Best Practice On

Scaffolding Safety
Present By
Jacob Tan

President
Access & Scaffolding Industry
Association

ASIA

Scaffold

Scaffold is safety related business

good safety means good quality

Good scaffold prevents accident

Scaffold do provide for the safety of

workers

Time Change

People do notice scaffold now

People have some general knowledge

of scaffold

Customers expectation increase

Customer endorse your good services

based on your provision of good
scaffold and not just quick providence
of scaffold

Best Practice
Scaffold On Site

Comply with law

Scaffold is service oriented shouldnt

short change our customers with low
standard

Our duty to ensure the users are well

protected by the scaffold.

Ladder must
be provided
and clamped
or lashed by
wire
Toe-board
Not less than
90mm

Double
guardrail

Fully
boarded

Lift with max.

height of 2m
Adequate
bracing

Bay with max.

length of 2.5m

EXAMPLES OF SCAFFOLD WITH

GOOD COMPLIANCE ON SITE

Best Practice
Scaffold Management

Manpower

Scaffold Materials

Documentation

MANPOWER

SAFETY FOR 1ST LINE OF

OPERATION

THEY ARE MOST VULNERABLE

THEIR INJURIES CAN BE SERIOUS OR

FATAL

THEIR UNSAFE ACT CAN ALSO HURT

OTHERS.

NOT ONLY THEY, BUT THEIR LOVED

ONES, FAMILY AND FRIENDS SUFFER
TOO.

SAFETY FOR 2ND & 3Rd

LINE OF OPERATION

HE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR 1ST LINE

SAFETY

HE IS THEIR PROTECTOR

THEIR INJURIES ARE HIS NIGHTMARE

FOREVER.

THEIR LOVED ONES, FAMILY AND

FRIENDS SUFFERING ARE HIS

CONSTANT REMINDER OF THE PAIN IN

HIS WHOLE LIFE.

2nd

Line Of Operation

Scaffold
Supervisor

3rd Line Of Operation

Management

Scaffold Supervisor

Well equipped with scaffold knowledge

Understand the statutory regulation

Good planning

Take good care of materials

Conduct daily toolbox talk before

starting work

Scaffold Supervisor

Able to lead his men and effective

manpower distribution

Always practise good housekeeping

Scaffold Erector

Provide them
sufficient PPE for
the job and ensure
their know how on
using it

Scaffold Erector

Training & Education Scaffold &

Safety

Cultivate them to have good housekeeping

habits

Scaffold Erector

Take time to identify and study the

hazard before starting work Take 2

Take good care of materials

Practise Buddy System

Take Good Care Of Materials

Buddy System

Wont it be wonderful if our

men can support each other

Storekeeper

Program for materials maintenance

All materials have to be properly packed

& stacked

Storekeeper

Proper storage of materials

Proper Loading & unloading of materials

Maintain Good housekeeping

Management

Be supportive of safety

Be attentive to the supervisors, scaffold

erectors and storekeepers taking note
of their feedback

Reward & Punishment System take

time to study and execute with due
diligent

Management

In Control Do Inspection

Ensure all employees undergone

training and competence enough based
on their respective role prior to assign
work on site

Establish good communication system

from management level to the worker
level

Objectives
To get all employees to have a sense of
ownership on :Operation

SCAFFOLD MATERIALS

Scaffold Materials

Know what you buy never

compromise on quality

Scaffold Materials

Make known to your employees of what

type of materials you buy

Constant maintenance of the materials

Compliance to SS311 & SS280

Continuously look into improvement of

the materials

Example Of Continuously Look

Into Improvement Of The
Materials

Ancillary Scaffold Fitting To

Replace Wire & Improvement Of
Ladder

Class I (Industrial)
Max Static Vertical
Load 175 kg

Why Invest On Ladder &

Ancillary Scaffold Fitting

Durable and known its strength

Less wire usage means less hazard

people might get cut, less
housekeeping problem and no wastage
- save cost

Higher productivity easy to install

DOCUMENTATION

Documentation

Scaffold Tagging System

Scaffold Checklist

Risk Assessment

Ensure all employees to treat this

documentation seriously.
Document can help to keep track of the
job better than verbal

Company
Name

Example of One Type of

Scaffold Tagging System

Co.
Name

Co Name

REG. NO. .
Date Erected:
Location: ..
Requested By: ..

WARNING

SCAFFOLD
SAFE
TO USE

SCAFFOLD MUST BE INSPECTED

EVERY (7) DAYS

INSPECTED & SAFE TO USE

DATE

SIGNED

WARNING
DO NOT OVERLOAD SCAFFOLDING

SAFE WORKING LOAD

DO NOT

2 20 kg / sq.m per bay

USE
SCAFFOLD

TEL :

CANNOT USE

Contact No.

Front indicates
CAN USE

Behind showing
Weekly inspection

Can We Do It ?

Examples Of Company
Has Improved Over Times

What We Should Do ?

Investment is necessary No Pain No

Gain

When tender, place safety first and

then operation cost

Join ASIA

Why join ASIA

Work together to meet the customers
expectation on the safety standard
Work together to create pro-active
business environment
Collective Voice to the Authorities And
Work Hand In Hand For Betterment Of
Our Society

Conclusion
Good Safety Record

More Business

High Morale For Employee

Employability Much Easier

No Sudden Cost Increase

We
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