Masonry Magazine February 2014 Page. 25
SafeTower Mobile Scaffold for All Heights
The SafeTower mobile scaffold features QuiXSafe, a system with a retractable, ergonomic brace that enables assemby from the Inside, out. The integrated ladder system provides access and movement between levels. And the closed, flat design of the brace clamps keeps them from falling over and caus�ing damage. It is TOV certified and exceeds safety standard EN 1004:2005.
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300 feet in the air, so do we. Having gcxxl scaffolding is probably the biggest asset. When scaffold doesn't cover it, then a PFAS (personal fall arrest system -a harness and lanyard) must be used and attached to a proper anchorage point. Whether it is the scaffolding or the PFAS, it must be in proper condition. If a handrail doesn't hold the 200 pounds it is Sllpposed t<>:, when the man falls against it, it fails. He never goes home again.Ifa harness is tom, or worn any�way, and the person falls, it fails. He falls to the ground as well.
Proper inspection of all these fall protection tools is a must. If it is not in good condition, then we look w1professional; we can be cited by OSHA; and someone could be severely injured or even die-simply because we didn't assure it oould do its job.
Masonry: How do you get your foremen and con�
tractors to use all of the proper safety attire and
equipment?
Everett: Training, training, training. Rare men are they who can be told once to do something, and they do so forever after. People must be convinced that it best for them, and there is no other choice. Logic and reason must be used, because our super�visors are intelligent people. C.ommunicating the misery and bro�ken hearts and dreams that result from accidents it needed, because our supervisors are hmnan and can be touched by emo�tion. Finally, they must know that it is a condition of employment. All these fucets should be at work oontinually and, soon, they will be preaching your sennon.
Masonry: Discuss how the MCAA views the issue of safety on the jobsite.
Everett: Safety is simmering to the surface around here at the MCAA more and more. Whether through questions from members; via compliance issues such as the new silica standard that is rolling out; or just by trying to make life easier for mem�bers by offering the free resources like safety meetings, videos, etc., there is always something to handle, that is for sure.
Safety in the work place in not going away. It is growing big�ger and more in1portant. Trying to fly under the radar is not a good plan. It won't win any friends, and it oould get people killed in the process. Working safety is a lifestyle -a culture where unsafe acts are looked at like a two-headed foreman. C.ommit to it, and we'll all be the better for it. lMAS
Zach Everett is corporate safety director of Brazos Masonry, www.brazosmasonry.com. Contact him at 254.848.5830 or zeverett@brazosmasonry.com.
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