Scaffold Awareness

Scaffold Safety

100

These are the three scaffold tag colors. 

What is Green, Yellow and Red 

200

Scaffolds have three capacities listed on the tags.

What is 25, 50 and 75. 

300

Prior to ascending a scaffold you must. 

What is read the tag. 

400

Common Scaffold hazards 

What is head bangers, trip hazards, uneven decks. 

500

Before I break the plane of a scaffold. 

What is tie off. 

Fun Facts

100

Scaffold originated in

1. Scaffolding originated in North Africa and China where bamboo was a favourite material, which is still used today in parts of Asia

200

The great wall of China was built using scaffold, what material did they use. 

1. The Great Wall of China was built using bamboo scaffold

300

Until the 20th Century scaffold was built out of this material. 

1. Until the 20th century, scaffolding was built mainly of wood. However, shortages in the quantity of wood in numerous regions urged companies to look for other sources.

400

This person was the best scaffold designer in the history of mankind. 

1. Michelangelo is considered the best scaffold designer in the history of mankind. It is believed that he designed a scaffold to paint the ‘Sistine Chapel.’

500

The tallest scaffold was built in this country. 

What is Dubai, 

1. Burj Khalifa in Dubai is the tallest freestanding structure in the world – 829m high with 163 floors! The construction took six years, and in order not to reveal the final height or design, scaffolding was built around the stories as they were built