METRO TUNNELING CHENNAI

L&T SUCG JV
CHENNAI METRO RAIL LIMITED

UAA-04, U/G STATION & ASSOCIATED TUNNELS

SCAFFOLD INSPECTION REPORT Ref: OP-A4-1 Rev 00

NOTES

General
1. The inspection report should be completed before the end of the relevant working period (every 7 Days)
2. The person who prepares the report should, within 24 hours, provide either the report or a copy to the person on whose behalf the inspection was
carried out. Eg Safety Manager, Engineer etc
3. The report should be kept on site until work is complete.
Working Platforms Only
1. Any employer or any other person who controls the activities of persons using a scaffold shall ensure that it is stable and of sound construction and
that the relevant safeguards are in place before his employees or persons under his control first use the scaffold.
2. No report is required following the inspection of any mobile tower scaffold which remains in the same place for less than 7 days.
3. Where an inspection of a working platform or part thereof or any personal suspension equipment is carried out:
i. before it is taken into use for the first time; or
ii. after any substantial addition, dismantling or other alteration;

Checklist of typical scaffolding faults:

Putlogs & Guard-rails &

Footings Standards Ledgers Bracing Couplings Bridles Ties Boarding Ladders
transoms toe-boards
Soft and Some Wrongly Wrong Wrong Some
Not plumb Not level Bad boards Wrong height Damaged
uneven missing spaced fitting spacing missing
No base Jointed at Joints in Wrong Insufficient
Loose Loose Loose Loose Trap boards Loose
plates same height same bay couplings length
No sole Wrong Wrong Wrongly No check
Loose Damaged Not enough Incomplete Some missing Not tied
plates spacing fittings supported couplers
No check Insufficient
Undermined Damaged Damaged - - - - Brick guards No Ladder
couplers supports