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Pump Jack/Ladder Jack Scaffold Photo Compliance Guide

This document provides photos and descriptions of violations found in the construction of a pump jack/ladder jack scaffold. It identifies issues such as a platform not extending far enough over its support, unstable footings, lack of fall protection including guardrails and personal arrest systems, platforms bridged together dangerously, and ladders used on unstable or sloped surfaces. The scaffold was found to be over 20 feet high without required tie-ins. Several photos show additional violations like makeshift access via chicken ladders and slide guards not used on a steep roof.

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Pump Jack/Ladder Jack Scaffold Photo Compliance Guide

This document provides photos and descriptions of violations found in the construction of a pump jack/ladder jack scaffold. It identifies issues such as a platform not extending far enough over its support, unstable footings, lack of fall protection including guardrails and personal arrest systems, platforms bridged together dangerously, and ladders used on unstable or sloped surfaces. The scaffold was found to be over 20 feet high without required tie-ins. Several photos show additional violations like makeshift access via chicken ladders and slide guards not used on a steep roof.

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PUMP JACK/LADDER JACK SCAFFOLD

PHOTO COMPLIANCE GUIDE


Aurora Area Office
1997 Scaffold of the Year

Judged the Worst Scaffold of the Year


By Our Compliance Staff

20' high -- No Guardrails Expanded view of scaffold


leg footing.
1926.451(b)(4): Each scaffold platform shall extend over its end
support at least 6 inches.

Violation: The right platform is not 6 inches over the pump jack
bracket.
1926.451(c)(2)(i): Footing shall be capable of preventing
displacement. Siding contractor putting a wood pump jack leg onto a
welded frame scaffold.

Violation: Use of another scaffold as a footing can cause


displacement by allowing scaffold planks to shift out from under the
left leg resulting in its collapse.
1926.451(c)(2)(i): Footing shall be sound, rigid, and capable of
supporting the loaded scaffold without settling or displacement.

Violation: Soil is undercutting beneath the plywood because it was


not compacted and protected from water.
1926.451(c)(4)(i): Footing shall be level, sound, rigid, and capable
of supporting the loaded scaffold without settling or displacement.
1926.451(e)(1): Safe
access shall be provided to
scaffolds.

No violation: Ladder
arranged so that worker can
step onto scaffold directly
from the ladder.
1926.451(g)(1):
Guardrails are
required at all open
sides and ends of
scaffolds.

Violation: Ends are


not guarded on this
narrow scaffold.
1926.451(g)(4)(iv): When midrails are used, they shall be
installed between the top edge of the guardrail system and the
platform surface.
1926.451(g)(4)(ix):
Midrails shall have 150 lbs.
strength capacity.

No violation: Ladder was


secured to pump jack
brackets and poles giving
required strength.
1926.452(j)(2): Pumpjack poles shall be secured to the structure at
the top by the use of rigid triangular bracing or equivalent.

No violation: The top is secured by metal bracing.


1926.452(j)(2):
Pumpjack poles shall
be secured to the
structure at the bottom
by the rigid triangular
bracing or equivalent.

No violation: Pump
jack pole is secured to
mudsill of 3/4 inch
plywood which is
staked into the ground.
1926.452(j)(2):
Poles shall be secured
at the top by rigid
triangular bracing or
equivalent.
1926.452(j)(3): When
work benches are used for
fall protection, they must
meet requirements of
1926.451(g):

No violation: No midrail
is needed because gap
between platforms is 23
inches. The work bench
can serve as a top rail
because the vertical
distance from the
platform is 23 inches + 4
inch thick platform + 12
inch horizontal plank
width = 39 inches.
1926.452(j)(3):
Workbench may be used as
a top rail if it meets the
requirements for guardrails
in 1926.451(g)(4).
1926.452(j)(6): When wood
poles are constructed of two
continuous lengths, they shall be
joined together with the seam
parallel to the bracket.

No violation: Seams are parallel


to the bracket.
1926.452(j)(3): When
two by fours are spliced
together to make a pole,
mending plates shall be
installed at all splices to
develop the full strength of
the member.

Violation: No mending
plate at the splice.
1926.451(b)(3): Scaffold
platform must be within 14
inches to the structure.

No violation: Scaffold is within


14 inches from the building.

1926.451(e)(1): Safe access to


scaffold shall be provided

Violation: Safe access to


scaffold not provided.
1926.451(e)(1): Safe
access to scaffold shall be
provided.

Violation: Scaffold not


set up to give safe
access.
1926.451(e)(1): Safe access shall be provided to scaffolds over 2
feet in height.

No violation of access requirement: Ladderjack scaffold ladder is


set up so that worker steps from ladder to scaffold plank with no
interference.
1926.451(g)(1): Fall
protection is required for
each employee on a
scaffold above 10 feet.

No violation: Ladder jack


used at 5 feet.
1926.451(g)(1)(i):
Employees on a ladder
jack scaffold shall be
protected by a personal
fall arrest system when
working above 10 feet.

Violation: No fall arrest


on the 14 foot high
scaffold.
1926.451(g)(1)(i):
Employees on ladder jack
scaffold shall wear fall
arrest.

No violation: Employee
wearing fall arrest while
siding on the ladder jack.
1926.451(g)(1)(i): Each
employee on a ladder jack
scaffold shall be protected by
a fall arrest system.
1926.453(k)(1):
Ladder jack scaffolds
shall not exceed a
height of 20 feet.

Violation: Scaffold was


26 feet high.
1926.452(k)(5): Ladder jack scaffold platforms shall not be bridged
one to another.

Violation: Both metal planks resting on a single ladder jack bracket.


1926.1053(b)(6):
Ladders must be used on
level surfaces unless
secured to prevent
displacement.

Violation: Ladder feet not


stable on a sloped roof.
Expanded View - 30' high Chicken ladder
No intermediate used in lieu of fall arrest on roof.
tie-ins from pump jack.

1926.451(g)(1)(iii): Each employee on a crawling board (chicken


ladder) shall be protected by personal fall arrest, guardrails, or by
3/4 inch grabline or equivalent handhold securely fastened beside
each crawling board.

Violation: No fall protection at edge of pump jack or on chicken


ladder. No midrail on scaffold.
1926.21(b)(2):
Employees shall be
trained to avoid hazards.

No violation: In this
instance the use of
scaffolding is not feasible
for employees applying
siding. Employees have
been trained in adequate
ladder use.
1926.501(b)(11):
Employees on steep roofs
over 6 feet shall have fall
protection.

Violation: Sider on 18 foot


roof with no fall or slide
protection.
1926.501(b)(11): Fall
protection is required for
sloped roofs over 6 feet
high.

No violation: Adequate
fall protection (2x4 inch
slideguards) is used on this
roof.
1926.1053(b)(6): Ladders shall be used on stable and level
surfaces.

Violation: Ladder is not stabilized and is also on the slope (unlevel)


portion of the roof.
1926.451(c)(2)(ii): Unstable objects shall not be used to support
scaffold members.

Violation: Step ladder supporting scaffold on left is not considered


stable.

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