and boards up the scaffolds?
a. Can the boards slip out and fall if a slipknot fails?
b. Is a support sack being used at the bottom of the load? - Have hazardous conditions been provided for:
a. Power lines & grounding requirements?
b. Wind loading?
c. Possible wash out of footings?
d. Uplift and overturning moments due to placement of brackets, put-logs or other causes? - Scaffold inspection tag attached to scaffold?Power lines & grounding requirements?
- Signed?
- Dated?
- Restrictions noted?
** Note: This means that a 4 ft (1.2 m) high scaffold would require guarding if it is positioned next to an open floor, or elevator shaft, that would allow a fall from the scaffold greater than 6 ft (1.8 m). Guardrails are also required when a scaffold is located next to a sloped surface where a potential fall could be greater than 10 ft (3 m).
Periodic reinspections verify that the scaffold has not been changed and this inspection is valid. Periodic Inspections are documented on the Scaffold Inspection Tag.