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91-191 - General

Section 133
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Scaffolds – miscellaneous requirements
133(1)An employer shall ensure that
(a) lean-to scaffolds on wall brackets are not used,
(b) the inner supports of the supporting members on a single pole scaffold are of adequate construction and securely fastened to a wall,
(c) a safe means of access is provided to all working levels of a scaffold, and
(d) no person uses cross-bracing or diagonal bracing on a scaffold for climbing.
Protection of employee working below scaffold
133(2)Where an employee is working on a scaffold above another employee, the employee working above shall ensure that the employee below is protected from the hazard of objects falling from the higher level by overhead protection or by such means as tying off tools and other unsecured objects on the higher level.