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Scaffolding Audit Checklist: Before Using The Scaffold Yes No N/A

This document is a scaffolding audit checklist used by the Los Angeles Community College District for their Sustainable Building Program. It contains 25 questions to check that a scaffold is properly assembled and safe to use. Questions cover ensuring the scaffold location is hazard-free, the scaffold can support the necessary loads, guardrails and fall protection are used as required, platforms are fully decked and free of tripping hazards, and ladders provide safe access onto the scaffold. Inspectors must sign and date the completed checklist after reviewing the scaffold.

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Scaffolding Audit Checklist: Before Using The Scaffold Yes No N/A

This document is a scaffolding audit checklist used by the Los Angeles Community College District for their Sustainable Building Program. It contains 25 questions to check that a scaffold is properly assembled and safe to use. Questions cover ensuring the scaffold location is hazard-free, the scaffold can support the necessary loads, guardrails and fall protection are used as required, platforms are fully decked and free of tripping hazards, and ladders provide safe access onto the scaffold. Inspectors must sign and date the completed checklist after reviewing the scaffold.

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LO S ANGE LE S CO MMUNI TY CO LLE GE DI S TRI CT

DEPARTMENT OF FACILITIES PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT


SUSTAINABLE BUILDNG PROGRAM

Scaffolding Audit Checklist


Contractor:       Location of Scaffold:      
Project Name:       Project Number:      
Inspection Date:       Time:       College: Select College
LACCD Regional Safety Manager:      

Before Using the Scaffold Yes No N/A


Has this work location been examined before the start of work operations and have all the
1. appropriate precautions been taken? (e.g., checking for: overhead objects, falling or
tripping hazards, uneven ground, opening onto a door)
2. Will fall protection be required when using this scaffold?
3. Has the scaffold been setup according to manufacturer’s instructions?
General Rules for All Scaffolds Yes No N/A
4. Scaffold components can support at least four times their maximum intended load.
5. Scaffold is fully planked. No more than 1” gap between planks.
6. Platform is at least 18 inches wide (12 inches on pump jacks).
Guardrails are used or personal fall arrest system is used, if work height is >6 feet.
7.
Guardrail system: Toprail Midrail Toeboard Posts
8. Scaffold is 14” or less from face of work, if workers remove front guardrails (18” for plasterers).
9. Planks do not extend past the ends of the scaffold frames more than 12 inches.
10. Casters are locked before work begins.
11. Work platform free of clutter, mud, oil, or any tripping hazard.
12. Minimum power line clearance (10 feet).
13. If the scaffold is defective, has it been removed from service and tagged out?

General Rules for Supported Scaffolds Yes No N/A


14. Height to base width ratio is: Less than 4:1 (no guying, ties, or braces required)
15. Over 4:1 scaffolds are restrained from tipping by guying, tying, or bracing.
16. All scaffold frames and uprights use base plates (mud sills required if on dirt)
17. Footings are level, sound, and rigid. No settling has occurred.
Unstable objects such as blocks, bricks, buckets, etc. are not used as work platforms or to
18.
support scaffolds.
19. Are riggers secured and installed correctly?
General Rules for Access Yes No N/A
20. No more than 2’ step up or down or a 14” step across to get on or off a platform.
21. Ladder first rung is not more than 24” above the ground.
22. Hook-on and attachable ladders are designed for the scaffold.
23. Add-on ladders must have a rung length of at least 11 ½”
24. Built in ladders (part of the scaffold frames) must have a rung length of at least 8”.
25. Rungs line-up vertically for the entire height of the scaffold.
26. Cross braces are not used for climbing up or down from the scaffold.

           
INSPECTED BY (PLEASE SIGN) PRINT NAME DATE

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