SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR SCAFFOLDS
(Saudi Aramco)
GENERAL INSTRUCTION MANUAL
CONTENTS:
1.0 PURPOSE
2.0 DEFINITIONS & ACRONYMS
3.0 GENERAL PROVISIONS
4.0 SCAFFOLD PLAN PREPARATION AND REVIEW
5.0 SCAFFOLD ERECTION
6.0 INITIAL INSPECTION AND TAGGING
7.0 ALTERATIONS
8.0 PERIODIC INSPECTIONS
9.0 DISMANTLING
10.0 RESPONSIBILITIES
11.0 CERTIFICATION
1.0 PURPOSE
This General Instruction (GI) provides the minimum administrative requirements for the safe design, erection, supervision, inspection, use, alteration, and dismantling of stationary and mobile scaffolds with fixed platform heights at all onshore and offshore Saudi Aramco facilities and project sites. This GI applies to scaffolds erected either by contractors or by Saudi Aramco departments in support of construction, operations, or maintenance activities.
2.0 DEFINITIONS
2.1 Bracket (Tank Builder’s) Scaffold – a scaffold supported by bracket straps welded to the tank or vessel wall. Upright brackets are hooked to the straps.
2.2 Fabricated Tubular Frame Scaffold – a scaffold consisting of a platform(s) supported on fabricated end frames with integral posts.
2.3 Guardrails – toprails and midrails erected to prevent workers from falling off an elevated work area.
2.4 Lanyard - a flexible line with a positive means to lock end connections closed (i.e., locking type snap hooks or carabineers with a self-closing, self-locking keeper) that is used to secure the wearer of a full body harness to a lifeline or a point of anchorage.
• Shock-absorbing Lanyard - a specially designed lanyard with a built-in shock absorber that elongates during a fall, so that fall arresting forces are significantly reduced when compared to a traditional web or rope lanyard.
2.5 Mobile Scaffold – a rigid scaffold assembly supported by casters and manually moved horizontally.
SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
(Saudi Aramco)
GENERAL INSTRUCTION MANUAL


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