Scaffold Stair Tower Safety

2 368 suggested that osha insert a new paragraph 1926 451 c 5 as follows.

Scaffold stair tower safety.

These additions make this tower the ultimate in rigidity. Scaffold ladders are faster to assemble and require fewer materials and they may be more practical when there will be less ingress and egress onto the scaffolding platform or when the scaffolding platform is not. This is in response to your april 30 1999 fax asking for clarification of osha s policy regarding the use of scaffold stair towers for access to upper floors during construction of multistory buildings. Walk thru frame scaffolding with 76 in.

The metaltech new complete 26 ft. Call 800 592 1718 for a free quote. The scaffold stair towers are the most common and safest method of obtaining access to scaffold units and should be included within this subpart. These stair deck indoor scaffold towers are simple to assemble and come supplied with everything you need including the safety handrail working platform ladder access system and safety toe boards stabilisers and adjustable locking.

In particular one commenter ex. Stairway units and ladder covering 800 lbs. So they are a convenient and practical solution to your access problems without compromising safety and security. Point load applied at the center of any stair tread.

Safe use of a scaffold tower or mobile tower. I have inside and or outside handrails. 6 5 w x 6 4 t walk thru scaffold frames 6 7 x 4 hot dipped galvanized cross braces 8 coupling pins 8 spring retainer clips. 20 non rolling scaffold stair tower.

Scaffold stair system installed at a project in bloomington in. Super deluxe like our deluxe towers super deluxe includes the deluxe safety rail system with the addition of 7 toe boards. We sell high quality construction scaffolding scaffold towers shoring supplies system equipment and scaffold accessories at wholesale prices. Whether subpart l or subpart x requirements apply to scaffold stair towers used for access to multistory buildings.

Don t risk your own life or the lives of others. The work at height 2005 regulations. Photo courtesy of matt mccreery according to an article dated september 22 2016 from the safety health practioner falls from height continue to be one of the biggest causes of fatalities and major injuries in the construction industry. This non rolling scaffold stair tower is the safest means of working at elevated heights.

Safer stack tower is built with 5ft. You must ensure that not only the person building the tower is. If you are using any item of work at height equipment in the workplace including a scaffold tower either as an employee or as a self employed person the work at height regulations apply to you.