SCAFFOLD COMMON TERMS AND CONDITIONS WHEN ||¦¦|DEALING WITH ||¦| SCAFFOLDING
It's important to know some of the common terms when dealing with scaffolding. For example, when an employee goes from one job site to another, knowing the proper scaffolding terms will improve communications and safety. Workers hoisting pallet onto scaffold being lowered from the roof. Hoisting a pallet on to the scaffold. Scaffold Terms. Adjustable suspension : A secure point of attachment for lifelines, lanyard, deceleration devices, or tiebacks. Bearer : A horizontal member of a scaffold upon which the platform unit rests and that may be supported by runners. Brace Plate: A device used to distribute vertical load. Boatswains' Chair : A suspended seat designed to accommodate one worker in a sitting position. Body Harness, Full: Straps that are secured about an employee in a manner that distributes the arresting forces over at least the thighs, shoulders and pelvis with provisions for attaching a lanyard, lifeline or deceleration device. Brace : A device that holds one sc...