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A Guide to Scaffold Use in the Construction Industry

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OSHA 3150 – A Guide to Scaffold Use in the Construction Industry. The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 charges the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) with protecting all working women and men across the United States. To take action, the agency sets federal standards for general industry, construction, and shipyard employment. OSHA also promotes numerous voluntary programs that strive to form partnerships with businesses, labor, and other groups to help employers provide safer and more healthful workplaces for employees. One of the agency’s voluntary initiatives include safety and health management programs, the Voluntary Protection Programs, consultation assistance, and training and education programs and grants. For more information on these outreach efforts, see page 12 of this booklet. The agency’s recent rule, Safety Standards for Scaffolds Use in the Construction Industry rule aims to offer protection to workers the usage of scaffolding in construction work. Scaffolding hazards continue to rank high on the list of the most ceaselessly cited standards in the construction industry. Scaffold-related fatalities account for a significant number of fatalities in the construction workplace. This booklet addresses One of the most common questions about OSHA’s scaffold standard. It is all part of the agency’s effort to provide guidance to employers who need help in complying with OSHA’s standards to offer protection to the working women and men across the nation. This booklet is organized in a question and answer format to highlight pertinent information that employers and employees wish to know. The subjects addressed in each question follow the basic organization of the standard. In addition, each answer references the regulatory text where that particular information can be located. These references appear at the end of each answer in boldface type. An appendix also includes an alphabetical index to the standard for quick reference. You will need to note that the question and answer section of this booklet simply provides an overview of the standard. For compliance with all the regulation’s requirements, refer to the regulatory text or Title 29 of the Code Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 1926, Subpart L.

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