Protecting others while you work from the tower scaffold, Never allow other people to work below you, or within six to ten feet of the scaffold tower, even a small object falling from the top of the tower can cause severe injury.

Use cones and bunting to section off an area around the base of the tower scaffold so that others will not be placed in danger by materials that may fall from the tower., note that bunting is useful in areas where there are few if any pedestrians around, if you are using a tower scaffold in a busy area use fixed barriers that can’t be simply moved.

If you leave the tower scaffold up overnight or move away from the tower leaving it unattended, remove any lower ladders or thoroughly block any access point to prevent children or others climbing up the tower scaffold.

On any working platform hand rails and toe boards should be fitted

Other things  to avoid when using aluminium scaffold towers!
Using a hoist, Don’t even think about it.
Sheeting up the sides, you’ll get blown over.
Using the tower on soft ground, the scaffold tower will probably fall over.

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