California Code of Regulations
Title 8 - Industrial Relations
Division 1 - Department of Industrial Relations
Chapter 4 - Division of Industrial Safety
Subchapter 7 - General Industry Safety Orders
Group 4 - General Mobile Equipment and Auxiliaries
Article 23 - Mobile Ladder Stands and Scaffolds (Towers)
Section 3623 - Mobile Tubular Welded Frame Scaffolds
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
(a) Units shall be designed to comply with the requirements of Section 3622.
(b) Scaffolds shall be braced by cross braces or diagonal braces, or both, for securing vertical members together laterally. The cross braces shall be of a length that will automatically square and align vertical members so the erected scaffold is always plumb, square, and rigid.
(c) Spacing of panels or frames shall be consistent with the loads imposed. The frames shall be placed one on top of the other with coupling or stacking pins to provide vertical alignment of the legs.
(d) Where uplift may occur, panels shall be locked together vertically by pins or other equivalent means.
1. New NOTE filed 10-12-84 (Register 84, No. 41).
Note: Authority cited: Section 142.3, Labor Code. Reference: Section 142.3, Labor Code.
