MEMORANDUM FOR: GERALD P. REIDY
Regional Administrator
FROM: John B. Miles, Jr., Director
Directorate of Field Operations
SUBJECT: Evaluation of the "Rustgo Work Platform"
Re: Region II Memorandum of February 13, 1985 concerning the above
mentioned subject.
The Rustgo work platform used at a construction project is a mobile
scaffold which must comply with the scaffold standards regulated in 29 CFR
1926.451 [and 1926.452(w)]. Based on the information provided by the
manufacturer's brochure and a telephone conversation between a company
official and a member of my staff, it appears the Rustgo work platform was
designed to comply with the requirements for mobile scaffolds. The company
official stated that the Model 195 and the Model 139 platforms have been
tested when they have been raised to their highest level with at least
four times the specified maximum workload. Compliance officers performing
OSHA inspections where the Rustgo work platforms are being used by the
employer shall enforce 29 CFR 1926.451 [and 1926.452(w)], requirements for
manually propelled mobile scaffolds. |
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