Scaffold Inspection

• Site conducted

  Select

• Document No.

• Client

  Select Asbestos Solutions Limited Avison young BAM Nuttall Beckford Contractors Limited Cenergist Decimo Denton Associates Dorton Group Econ Group EPS Full Works Projects Gnosco Helix Mitie Mulalley Paradigm Parrott Construction United Living Wates OTHER

  • Asbestos Solutions Limited
  • Avison young
  • BAM Nuttall
  • Beckford Contractors Limited
  • Cenergist
  • Decimo
  • Denton Associates
  • Dorton Group
  • Econ Group
  • EPS
  • Full Works Projects
  • Gnosco
  • Helix
  • Mitie
  • Mulalley
  • Paradigm
  • Parrott Construction
  • United Living
  • Wates
  • OTHER

• Conducted on

  Date

• Prepared by

• Condition of Scaffold Inspected

  Good

  Fair

  Poor

  N/A

• Action Taken to Rectify

• Check the boxes below as a guide to some of the common faults found with scaffolds. Either 'Safe' for OK, 'At risk' as fault found (you will note the fault above) or N/A as not applicable.

• Footings - Sound / Even

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

• Footings - Base Plates

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

• Footings - Sole Boards

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

• Footings - Not Undermined

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

• Standards - Plumbed

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

• Standards - Correctly Spaced

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

• Standards - In Good Condition

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

• Boarding - In Good Condition

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

• Boarding - No Traps

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

• Boarding - Complete

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

• Boarding - Sufficient Support

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

• Ledgers - level

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

• Ledgers - In Good Condition

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

• Transoms - Correctly Spaced

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

• Transoms - In Good Condition

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

• Ties - None Missing

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

• Ties - Secure

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

• Couplings - Correct Fittings

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

• Couplings - Securely Tightened

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

• Couplings - In Good Condition

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

• Guard Rail & Toe Board - Correct Height

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

• Guard Rail & Toe Board - Properly Secured

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

• Guard Rail & Toe Board - None Missing

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

• Ladders - In Good Condition

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

• Ladders - Secured

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

• Ladders - Sufficient Length

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

• Bracing - In Place

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

• Bracing - Correct Fittings

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

• General Items - Sheeting

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

• General Items - Signage

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

• General Items - Public Protection

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

• General Items - Boiler Flues

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

• The person carrying out the statutory inspection must ensure that the boiler flue has adequate space for operation.

• Are there any Gin Wheels on the scaffold?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• How many wheels are on the scaffold?

• Are the wheels in good condition and safe to use?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Does the scaffold contain any elements of Beamwork?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Has the beamwork been correctly installed?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Photographs of full front, flank and rear elevations

  Media

• Please select the timing and frequency of inspection for: any working platform

• Before being used for the first time

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• After substantial addition, dismantling or any alteration

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• After any event likely to have affected its stability

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• At regular intervals not exceeding seven days

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Signed

  Sign

General Notes

• 1. The inspection report should be completed before the end of the relevant working period.
  
  2. The person making the report should, within 24 hours, provide either the report of a copy to the person on whose behalf the inspection was carried out.
  
  3. The report should be kept on site until work is complete. It should be kept for three months at an office of the person for whom the inspection was carried out.

Notes on Working Platforms Only

• 1. Any employer or any other person who controls the activities of persons using a scaffold shall ensure that it is stable and of sound construction and that the relevant safeguards are in place before his employees or persons under his control first use the scaffold.
  
  2. No report is required following the inspection of any mobile scaffold, which remains in the same place for less than seven days.
  
  3. Scaffold inspection must be carried out (statutory requirement) -
  a. before being taken into use for the first time
  b. minimum of every seven days
  c. after any substantial addition, dismantling, alteration or after any even that may have affected its stability