Basic checks you could make to minimise any risks include:

* Checking the bottom conditions. E.g. May be the foundation firm, and not soft? If london scaffolding is erected on frozen ground, this might melt and set out to sink.

May be the scaffold level and supported on proper adjustable stands.

* If it is a rolling scaffold, would be the castors locked?

Just about any scaffolding should be able to support as much as four times its intended load.

Your * platform will need to be complete tailgate to cab and laterally. Any planking or decking mustn’t have gaps above 25mm (1%u201D).

* Toe boards and guardrails have to be positioned on all open sides.

* All sections of scaffolding must be secured or pinned appropriately.

* Safe entry to the scaffolding must be provided which avoid the have to climb over cross bracing. This are sometimes a kept ladder.

* The front face of any scaffolding should be 350mm (14%u201D) in the workface.

* Electrical wires must be given the appropriate electrical safety clearance.

* All scaffolding need to be inspected by way of competent person before used.

* If the scaffolding has expired 3m (10%u2019) high, personal fall protection needs to be provided or the scaffold should have handrails over 950mm (38%u201D) high.

* Anyone working in the vicinity of the scaffolding or for the scaffolding must wear a hard hat (in england it really is compulsory to provide head protection/ hard hats on any site).

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