Belte r r a Cor p or at ion S afety M an ual D oc I D C H S M BE L 2 0 1 7 Pa g e 1 75 of 53 8 Doc u m e n t Identif icat ion S E L 020 P age Nu m b e r 5 of 10 Doc u m e n t C r e ation Dat e Ma y 2 2015 Im p le m e n tat ion Dat e o n Re vised Doc u m e n t Ma y 15 2015 S c a ff olds and the ir c omp one nts s ha ll be c a p a ble o f suppor ti ng a t l e a st four t ime s the ma x im um int e nde d load S c a ff olds s ha ll be mainta ined in a sa fe c ondit ion a nd sha ll not be a lt e re d or moved hor iz ontall y while the y a re in us e or o c c upied S c a ff olds m ust be se c u re d to ensur e stabil it y durin g use P latfor m whe e ls m ust be locke d if use d S c a ff old pl a tfor ms m ust mee t t he re quir e ments of W C B re gulations Da ma g e d or we a k e ne d s c a ff olds s ha ll not be use d A sa fe me a ns m ust be pr ovided to g a in a c c e ss t o the w orkin g platf orm lev e l t hroug h the use o f a ladde r r a mp etc Ove rhe a d pro te c ti on mus t be pr ovided f or p e rsonn e l on a sc a ff old ex pose d to over he a d h a z a rds Gua rdr a il s mi d ra il s a nd toe boa rds must be inst a ll e d on a ll ope n si de s a nd e nds of pla tfor ms more than 10 fe e t above t he grou nd or floor M e sh must be inst a ll e d be twe e n the toe boa rd a nd the g u a rdr a il a long th e e n ti re ope ning whe r e pe rso ns a re r e quire d to wo rk o r pa ss under the sc a ff olds Empl o y e e s sh a ll nto wor k on sc a ff olds d urin g stor ms or hig h winds o r w h e n c ove re d with i c e or snow 70 E L E VA T ING WORK P L AT F ORM S Ele va ti ng wo rk pla tfor ms must mee t t he re quire me nts of W C B R e gulat ions An y p e rsonne l ope ra ti n g a n Ele va ti n g W ork Pl a tfor m e g J L G must be tr a ined a nd a holder o f a v a li d c e rtific a te Th e e qui pme nt m ust be inspec ted b y t he ope ra to r pr ior to use using a n insp e c ti on fo rm de sig ne d for that pa rtic ul a r pie c e of e quipm e nt I f de fic ienc i e s a r e foun d du ring the inspe c ti on the e quipm e nt i s to b e tagge d Out Of S e rvic e a nd the de fic ien c y point e d out t o the he a v y dut y mec h a nics im media tel y Ope ra tors sh a ll a lso F oll ow the sa f e wor k pr a c ti c e s F oll ow a ll wa rnin g inst ru c ti ons on t he e quipm e nt C onduc t pre use inspe c ti on on the e quipm e nt Use a ll a va il a ble p rote c ti ve a nd sa f e t y de vic e s Use c a uti on wh e n fue li n g C lea nup the w ork site C he c k the w ork a re a P lan y our w o rk C he c k for ove rhe a d c le a r a nc e to obs truc ti ons a nd powe r line s Use the f a ll a rr e st ha rne s s a t all t im e s B e knowl e d g e a ble o f the sa fe load f o r the wo rk pla tfor m Tr a ve l at spe e ds saf e for the a re a P lac e hi vis s a fe t y c one s to wa rn othe rs