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Overview
Today under discussion training and the toolbox talk will focus on the following 4-four important points:
- Erection
- Use
- Stability
- Hazards
Before Erecting the Tower
- Carefully and closely examine all the scaffold components in stable and good working conditions.
- Carefully and closely examine all the wheels for effective rotation.
- Carefully and closely examine all brakes and locking devices to see if they are stable and work correctly.
- Before erecting a tower scaffold on a suspended working floor, make sure the bearing capacity and stability of the floor are sufficient for the proposed, recommended, and planned load.
Before Use
- Ensure the tower is vertical and square/
- Make sure that the tower scaffold must not be used unless the wheels are locked properly.
- Check that the outrigger is set correctly and secured.
- Ensure the platform is fully boarded out and guard rails and toe-boards are fitted if the working platform is over 2 meters high.
- The gap between toe-boards and mid guardrails and between mid and top guardrails must not exceed 470mm.
Stability
- While climbing up or coming down from the scaffold, never use the outside parts of a tower – always use the stairway or ladder on the internal side of the structure.
- Follow the manufacturer’s instructions on the base-to-height ratio.
- Hoist materials up from the inside of the tower.
- To make it more secure of the scaffold, tie the tower to a permanent and stable structure where applicable or required.
- The most unsafe acts most scaffold users practice are the improper and misuse of the scaffold. Don’t move the tower if workers/employees or materials are still on the working platform.
- Never pull the tower along while standing on it, it is very unsafe and leads to some critical disaster.
Hazards
- Don’t exceed the manufacturers’ SWL for the tower.
- While moving towers, always make sure that there are no portholes, obstructions, or overhead power lines in the way. First, make a proper observation and then proceed to move or shift
- When working on the platform, make sure that the access hatch is closed properly and securely on the platform.
- Don’t use ladders or steps on a scaffold working platform as this will cause the collapse and the tower to turn over.
- Towers must only be used on stable, balanced, and firm surfaces. Where the ground is soft, sandy, or uneven, proper support must be provided for more stability.
KEYNOTE TO REMEMBER:
AFTER MOVING A TOWER AND BEFORE USE, WHEELS MUST BE LOCKED APPROPRIATELY.