PDFWAC 296-874-20036

Make sure damaged or weakened scaffolds meet minimum strength requirements.

You must make sure any scaffold or scaffold component that has been damaged or weakened so that it no longer meets the minimum strength requirements of this chapter, is immediately either:
(1) Repaired, replaced, or braced to meet the minimum strength requirements; or
(2) Removed from service until repaired.
Reference:
For information on minimum strength requirements for suspended and supported scaffolds, go to the following sections within this chapter:
 
1. Make sure suspended scaffolds and scaffold components meet these strength requirements, WAC 296-874-30002;
 
2. Make sure supported scaffolds and scaffold components meet these strength requirements, WAC 296-874-40002.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.010, 49.17.040, 49.17.050. WSR 15-23-086, § 296-874-20036, filed 11/17/15, effective 12/18/15. Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.010, 49.17.040, 49.17.050, 49.17.060. WSR 05-01-054, § 296-874-20036, filed 12/7/04, effective 3/1/05.]