Safer Together - Work at Height - What are you doing to ensure the integrity of scaffolding components and prevent failures when working at height?

Description of Incident

scaffolder was erecting a tube and clip scaffold and was working from two scaffold planks positioned at 2.4 metres above grade. The scaffolder was tied off to a scaffold ledger using two fall-arrest lanyards (limited free fall to 600mm) anchored 810mm above their feet. During the task, one of the scaffold planks failed, causing the scaffolder to fall. The fall arrest system activated and the scaffolder came to rest just above grade. The scaffolder was able to safely perform a self-rescue.

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