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#Yellow tag scaffold meaning plus#

If all of your site’s scaffolds are yellow tagged – then investigate as to why.The innovative Scaffold Inspection Timer from can help save lives by clearly showing when scaffold maintenance is needed on Scafftags from Brady. If your erectors are tagging all your scaffolds as “Light Duty” – ask for their load calculations.

Challenge the validity and veracity of your site’s tags.

The responses you receive will speak VOLUMES as to the effectiveness of your tagging system. Ask them about the scaffold tagging system, what it means and how they use it.

Talk to your scaffold users and erectors.

If you find that your scaffolds are predominantly untagged or tagged yellow, with no load rating, with incomplete or vague instructions – then you have a major potential liability on your hands.

Grab a clipboard and take a walk around your site.

The only worker who is permitted to be on a red tagged scaffold is the erector – whose sole purpose is to be correcting or dismantling the scaffold. Red tags simply mean “DO NOT USE” and are typically installed OVER the green or yellow tag when a defect or concern is identified. RED TAGS, fortunately, are often the least confused scaffold tags. Another dangerous tactic is tagging all scaffolds at “Light Duty” – this may also mean a lack if proper scaffold rating.

In addition, these tags are incompletely filled out – often omitting the scaffold load rating and the critical instructions to the users.

#Yellow tag scaffold meaning plus#

Yellow tags should contain all 4 pieces of information identified above – PLUS a specific instruction to the user on what makes the scaffold irregular.Īs noted above, many sites have chosen to exclusively (and improperly) use yellow tags on their scaffolds. “Irregular” means that there is something special about the scaffold that the user must be made aware of, more specifically - a precaution or action that the user must take when using the scaffold. YELLOW TAGS, logically, will therefore mean that it’s an IRREGULAR scaffold. It has been an unfortunate trend on many industrial sites that they now have NO GREEN TAGGED SCAFFOLDS! All of their scaffolds are tagged yellow – thereby defeating the effectiveness of the communications system. Green tags should contain the 4 pieces of information identified above, and depending on your industry, green tagged scaffolds should represent some 75% - 90% of the supported scaffolds on your site. Green tagged scaffolds would have the normal, typical risks associated with any scaffold - such as work at height, climbing, egress, etc. “Regular” in this case means that the scaffold has no special operating instructions or hazards that the user must be aware of. GREEN TAGS mean that it’s a REGULAR scaffold. One of the causes of this confusion is a misinterpretation of the scaffold tag color coding system (i.e. They are NOT fine print – rather, they are BOLDLY and CLEARLY worded instructions about the safe use of the scaffold. They are NOT a way of the erector to disclaim their scaffolds to users. Scaffold tags are NOT “ass covering” devices. In “Scaffolding’s Dirty Little Secret” – we identified some of the industry’s challenges in determining proper load ratings for scaffolds. *Scaffold Load Rating is entirely another important discussion unto itself. Load Rating*: The basic load or duty rating of the scaffold.Contact: The name of the Erector, Inspector or Competent Person.Date: The most recent date of completion, modification or inspection.Identification: A scaffold name, number or code.All scaffold tags should contain at least 4 pieces of basic scaffold information: They are a color coded means of your scaffold ERECTORS to communicate vital information to your scaffold USERS. In their most basic form, scaffold tags are COMMUNICATIONS devices. However, these important safety devices have become the most twisted, convoluted, and misunderstood tools on your site, - and their misuse is endangering your workers.

Used properly, scaffold tags can protect workers, prevent failures, and save lives. If I have a few “soapbox” moments in my scaffold erector and inspector training classes (and I do) - this is one of them.