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Things You Should “Never” Do When Erect Ringlock Scaffolding
Things You Should “Never” Do When Erect Ringlock Scaffolding:
#1 Never Overload the Scaffolding System.
#2 Never Use any defective/modified equipment.
#3 Never Throw Ringlock Scaffolding equipment or any other materials up or down.
#4 Never Rest scaffold equipment against an object if there is a potential for it to fall.
#5 Never Overload the scaffold you are erecting, altering or dismantling with spare materials.
#6 Never Do any overhead or street work without displaying warning signs or segregating others from the live working zone (barriers).
#7 Never Leave partly erected or dismantled scaffolds in an unsafe condition, (always ensure adequate signage is displayed to warn others).
#8 Never Undertake work at height when there is a potential to fall without wearing your safety harness correctly and clipping the lanyard to a secure anchor point.
#9 Never Remove guardrails, toe boards, or brick guards except when using trained operatives, working to your agreed site requirements and instructions.
#10 Never Accept instruction from a customer or anyone else that does not comply with safety regulations or current legislation.
#11 Never Remove ties except when using trained operatives, working to your agreed site requirements and instructions.
#12 Never Create gaps in the platform by removing Ringlock Scaffolding Steel Planks from platform thus leaving an exposed edge.
#13 Never Remove components or adapt the Ringlock scaffolding with non-genuine equipment.
#14 Never Undermine the Scaffold by digging trenches or foundations under or adjacent to it.
#15 Never Add sheeting or netting to the scaffold without the approval of the scaffold designer.
#16 Never Work on or use a Ringlock Scaffolding which is being erected or dismantled.
#17 Never Forklift loads directly onto access scaffold (instead, use a loading tower).
#18 Never Leave an exposed edge where people or building materials could fall.
#19 Never Remove Scaffolding Ladders or staircases.
THE LAST NEVER IS NEVER, NEVER, NEVER TAKE RISKS!!! SAFETY FIRST!