This document discusses scaffolds, which are temporary platforms used by workers performing tasks at heights above the ground. It provides definitions and terminology related to scaffolds from the Scaffold Safety Handbook. Useful safety videos about scaffolds are listed, along with an assignment to answer review questions from the NEBOSH scaffold safety chapter.

1. Scaffolds

2. Scaffolds
A temporary platform, either supported from
below or suspended from above, on which
workers sit or stand when performing tasks at
heights above the ground.

3. Report Presentation
Page 52 - 112
Scaffold Terminology
Reference:
Scaffold Safety Handbook
Link:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/9731353/Scaffold-
Handbook

4. Useful Videos
(1) Scaffold Safety
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTCbqC2hagA&featur
e=mfu_in_order&list=UL
(2) Basic Scaffold Safety 1 - 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bz21rGiwJCQ&featur
e=mfu_in_order&list=UL
(3) Introduction to Scaffolding: Basic Terms
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rh1Z-i14-
h0&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL

5. Assignment: Review Questions
Answer the following:
8.5 Practice NEBOSH questions for Chapter 8
– #23
– #24
– #25
Use short bond paper
Copy and answer
Hand - written