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Scaffolding RAMS examples

Erecting, altering, inspecting and dismantling scaffold and mobile towers. Pick the job below to see a complete RAMS with every step, hazard and control, download it as a Word template, or make your own in a couple of minutes.

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Common scaffolding hazards

Falling tools and materialsTools, materials or debris fall from above and hit someone working or walking below.
Falling from heightA worker falls from any height where a fall could cause injury, such as an edge, platform or opening.
Scaffold collapse or fall from scaffoldA scaffold that is badly built, overloaded or altered collapses or tips, or a worker falls from an unguarded platform.
Lifting and carrying heavy loadsLifting, carrying, pushing or twisting with heavy or awkward loads strains the back, shoulders or knees.
Public entering the work areaMembers of the public, including children, walk into the site and are hit by plant or falling objects, or fall into holes.
Contact with overhead power linesA ladder, MEWP, crane, tipper or long length of material touches or gets close to an overhead line and electrocutes people.

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