Scaffold Stair Tower Regulations

2 368 suggested that osha insert a new paragraph 1926 451 c 5 as follows.

Scaffold stair tower regulations.

They are available in 2 0m 1 5m and 1 0m rises. The scaffold stair towers are the most common and safest method of obtaining access to scaffold units and should be included within this subpart. All layher stairs meet u s. Stair towers have standard layouts of 10 12 or 16 legs.

When scaffold stairs are used for access to locations other than scaffold platforms the provisions of 1926 subpart x apply. This is in response to your april 30 1999 fax asking for clarification of osha s policy regarding the use of scaffold stair towers for access to upper floors during construction of multistory buildings. Back to reference of note 1 tg20 13 provides a range of compliant scaffolds which can be boarded at any number of lifts but only two platforms can be used as working platforms at any one time. Uses standard layher components.

C permanent stairways shall comply with the applicable provisions of the general industry safety orders. I have inside and or outside handrails. Misuse of the scaffold where a ladder is used on a tower causing it to overturn or when a person falls while the tower is being moved. Internal access decks provide working decks bracing elements and access all in one.

Consequently scaffold stairs which meet all the requirements of subpart x may be used for temporary access to upper floors while constructing multistory buildings. Whether subpart l or subpart x requirements apply to scaffold stair towers used for access to multistory buildings. Comfort stairs used to configure a landing type stair tower for allround or speedyscaf scaffold constructions. Scaffolding hazards continue to rank high on the list of the most frequently cited standards in the construction industry.

Tg20 13 provides compliant scaffolds for a limited range of cantilever scaffolds loading bays static towers use of rakers bridges and protection fans. Easy reach stair units are fully welded to australian standards as 1576 1 as1657. Pictured is a typical stretcher double stair access tower with a top landing height of 12 metres. Erection and dismantling the manufacturer supplier or hirer has a duty to provide an instruction manual explaining the erection sequence including any bracing requirements.

When scaffold platforms are more than 2 feet 0 6 m above or below a point of access portable ladders hook on ladders attachable ladders stair towers scaffold stairways towers stairway type ladders such as ladder stands ramps walkways integral prefabricated scaffold access or direct access from another scaffold structure. Stair tower scaffold stairway tower means a tower.