512 EM 385-1-1 Chapters 16-22

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22-4. Roles and Responsibilities

Competent Person (CP), Scaffolding Responsibilities.

Oversee employees working with scaffolds, ensuring safe conditions during adverse weather and enforcing the use of fall arrest systems or wind screens.
Train employees in scaffold-related tasks, emphasizing hazard recognition.
Conduct scaffold inspections for visible defects before each work shift and after any potentially compromising event, authorizing immediate corrective actions.

Registered Professional Engineer (RPE) Duties

Stamp and certify all non-standard scaffolding components and connections.
Design scaffolds as per the manual and related standards, providing stamped calculations and drawings.
Specifically design and certify frame scaffolds over 125 feet, mason’s multiple adjustable suspension scaffolds, hanging scaffolds, and TMP.

Mobile Elevating Work Platforms (MEWP) Operator Precautions

Conduct a pre-operation survey of the work area for hazards like uneven ground, obstructions, and energy sources.
Ensure the MEWP is on a firm, level surface and properly loaded as per the manufacturer's instructions.
Use outriggers/stabilizers if required, secure the vehicle's wheels, and connect the appropriate fall protection system.

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22-3. Who is responsible for conducting scaffold inspections for visible defects before each work shift and after any potentially compromising event?

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Competent Person (CP)

Registered Professional Engineer (RPE)

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EM 385-1-1 Paragraph 22-4.

22-4. Roles and Responsibilities.

a.  Competent Person (CP), Scaffolding will:  (22-4.a)

(1)  Provide oversite of employees who erect, dismantle, move, or alter scaffolds, determine if it is safe for employees to work on or from a scaffold during storms or high winds, and to ensure that a personal fall arrest system or wind screens protect these employees.

(2)  Provide training for employees involved in erecting, disassembling, moving, operating, repairing, maintaining, or inspecting scaffolds to recognize associated work hazards.

(3)  Inspect scaffolds and scaffold components for visible defects before each work shift and after any occurrence which could affect the structural integrity and to authorize prompt corrective actions (see para 22-5).

(4)  Inspect ropes on suspended scaffolds prior to each work shift and after every occurrence which could affect the structural integrity and take prompt corrective actions.

(5)  Determine the feasibility and safety of providing fall protection and access.

(6)  Evaluate the space between a hanging scaffold platform deck ends and the face of the vertical structure prior to use on each jobsite to determine if the space constitutes a hazard.

b.  Registered Professional Engineer (RPE).  When an RPE is required by 29 CFR 1926 Subpart L they will:  (22-4.b)

(1)  Stamp all designs that are not “off-the-shelf” scaffolding components or connections commercially available and certified by the manufacturer for use on scaffolds.

(2)  Design and detail scaffolds according to this manual and any standard referenced.

(3)  Provide stamped calculations and drawings for designs.

(4)  Design drawings and specifications for all frame scaffolds over 125 feet
    (38.1 m) in height above the base plates must be designed by an RPE.

(5)  Design mason’s multiple adjustable suspension scaffold connections.

(6)  Design hanging scaffolds (see para 22-8.g).

(7)  Design and certify TMP (see para 22-8.r).

c.  Mobile Elevating Work Platforms (MEWP) Operators.  Before operating an MEWP, the operator will:  (22-4.c)

(1)  Survey the work area for loose or soft ground, ditches, drop-offs or holes, bumps and floor obstructions, debris, overhead obstructions, ground and elevated energy sources, and other possible hazards.

(2)  Ensure the MEWP is on a firm, level surface.

(3)  Ensure the MEWP is loaded according to the manufacturer's instructions.

(4)  Ensure that outriggers and/or stabilizers are used if required by the manufacturer.

(5)  Ensure that, if the vehicle is on wheels, the wheels are locked or chocked.

(6).  Ensure that the appropriate fall protection system is connected.

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