Scaffolding risk assessment
- Risk score before controls (likelihood x severity, out of 25)
- 16
- Residual risk score after controls
- 8
- Reduction from the controls, percent
- 50
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A scaffolding risk assessment for the contractor erecting, using or altering a scaffold: the fall from the platform and from the ladder access, the collapse from a missing tie or an overloaded lift, the dropped material onto the public or the crew below, the struck-by from the vehicle at the loading bay, the contact with overhead lines, and the weather. Each is a row with the control, scored before and after, in the template on this site; Pro keeps the assessment with the scaffold's inspection record and the handover certificate.
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The fall, from the platform and from the access
Guard rails, toe boards and the intermediate rail on every working lift; the access by a tied ladder or a stair tower rather than by climbing the frame; the platform fully boarded with no traps. The assessment names each and who checks it before the platform is used, and the row is scored again with the controls in place.
The collapse and the load
Ties to the structure at the spacing the design requires, the base plates and sole boards on ground that will hold them, the load per lift within the scaffold's class and the materials stacked against the standards rather than the middle of the boards. An alteration by anyone other than the scaffolder is a hazard row in its own right, with the control that nobody else touches it.
The people below and the public
Brick guards or debris netting where material could fall, an exclusion zone at the base and a marshal at the loading bay, the fans or the covered walkway where the pavement runs under the scaffold, and the lighting at night. The public row is the one that reaches the local authority when it is missing.
Inspection, handover and the record
The scaffold is inspected before first use, after any alteration or event that could affect its strength, and at the interval the regulations require, with the inspection recorded; the handover certificate says what the scaffold is designed for. Pro keeps the assessment, the inspections and the handover against the project so an inspector's question is answered from the file.
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Scaffolding risk assessment: common questions
Who writes the scaffolding risk assessment, the scaffolder or the user?
Both. The scaffolder assesses the erection, alteration and dismantling; the contractor using the scaffold assesses their own work on it and reads the handover certificate before they start.
Is the template free?
Yes. The risk assessment template on this site prints the scored assessment with no account; Pro keeps it against the project with the inspection record.
How often must a scaffold be inspected?
Before first use, after any alteration, after any event likely to have affected its stability, and at the interval the work at height rules require, each inspection recorded and kept on site.