Use and Care Manual

• Inspect scaffold daily or before each use.
• Do not exert horizontal force from on top of a free standing scaffold.
• When hoisting materials or using side brackets, scaffold must be retrained from tipping by guying or
tying to a permanent structure or other acceptable means.
• Do not use boxes, ladders, or other means to increase working heights.
• Do not stand or sit on guard rails.
• Do not climb or stand on cross brace or horizontal brace.
• Do not swing around corner of scaffold to enter platform from the cross braces side.
• Do not use bricks, boxes, Concrete blocks, or any other unstable objects under scaffold leg.
• NEVER ride a moving Scaffold.
• Never operate scaffolding or any tool under the inuence of alcohol or drugs
• Do not move scaffold by applying a pulling or pushing force at or near the top of scaffold tower.
• Do not use braces as a platform support
• Do not use side brackets on a rolling tower.
• Two or more people are recommended for erecting scaffolding.
• Restrict loading to safe working loads.
• Use caution. Keep scaffold away from all electric hazards.
• Wear hard hats and safety glasses when required.
WARNING AND
SAFETY PRACTICES
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