Scaffolding service is an integral part of the construction industry. However, there are other areas where you might need to install a scaffold to execute certain tasks. Especially, the ones that involve high risks should be done with the support of scaffolds.

However, before you hire a company for scaffolding services, you should be aware of the common mistakes you need to avoid. Every year, 80% of the total death and injury cases in the construction industry happen because of falling from height. Workers of this industry often need to work at high altitude and with nominal safety measures. In this situation, a robust and supportive scaffold structure will provide them with complete safety and support.

As long as you use the scaffold rightly, it turns to be highly useful for your site and daily operations. Even a slight mistake can cause massive damage. Therefore, you should know the mistakes and try to avoid them from the very beginning.

Scaffolding Services Mistakes: Know to Avoid

These are the common mistakes that often the experts of Pro-Flat Specialist Services Ltd notice at various construction sites. These mistakes are made by the workers who use the structure for their daily jobs in those sites.

  • Using various non-reliable items to obtain a certain height
  • Ignoring the impact of strong winds while working at height
  • Not acting carefully or rationally while working at the top
  • Ignoring or forgetting the codes of safe workload
  • Using unreliable and cheap scaffold towers 
  • Ignoring use the safety measures attached in the scaffolds to avoid fall

All these mistakes can cost big injuries and even death to many workers in the construction industry. Hence, they must be avoided from the very first day when you install the scaffold towers at your site.

How to Avoid Them

  • Never use any other object to increase the height of the towers.
  • Do not use the scaffold during a strong wind day.
  • Be extremely careful while moving around the scaffolds’ base at the top.
  • Follow all the safety measures and use the safety tools properly.
  • Keep the safe workload in mind while using scaffold towers.
  • Stop using low-cost and inefficient scaffold towers.

A Helpful Tip for All the Scaffold Workers

Never ignore the advice you are getting from your scaffold expert. All the scaffolding companies have their own regulations and guide their users for the same. Follow those norms carefully while working atop these towers. These experts can suggest these common mistakes and help you to avoid them.

If you need scaffolding services, please get in touch with Pro-Flat Specialist Services Ltd.