Requirements for Access to Scaffolds
Employers should provide all workers with safe access to scaffolds and scaffold platforms. Workers should use ladders or stairways to reach scaffold platforms that are more than 2 feet above or below the access point.
Permitted access: ladders, stair towers, ramps and walkways
Do not use crossbraces as a means of access. Note that permanent stairways or portable ladders should meet the requirements of Subdivision 3/X (stairways and ladders) of the construction safety and health standards.
When direct access is used, spacing between scaffold and another surface should be no more than 14 inches horizontally and 2 feet vertically. Access can be provided by:
- portable ladders
- hook-on ladders
- attachable ladders
- stairway-type ladders
- integral prefabricated scaffold rungs
- direct passage from another scaffold
- structure or personnel hoist
- ramps
- runways
- similar adequate means
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