The Role of the Engineer in Scaffold Safety

An engineer refers to a registered professional engineer. A professional engineer has the required education and experience and has passed rigorous exams that, under state licensure laws, permits the engineer to offer engineering services directly to the public.

29 CFR 1926, Subpart L, "Scaffolds," requires an engineer to perform the following duties:

• Design the direct connections of masons' multi-point adjustable suspension scaffolds
• Design scaffolds that are to be moved when employees are on them
• Design pole scaffolds over 60 feet in height
• Design tube and coupler scaffolds over 125 feet in height
• Design fabricated frame scaffolds over 125 feet in height above their base plates
• Design brackets on fabricated frame scaffolds used to support cantilevered loads in addition to workers
• Design outrigger scaffolds and scaffold components

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