Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 6 - CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIRS › SPECIFICATIONS › Section 6.15 - Painters' swinging scaffolds

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a)
Platform planks.
The platform planks shall be laid together
				  and shall overlap the stirrup or hanger by at least 12 inches. A bar, strip or
				  other device shall be permanently attached to the platform outside the hanger
				  to prevent the platform from slipping off the hanger.
(b)
Stirrups or hangers.
The
				  iron stirrups or hangers shall be of a strength at least equal to wrought iron
				  or steel 3/4 inch in diameter and shall be so formed that guardrails may easily
				  be secured to them. For painters' swinging scaffolds used for sign painting at
				  a height not exceeding 7 feet, hangers constructed of rope may be used. In such
				  cases rope shall conform to the specifications set forth in §
										6.31 (relating to cables, ropes,
				  block and tackle). The distance between hangers shall not exceed 14
				  feet.
(c)
Hooks.
The hooks used to support the scaffold shall be of a strength at least equal to
				  wrought iron or steel of a cross section 5/8 inch by 2 inches. They shall be
				  securely anchored and supported. Care shall be taken that the eaves or cornices
				  of a building are of assured soundness. Hooks, cornice irons, outlookers or
				  other devices for fastening to the building shall be securely fastened to the
				  eaves, cornices or other equally reliable object of support, and shall be
				  frequently inspected. Hooks shall be tied to prevent slipping off the cornices
				  or eaves.
(d)
Testing
				  strength.
Swinging scaffolds shall be constructed to bear at least
				  four times the maximum weight to be placed on them. Every time the scaffold is
				  erected it shall be tested by raising the platform about one foot from the
				  ground and loading it with at least four times the maximum weight that will be
				  imposed upon it.
(e)
Blocks
				  and ropes.
Blocks and ropes shall conform to the requirements set
				  forth in § 6.31, and ropes shall be double lashed at each point of
				  suspension.
(f)
Permissible
				  load.
Not more than two men shall be permitted on this type of
				  scaffold at one time except where more than two stirrups with corresponding
				  hooks, blocks and ropes are used, in which case one additional man may be
				  permitted for each additional stirrup.
(g)
Combining two scaffolds.
Two or more swinging scaffolds shall not, at any time, be combined
				  into one by bridging the distance between them with planks or similar
				  connecting links.
(h)
When
				  not in use.
When leaving a swinging scaffold the men shall lash it
				  securely to the building. Buckets or other loose objects shall be removed from
				  such scaffold immediately upon the cessation of work by the men.
(i)
Prevention of swaying.
Ropes or hooks shall be used and fastened to the platform of the scaffold and
				  to the building in such a manner and at such intervals as to prevent the
				  scaffold from swinging away from the building. Likewise, fenders shall be
				  provided to prevent the scaffold from swinging against the building.