NAHB Labor Safety &amp - NAHB-OSHA Scaffold Safety Handbook, English-Spanish

NAHB-OSHA Scaffold Safety Handbook

BuilderBooks, a Service of the National Association of Home Builders

eISBN-13: 978-0-86718-708-3

2004 by BuilderBooks

of the National Association of Home Builders

of the United States of America

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording or by any information storage and retrieval system without permission in writing from the publisher.

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Printed in the United States of America

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Scaffold safety handbook.English-Spanish ed.

p. cm.

ISBN-13:978-0-86718-574-4

ISBN-10:0-86718-574-0

1. ScaffoldingSafety measures.

TH5281.S273 2003

690'.22dc22

2003017580

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Esta publicacin no contiene opiniones legales. La informacin aqui incluida es con el propsito de informar y servir como una base de instruccin para los empleadores a que instruyan a sus empleados sobre cuestiones de seguridad. Las casos pueden variar tremendamente, de modo que si lo desean, los empleadores pueden consultar con un abogado antes de actuar sobre las premisas aqui incluidas. Los constructores deben decidir por su propia cuenta cuales de los procedimientos y condiciones del programa protegern mejor sus intereses.

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Labor, Safety & Health Services at the National Association of Home Builders

The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) is a Washington, D.C.-based trade association representing more than 205,000 members involved in home building, remodeling, multifamily construction, property management, subcontracting, design, housing finance, building product manufacturing and other aspects of residential and light commercial construction.

NAHBs Labor Safety & Health Services is committed to educating Americas builders about the importance of construction safety. Our safety and health resources are designed to help builders control unsafe conditions, operate safe jobsites, comply with OSHA regulations and reduce their workers compensation costs.

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

The mission of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is to save lives, prevent injuries, and protect the health of Americas workers. To accomplish this, federal and state governments must work in partnership with the more than 100 million working men and women and their six and a half million employers who are covered by the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970.

The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and OSHA recognize the value of establishing collaborative relationships to ensure safer and healthier worksites. NAHB and OSHA formed an Alliance to use their collective expertise and efforts to foster a culture of injury prevention and promote safe and healthful working conditions. Under the Alliance, NAHB and OSHA have been working together to provide important safety and health information to those in the residential construction industry.

A special acknowledgment for those individuals who assisted in the development of Scaffold Safety Handbook, English-Spanish. Special thanks are due to Alan Kline, President of Lynn Ladder and Scaffolding Co, Inc.; Steve C. Cloutier, Directorate of Construction at the Occupational Safety and Health Administration; Bob Woodward, Safety Environmental Engineering, Inc., Bob Masterson, Ryland Homes; Amanda Fisher and everyone at JLG Industries, Inc.

Special thanks to the Construction Safety and Health Committee and safety experts Robert Matuga, Director, NAHB Labor, Safety, and Health Services and George Middleton, Program Manager, Labor, Safety, and Health Services for their contribution to Scaffold Safety Handbook, English-Spanish, as well as their service and dedication to safety education in the homebuilding industry.

We also express our appreciation to the following for generous contributions of time and professional expertise in helping create this book: Tom McGonegal at Safeway Steel Products, Inc.; Steve Ashley at Rite-Way Concepts, Inc; Bob Barrish at Qual-Craft Industries, Inc.; Paul Riley at WallWalker, LLC; Brad G. Chisler at EdgeMoore Homes; Jeff B. Moore at Green Village Concrete, Inc.; Marko Kaar at Operation Safe Site; Marvyn Bacigalupo, American Translators Association Accredited Translator and managing editor of El Nuevo Constructor; and a special thanks to photographers Morris Semiatin and Shelly Harrison.

Scaffolds can provide a safer and more efficient way to work in home building and remodeling. Every time a scaffold is erected, used, or dismantled it must be properly set up and certain protocols must be followed.

Even though the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has implemented and updated a scaffold safety standard, scaffold-related accidents that result in injuries and deaths continue to occur. OSHA estimates more than 9,000 injuries a year are related to working on or around scaffolds. At least 79 deaths each year are caused by unsafe scaffold use and according to data from the Department of Labors Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, scaffold falls cause more than 3,000 disabling injuries each year.

Scaffold violations that were most frequently cited by OSHA in 2002:

• No guardrails on scaffolds. Consistently a problem with all types of scaffolds. More prevalent with smaller employers because equipment has not been purchased or rented with guardrails. Manufacturers will sell guardrails with metal scaffolds rented or sold. Many construction sites have been inspected after an OSHA compliance officer observed this condition in passing on the street.