Federal OSHA regulations require guard rails on platforms 10' or higher.
#ROLLING BAKER SCAFFOLD SAFETY INSTALL#
Easy to install as the posts and side rails are one piece and end rails allow easy opening for access to the platform. Replacement Casters for Units and Outriggersĭesigned to stay at the platform level at all times.
With (4) 30" Large Outriggers, Guard Rails and 8 CastersĬould also be used as (3) 6' units or (1) 12' high and (1) 6' high unit Includes (4) 5" casters and Guard Rails as pictured
#ROLLING BAKER SCAFFOLD SAFETY FREE#
Multi-Purpose Rolling Bakers Style Scaffold Call Us Toll- Free Anytime 9 A.M. I don't believe that it's designed to carry heavy Americans - loaded down with sacks and tools.Rolling Multipurpose Bakers Style Scaffold - Scaffolding, Rolling Multipurpose Bakers Scaffolding from Scaffolding Depot It's flaky enough that I use it strictly as a materials portage. That's about a fifth of the delivered American product. It's kind of like sea-sickness, in that way.īTW, the Chinese version has driven the American producers out of business. There's no way to predict who is going to be weak in the knees. It unbalances them and they either fall to their knees or fall off entirely. I gave up on using them in their intended fashion - as my boys quickly demonstrated that they were prone to falling off. The one time I used scaffolds - a lot - was as rolling 'office space.' I used them exclusively to lay out minor materials, EMT and fittings - all at a sweet working height. Simply put, electricians all too often need to get really high - and the roof slopes - so adjustable height decides the issue. they shun them - preferring scissor lifts, instead. Instead I witness scaffold surfing - constantly.Īs for EC. In all my days I've never seen any tradesman using safety guards for Baker/ Perry scaffolds. So what is your company's safety expectations when it comes to rolling scaffold? I have to fill out an incident report every time I get a minor cut, I'm expected to report all "near misses", but I can work on "The Widow Maker" without fall protection or guard rails? I think we need to review our priorities here. Yet, even my fall protection instructor used "falling onto rebar" as an example of the interpretation of that regulation.
OH&S regulations don't even state anything about falling onto objects just "possibility of injury". My safety supervisor knows rolling scaffold is called "The Widow Maker" for good reason and yet his policy is to go with the minimum requirement. In fact, one company in the city requires guard rails on rolling scaffold 100% of the time after a worker fell 6 feet onto his head and died. If you fall 6 feet onto even a clear concrete floor you will suffer an injury. (b) there is a possibility of injury if a worker falls less than three metres.
(a) a worker may fall three metres or more or (2) An employer or contractor shall ensure that workers use a fall protection system at a temporary or permanent work area where: Safeguards, Storage, Warning Signs and Signals The subject of rolling scaffold (bakers scaffold) has come up on the job and to my surprise my safety supervisor says that at 6 feet, for example, and no objects nearby to fall on it's considered safe practice to work off of without guard rails or fall protection because in Saskatchewan OH&S regulations state: The company I work for has been placing a heavy emphasis on safety over the past year.
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