Inspecting the Support Structure
Components
It's important to make sure components are compatible and made of similar metals, or scaffold failure could occur.
Components must be compatible with similar metals.
- Make sure scaffold components manufactured by different manufacturers are not intermixed, unless they fit together without being forced and the scaffold's structural integrity is maintained.
- Ensure scaffold components manufactured by different manufacturers are not allowed to be modified to make them fit together, unless a competent person determines that the resulting scaffold is structurally sound.
- Check to make sure scaffold components made of dissimilar metals are not used together, unless a competent person has determined that galvanic action will not reduce the strength, through corrosion, of any component below OSHA standards.
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2-6. Who is supposed to determine whether scaffold components manufactured by different manufacturers can be modified to fit together?
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