- Author
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Hunt, B.
- Title
- Development of a Research Program for Scaffolding Standards. Final Report.
- Coporate
- Kansas Univ., Lawrence
- Sponsor
- National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC
- Report
-
NBS GCR 80-255
August 1980
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Contract
- NB79-NAHA-0015
- Keywords
-
scaffolds; construction; safety engineering; standards; structural design; industrial accidents; guidelines; design criteria; finite element analysis
- Abstract
- Under the auspices of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), the Construction Safety Group of the National Bureau of Standards (NBS) has embarked on a scaffolding research program to provide the necessary technical assistance for developing performance standards and design guidelines for scaffolds. This paper describes the various problem areas that exist with construction scaffolding and appendix A presents the major types of scaffolds under study. The first study is the analysis of scaffolding accidents and related employee casualties and is presented in appendix B. The second study is the review of current scaffolding codes and standards and is presented in appendix C. Two concurrent studies have been performed and are presented in the major portions of this paper. These are a review and evaluation of the technical literature on scaffolding and a study and analysis of in-field scaffold loading practices. Using the results of these first four studies, this paper presents a newly developed analytically based scaffolding research plan.