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NL · Occupational Health and Safety Regulations (workplace standards) · Article 157 · clause 157 · NLR 5/12

PART XI SCAFFOLDS, STAGES AND WORK PLATFORMS — Definitions

157(a)

"building tie" means a connection between a standing scaffold and a permanent structure;

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For the purpose of this section and sections 158 to 200 ,

157(b)

"double-pole scaffold" means a scaffold with both ends of the bearers supported by connections to posts or uprights;

157(c)

"heavy duty" means intended to support both workers and stored or stacked materials, including bricks and masonry, where the maximum load capacity does not exceed 366 kilograms a square metre;

157(d)

"light duty" means intended to support workers, their personal hand tools and material for immediate use only where the maximum load capacity does not exceed 122 kilograms a square metre;

157(e)

"painter's plank" means a single manufactured extension staging;

157(f)

"running scaffold" means a double-pole scaffold comprised of 2 or more bays;

157(g)

"scaffold" or "scaffolding" means a temporary work platform and its supporting structure used for supporting workers or materials or both; and

157(h)

"single pole scaffold" means a scaffold with the outer ends of the bearers supported on ledgers secured to a single row of posts or uprights, and the inner ends of the bearers supported on or in a wall.

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