Scaffold Fall Protection Inspection

1. Did a competent person determine the feasibility and safety of providing fall protection for employees erecting or dismantling supported scaffolds?

2. Is each employee on a scaffold more than 10 above a lower level protected from falling to that lower level?

1. Are personal fall arrest systems used on scaffolds attached by lanyards to a vertical lifeline, horizontal lifeline, or scaffold structural member?

2. When vertical lifelines are used are they fastened to a fixed safe point of anchorage independent of the scaffold and protected from sharp edges and abrasion?

3. When horizontal lifelines are used, are they secured to two or more structural members of the scaffold, or looped around both suspension and independent suspension lines above the hoist and brake attached to the end of the scaffold?

4. When lanyards are connected to horizontal lifelines or structural members on a single-point or two-point adjustable suspension scaffold, is the scaffold equipped with additional independent support lines and automatic locking devices capable of stopping the fall of the scaffold in the event one or both of the suspension ropes fail?

5. Are vertical lifelines, independent support lines, and suspension ropes not attached to each other or using the same point of anchorage or attached to the same point on the scaffold or personal fall arrest system?

1. Are guardrail systems installed along all open sides and ends of platforms?

2. Is the top edge height of top rails installed between 38 inches (0.97 m) and 45 inches (1.2 m) above the platform surface?

3. When midrails are used, are they installed at a height approximately midway between the top edge of the guardrail system and the platform surface?

4. When screens and mesh are used, do they extend from the top edge of the guardrail system to the scaffold platform and along the entire opening between the supports?

5. Are guardrails surfaced to prevent injury to an employee from punctures or lacerations, and to prevent snagging of clothing?

6. Are manila, plastic, or other synthetic rope being used for toprails or midrails, inspected by a competent person as frequently as necessary to ensure that it continues to meet the strength requirements?