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TLE-IA-CARPENTRY
Quarter 2 – Module 8:
TOP FIVE SCAFFOLDING
SAFETY ESSENTIALS
TLE-IA-Carpentry-Grades 9/10
Alternative Delivery Mode
Quarter 2 – Module 8: TOP FIVE SCAFFOLDING SAFETY ESSENTIALS
First Edition, 2020

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TLE-IA-CARPENTRY
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TOP FIVE SCAFFOLDING
SAFETY ESSENTIALS
Introductory Message
For the facilitator:

Welcome to the TLE-IA-CARPENTRY (Grades 9/10) Alternative Delivery Mode

(ADM) Module on TOP FIVE SCAFFOLDING SAFETY ESSENTIALS.

This module was collaboratively designed, developed and reviewed by

educators both from public and private institutions to assist you, the teacher
or facilitator in helping the learners meet the standards set by the K to 12
Curriculum while overcoming their personal, social, and economic
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module. You also need to keep track of the learners' progress while allowing
them to manage their own learning. Furthermore, you are expected to
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 In this portion, another activity will be given
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 What I Need to Know

This module covers on the Top Five Scaffolding Safety Essentials.

After going through this module, you are expected to:

• Prepare work areas for safe laying out and assembling of scaffolds and
braces.
• Assemble scaffolds and braces safely and securely.
➢ Free of Interference
➢ Properly balance
• Secure connectors, locks and screws.
• Select appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

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 What I Know

Fill in the blanks.

Direction: Write your answer/s on your activity notebook/quiz notebook.

1. The use of guardrails is recommended for any platform ______________,

but this precaution is often not observed which has resulted in falls and
serious injuries.
2. ___________________include failing to observe safe distances from
electrical lines, especially when hoisting scaffolding on a jobsite.
3. If _______________are unsecured, overloaded or in bad condition, they can
break or slide which causes many falls and injuries.
4. All components of a scaffold, including the working platforms and
planks, must be carefully _____________before and after use.
5. Assembling a scaffold _____________or without proper attention to detail
can result in serious problems.

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 Lesson
TOP FIVE SCAFFOLDING SAFETY
1 ESSENTIALS

What’s In

Write your answers in your notebook. What are the scaffolding hazards?

What’s New

Top Five Scaffolding Essentials

There is no doubt, working at height carries high risk whether you’re

working from low-level access, podium steps, aluminum scaffold towers or
scaffolding.
The risk to those working at height and tose in proximity is increased
even more when basic safety measures are overlooked.

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 What Is It

Top Five Scaffolding Essentials

1. Condition of the Scaffolding in Use

- It’s important to ensure whether you’re a scaffolder or the owner
of the company. That all scaffolding is in a fit for purpose condition
and suitable for the task at hand.
- Scaffolding accidents and fatalities have been caused by defective
scaffolding that no longer has the structural ability or strength to
do the job it was once intended to do. Scaffolding can “appear” to
be in good working order, however scaffolding only has a certain
lifespan.

2. Understand and Respect the Load Capacity

- Failure to know and rspect the load capacity of scaffolding is one
of the most common things that go wrong at the design stage.
Knowing the load capacity does’n’t just mean materials and
equipment on the scaffold.

3. Inspect and Maintain

- Scaffolding once erected and in place, regular inspection shoud be
carried out.
4. Ensure Scaffolding is Secured and Stable
- When scaffolding is in place to permit access to conduct works at
height, it must be properly braced or tied to the building to ensure
no movement and prevent the scaffold becoming dislodged and as
a result unstable.

5. Training and Competency

- All personnel either erecting, dismantling or working on scaffolding
must be fully trained and qualified to do so.

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 What’s More

Mobile Scaffolding Requirements

In addition to requirements for proper erection

of supported scaffolds (with the exception of the
requirement for a base plate and mud sill), mobile
scaffold casters and wheels shall be locked with
positive wheel and/or wheel and swivel locks to
prevent movement of the scaffold while the scaffold
is in use.

Casters shall be pinned or otherwise secured to the scaffold legs or screw jacks.

The manual force used to move a mobile scaffold shall be applied as closely to the
base of the scaffold as practical, but not more than 5 feet above the supporting
surface. Employees shall not be allowed to ride on scaffolds being moved unless the
following conditions exist:

• The surface on which the scaffold is being moved is within three degrees of
level and free of pits, holes, and obstructions.
• The height-to-base width ratio of the scaffold during movement is two to
one, or less.
• Outrigger frames, when used, are installed on both sides of the scaffold.
• The force of powered systems, when used, is applied directly to the wheels
and does not produce a speed of more than one foot per second.
• Employees are within the guardrail system.
Horizontal diagonal bracing is required on mobile scaffolds near the bottom and every
20 feet vertically for support and stability.

Screw jacks shall be used to level the scaffold, if necessary. Maximum extension is
12 inches.

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 What I Have Learned

Fill in the blanks. Direction: Supply the word or words to complete the
sentence.
1. Scaffolding accidents and fatalities have been caused by
____________________ that no longer has the structural ability or
strength to do the job it was once intended to do.

2. Scaffolding once erected and in place, ________________shoud be

carried out.

3. Knowing the _______________does’n’t just mean materials and

equipment on the scaffold.

4. __________ shall be pinned or otherwise secured to the scaffold

legs or screw jacks.
5. _______________________________ is required on mobile scaffolds
near the bottom and every 20 feet vertically for support and
stability.

What I Can Do

After successfully performing the assigned task from what I have learned, I can follow
the top five scaffolding safety essentials.

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 Assessment

Fill in the blanks.

Direction: Fill in the blanks with the correct word or group of words to make
the sentence correct.

1. Scaffolding can “appear” to be in good working order, however

scaffolding only has a certain ____________.

2. ___________ shall be used to level the scaffold, if necessary. Maximum

extension is 12 inches.

3. When scaffolding is in place to permit access to conduct works at height,

it must be ________________________to the building to ensure no
movement and prevent the scaffold becoming dislodged and as a result
unstable.

4. The height-to-base width ratio of the scaffold during movement is

_________________.

5. __________________________is required on mobile scaffolds near the

bottom and every 20 feet vertically for support and stability.

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What I Know
1. Higher than 5 feet
2. Scaffold electrical hazards
3. Scaffold planks
4. Inspected
5. Too quickly
What I Have Learned
1. Defective scaffolding
2. Regular inspection
3. Load capacity
4. Casters
5. Horizontal diagonal bracing
Assessment
1. Lifespan
2. Screw jacks
3. Properly braced or tied
4. Two to one or less
5. Horizontal diagonal bracing
Answer Key
References

Antonio Blanco Jr., Roderic C. Verano, Technology and Livelihood Module 2, LM II

Carpentry, First Edition 2018

Dr. Jesse D. Dagoon, Cyril Judah Mortola, A Textbook in Business Technology IV,
Copyright 2005

SEDP Series, Technology and Home Economics III, Business Technoloy, Business
Management 1, Experimental Edition, 1993

Dr. Luz V. Rojo, et.al., Technology and Home Economics I, Revised Edition September
2005

Rita M. de los Santos, et.al., Technology and Livelihood Education I, Copyright 2010

SEDP Series, Technology and Home Economics IV Industrial Technology Civil

Technology II Experimental Edition, 1994

https://www.labour.gov.hk/eng/public/os/B/mss.pdf

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