Since temporary structures, such as scaffolds are commonly used in building and construction industry, it is important for engineers and the users of scaffolds to have a good knowledge on scaffold design and safety. This is to prevent accidents such as scaffold collapses or accidental falls from scaffolds, leading to human injury and death.
In Singapore, the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) has revised its construction regulations to be more in tune with the Workplace Safety and Health Act 2006 (Full-text available via MOM website http://www.mom.gov.sg), so as to enforce safety measures in the building and construction industry.
MOM adopts national strategy to achieve sustainable, continuous improvement in Workplace Safety and Health performance. The Workplace Safety and Health for Singapore (WSH 2018), aims to achieve one of the best safety records globally by reducing the national fatality rate to less than 1.8 per 100,000 workers by 2018.
This guide helps you locate some resources on scaffold design and safety standards used for building and construction, which are available at Lee Kong Chian Reference Library, Level 7.
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