Safety Flash
Dropped objects from scaffolding
Dropped objects from scaffolding
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 01/05
- Dropped ObjectsWorking at Height
- Dropped objects
- Working at height
- Hand toolsScaffold
- Safety communication
Summary
This flash describes incidents involving tools left inside scaffold tubes, including a metal spike falling 7–8 feet and narrowly missing a scaffolder during dismantling. It attributes the problem to forgotten temporary storage and recommends capping tube ends, reminding personnel not to store items in tubes, and removing tools after tasks.
Classifications: Dropped objects; falling objects; DROPS.
Classifications: Working at height; work at height.
Classifications: Hand tools; hand-held tools; handheld tools.
Classifications: Scaffold; scaffolding.
Classifications: Safety communication; toolbox talk; toolbox talks.
Summary
Tools stored on scaffold tubes were later forgotten, creating a risk of falling objects from elevated work areas.
IMCA SF 01/05. Themes: dropped objects, working at height.