HEALTH & SAFETY
Keeping People Safe
Keeping a lid on the onsite safety aspects is a site manager's headache. Having a safe access structure that has been built by reliable, competent scaffolders with a 100% safety record, goes a good way to keep the tradesmen and others safe while on site.
Strong, Safe And Reliable
There are lots of companies that rent scaffolding out, and many are good at what they do; planning, supplying, erecting and dismantling scaffold structures in accordance with the HSE guidelines. With a Maine Scaffolding Services structure around your project, you can be sure of a strong, reliable safe access and support framework.
Guidance on the relevant expertise of Scaffolders and Advanced scaffolders including details of which structures they are deemed competent to erect can be obtained from the Construction Industry Scaffolders Record Scheme (CISRS)
Further information
National Access and Scaffolding Confederation link to external website
Keeping People Safe
Keeping a lid on the onsite safety aspects is a site manager's headache. Having a safe access structure that has been built by reliable, competent scaffolders with a 100% safety record, goes a good way to keep the tradesmen and others safe while on site.
Scaffold inspection
It is the scaffold users/hirers responsibility to ensure that all scaffolding has been inspected as follows:
Following installation / before first use
at an interval of no more than every 7 days thereafter
following any circumstances liable to jeopardize the safety of the installation eg high winds.
All scaffolding inspection should be carried out by a competent person whose combination of knowledge, training, and experience is appropriate for the type and complexity of the scaffold. Competence may have been assessed under the CISRS or an individual may have received training in inspecting a specific type of system scaffold from a manufacturer/supplier.
A non-scaffolder who has attended a scaffold inspection course (eg a site manager) could be deemed competent to inspect a basic scaffold structure.
The scaffold inspection report should note any defects or matters that could give rise to a risk to health and safety and any corrective actions taken, even when those actions are taken promptly, as this assists with the identification of any recurring problem.