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WAC 296-874-20056

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Provide specific fall protection for specific types of scaffolds.
  

     You must:

     • Use a personal fall arrest system to protect employees on the following scaffolds:

     – Boatswain's chair;

     – Catenary scaffold;

     – Float scaffold;

     – Ladder jack scaffold;

     – Needle beam scaffold.

     • Use a personal fall arrest system and a guardrail system to protect employees on:

     – Single-point adjustable suspension scaffolds;

     AND

     – Two-point adjustable suspension scaffolds.

     • Protect employees working on a self-contained adjustable scaffold that has the platform:

     – Supported by the frame structure, using a guardrail system with a minimum two hundred pound toprail capacity.

     – Suspended by ropes, using:

     ▪ A guardrail system with a minimum two hundred pound toprail capacity;

     AND

     ▪ A personal fall arrest system.

     • Protect employees on walkways located within a scaffold by using a guardrail system that meets all of the following:

     – Has a minimum two hundred pound toprail capacity;

     – Is installed within nine and one-half inches (24.1 cm) of the walkway;

     – Is installed along at least one side of the walkway.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.010, 49.17.040, 49.17.050, 49.17.060. 07-17-026, § 296-874-20056, filed 8/7/07, effective 10/6/07; 05-01-054, § 296-874-20056, filed 12/7/04, effective 3/1/05.]