![]() ![]() ![]() With the importance of scaffolding work in construction projects, it is crucial that erectors and users involved in scaffolding work be protected through scaffolding safety inspections. Dale Cavanaugh of my staff in the Office of Construction and Maritime Compliance Assistance (202) 523-8136. Scaffolding safety inspections are important because 65 of construction workers, or 2.3 million of them, frequently work on scaffolds according to OSHA. If you have any questions, please contact Mr. Scaffold casters and wheels shall be locked with positive wheel and/or wheel and swivel locks, or equivalent means, to prevent movement of the scaffold. The casters or wheels shall be locked to prevent any movement". In regard to OSHA's policy on the locking of casters and wheels, please be advised that 29 CFR, in effect since 1971, states, in relevant part, that manually propelled mobile scaffold "in use by any persons shall rest upon a suitable footing and shall stand plumb. This language was incorporated into the 1986 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for scaffolds used in construction (51 FR 42680 at 42711). This is a general industry provision that has been identified by OSHA as being applicable to the construction industry, and the plain reading of the provision shows that caster brakes, which lock the wheel only, meet the requirement. 29(a)(4) require that "All scaffold casters shall be provided with a positive wheel and/or swivel lock to prevent movement". You are correct that current OSHA standards at. I apologize for the delay in responding to your inquiry. This is in response to your letter of April 21, in which you request clarification of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations for scaffold casters. ![]()
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