S-2.1, r. 4 - Safety Code for the construction industry

Section 3.9.23 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

3.9.23. Pump jack scaffold: In addition to the standards prescribed in section 3.9.22, every pump jack scaffold shall:

(1)  be designed to support, in addition to the dead weight, 3 times the maximum load allowed without damage to any of its components;

(2)  be used by not more than 2 workers at the same time between 2 masts;

(3)  have masts made out of a material other than wood;

(4)  be equipped with jacks designed to prevent any accidental slippage of the platform alongside the masts; and

(5)  when the work platform passes in front of an intermediate anchoring point, be equipped with a new anchor installed one and a half metres under the platform, before removing the intermediate anchoring.

O.C. 119-2008, s. 7.