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Good to Know
Be sure to use tags to indicate the state of the scaffold; frame scaffolding must be tied in, when the base-to-height ratio exceeds 4:1. and moved to the next wall intact (see Photo 6). All the safety rails stay in place. This feature eliminates all dismantle and re-erection labor in your job, saving you thousands.
Crank-up type scaffolding falls under the ANSI A10.8 (2011) Scaffold Standard, Section 24, which is enforced by OSHA as if it were in the OSHA regulations. You can get a copy at www.nonstopscaffolding.com, or call 800-845-0845 to speak to tech support for more information.
A wallet-sized checklist covering the high points in this article is available free from Non-Stop. Use the "Contact Us" link at www.nonstopscaffolding.com, or call 800-845-0845 with your address.
If you are an adjustable scaffold user being visited by a safety inspector, call us immediately at 800-845-0845, and we will assist with any questions he may have. Sometimes inspectors are not aware of the specific standards for adjustable masonry scaffolding.
Terry Watts, the owner of True Bond Masonry in Shreveport, La., uses both types of scaffolding: "When the safety inspectors see our Non-Stop, they just keep walking. When we set it up, everything's like it's supposed to be. It's saved us thousands in fines. It's our frames we really have to be careful about. You miss one little brace or have your ladder in the wrong spot, and you're sunk."
Chad Bentley, head of a medium-sized family masonry business in Cullman, Ala., recently switched over to Non-Stop Standard-Duty scaffolding. He describes his experience, "OSHA came through here and wrote up all my competitors on frames. They came to my job, took one look at the scaffolding, and left. Everything was right." IMAS
Justin Breithaupt Jr. owns Non-Stop Scaffolding Inc. He and his dad developed Non-Stop for their own masonry contracting business in the '70s. Justin is a founder of the ANSI Adjustable Scaffolding Safety Standards committee. He wrote the first Adjustable Scaffold Standards. Email him at breithaupt@gmail.com, or call 800-845-0845.
Special thanks to Dave Glabe of DH Glabe and Associates Engineering in Westminster, Colo, whose firm focuses on the engineering of specialty items such as scaffolding, shoring, formwork, falsework, rigging, construction plans, demolition plans, structural analysis, fall protection devices and other various temporary structures, www.glabe.com
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