{"id":213,"date":"2020-05-13T09:45:33","date_gmt":"2020-05-13T09:45:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/preventdrops.com\/devnew\/?p=213"},"modified":"2022-12-21T09:17:56","modified_gmt":"2022-12-21T09:17:56","slug":"dropped-board-when-dismantling-scaffold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/preventdrops.com\/devnew\/dropped-board-when-dismantling-scaffold\/","title":{"rendered":"Dropped board when dismantling scaffold"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"213\" class=\"elementor elementor-213\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-79e9ddd8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"79e9ddd8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-428f7fc3\" data-id=\"428f7fc3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56f7d78b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"56f7d78b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.9.1 - 14-12-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":1} --><!-- \/wp:heading --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>What happened?<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Workers were dismantling a scaffold.<\/p>\n<p>A worker was passing a 6 foot (1.8 metres) wooden board down to a colleague.\u00a0\u00a0He lost balance and dropped the board.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The board grazed the colleague\u2019s hardhat and cut his hand.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The force of the board could have caused permanent disability or fatality.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Why did it happen?<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The original scaffolding job was done flawlessly, but this job was an add-on to the original plan.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The safety risks were not re-evaluated when the scope changed.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>What did they learn?<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Create a safe plan to complete the demolition of scaffold.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Re-evaluate the risks when the scope of work changes.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Ask yourself or your crew<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>How can something like this happen here?<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>What actions could have been taken to safely take down the scaffolding?<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>When the scope of work changes, how can we reassess the risk and create a new plan?<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>How would you intervene if you saw this situation?<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><br \/>Source: Toolbox.org<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What happened? 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