Barricades and
Scaffolds
Barricades
>An improvised barrier erected across
a street or other thoroughfare to
prevent or delay the movement of
opposing forces.
Types of Barricading
Soft Barricade
Solid Barricade
Types of Barricading
Soft barricade – they are to be used
to identify and protect personnel from
general hazards and also those which
are high risk and may pose a risk to
life and death.
Types of Barricading
• Solid barricade – The purpose of a
solid barricade is to provide a
physical barrier capable of
performing the same function as a
permanent guardrail.
Methods of Barricading
Caution Barricades – tape shall be erected to inform
personnel of an uncontrolled hazard within the barricade area.
Restricted Access Barricades – shall be erected to prevent
unauthorized personnel from accessing the barricade area.
Electrical work barricades – is to be erected to prevent
access electrical hazards.
High Voltage Testing Barricades – is to be erected around
the item under test to provide a minimum safe approach
distance
Responsibilities
Manager – The operation shall ensure that this procedure shall
implemented and maintain throughout the operations.
Coordinators/ Supervisor – Shall ensure that:
Maintenance of the barricade in accordance with the procedure .
Sufficiency of the supplies
Employees/ Contractors-
They do not access a barricaded area unless the conditioned
detailed on the barricade sign are complied
They monitor and maintain the condition of barricades in their work
areas.
Tapes and
barricade shall be
removed once they
are no longer
required.
Scaffolds
Is a temporary structure used to support a work crew
and materials to aid in the construction,
maintenance and repair of building, bridges and all
other man made structures. Scaffolding is also used
in adopted forms for formwork and shoring,
grandstand, seating, concert stages, access/viewing
towers, exhibition stands, ski ramps, half pipes and
art projects.
Types of Scaffolds
Supported – consist of one or more platforms
supported by outrigger beams, brackets, poles,
legs, uprights, posts, frames, or similar rigid
support.
Suspended - a mobile scaffold that is suspended
from ropes or cables. Also known as swinging
scaffold.
Aerial lifts/ Scissors lifts – are essentially
elevated
Risks
Fall from elevation – can be used by sleeping,
unsafe access and lack of fall protection.
Struck By – from falling tolls and debris.
Electrocution – from overhead power lines.
Scaffold collapse – often caused by instability of
overloading.
Bad planking – may give way to material or
occupant load.
Guardrails
- Shall be install in all open sides of
the working area
Types of guardrails
• Along the front edge – of platform not more than 14
inches from the work. For lathing and plastering, a gap of 18
inches is permitted.
• Top Rails – should be no less than 38 and more than 45
inches tall.
• Midrails – should be placed half way between top rail and
platform. For construction work, midrails may not be spaced
more than 19 inches apart.
• Toeboards – Must be 3-1/2 inches high. Open spacing
between the toeboard and platform cannot exceed 14
inches.
Essential element of safe
scaffold construction
• Appropriate construction – to
control a risk of a scaffold falling or
collapsing.
• Proper access – Direct access to or
from another platform. Ramps an
walkways must have guardrails.
Scaffold platform construction
• Platform must fully planked.
• Able to support
• Gaps – no gaps larger than 1 inch are
permitted between adjacent plank or deck
units or between the platform and the
uprights.
• Exception – a larger gap (not to exceed 9 to
12 inches) is permitted when the employer can
be demonstrate, a 1 inch or less gap is not
feasible.
• Overlap – platform at least 12 inches over
supports, unless restrained to prevent
movement.
Supported scaffold
• Foundation – scaffold, poles, legs, post, frames
and uprights. Must be on base plate and mud sills
or other firm foundations.
• Support – platforms supported by legs, outrigger
beams, bracket, poles, uprights, posts, and frames.
• Restraint – guys, ties and braces must be installed
at locations where horizontal scaffold components
support both inner and outer legs.
