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Scaffold Erection and Inspection OSHAcademy Course 804
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Introduction

An estimated 2.3 million construction workers, or 65 percent of the construction industry, work on scaffolds frequently. Protecting these workers from scaffold-related accidents would prevent 4,500 injuries and 50 deaths every year.

This course discusses the general requirements of scaffold safety as well as the components, erection, use and dismantling of supported and suspended scaffolds. It details more specific guidelines for safely erecting, using, and dismantling each type of scaffold. It also describes important guidelines for conducting safety inspections of supported and suspended scaffolds.

Course Objectives

At the end of this course, you should be able to:
ID Objective
TO 1.0 Achieve a minimum score of 70% on the final course assessment.
LO 1.1.1 Identify and discuss the basic guidelines for scaffold erection.
LO 1.2.1 Describe inspection criteria and procedure for fabricated frame supported scaffold.
LO 1.3.1 Describe inspection criteria and procedure for tube and coupler, mobile, and pole scaffolds, and bricklayer's square.
LO 1.4.1 Describe inspection criteria and procedure for special use supported scaffolds.
LO 1.5.1 Describe inspection criteria and procedure for suspended scaffolds.
LO 1.6.1 Describe inspection criteria and procedure for special use suspended scaffolds.

Key: Terminal Objective (TO), Learning Objective (LO)