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NL · Occupational Health and Safety Regulations (workplace standards) · Article 166 · clause 166 · NLR 5/12

PART XI SCAFFOLDS, STAGES AND WORK PLATFORMS — Access to scaffolds

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(1) Access to otherwise inaccessible working levels of a scaffold up to 9 metres above a floor or grade shall be provided by

166(a)

end frames providing a ladder-like structure having horizontal members uniformly spaced at approximately 30 centimetres on centre; or a stairway erected for the full height of the scaffold;

166(b)

a vertical or portable ladder or stairway, attached to the scaffold. a temporary passenger hoist approved for use under the Public Safety Act ;

166(2)

Access to otherwise inaccessible working levels of a scaffold over 9 metres above a floor or grade shall be provided by

166(c)

an attached vertical ladder, with rest platforms at least every 6.1 metres which are fully guarded except at the ladder location; or

166(d)

end frames with a ladder-like structure having horizontal members uniformly spaced at 30 centimetres on centre, and rest platforms at least every 6.10 metres which are fully guarded except at the ladder location.

166(3)

A worker shall not climb the outside of scaffold frames between landings.

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