Scaffold Daily Inspection Logger
Competent-person scaffold checks — footing, bracing, planking, guardrails, ties, tags and weather events; tagged per scaffold, offline.
New scaffold inspection
OSHA: inspection by a competent person before each work shift and after any event that could affect integrity (weather, impact, modification).
Field guide: Scaffold Daily Inspection Logger
Scaffold law is unusually blunt: a competent person must inspect before each shift and after anything that could affect integrity — wind, impact, the night crew that 'borrowed' two braces. The fatal four findings repeat across incident reports: missing guardrails on the working level, improvised footing on blocks or frozen mud, gapped or unsecured planking, and ties removed for access and never replaced. This logger walks those in order and matches the inspection to a tag state (green/yellow/red), per scaffold, time-stamped.
The events panel is the inspection trigger most programs miss — modification, storm, strike — each restarts the inspection clock regardless of schedule. Power-line clearance gets the hard flag (the 3 m / 10 ft rule for sub-50 kV) because scaffold-to-line contact remains a multiple-fatality event type. 'Incomplete/erection' is its own class: a scaffold mid-build is only legal territory for the erection crew under its own rules.
Field tips
- Inspect from the ground up — footing failures undermine everything above, and they're also the findings visible without climbing.
- Count braces against the bay pattern; theft-for-convenience always takes the same diagonal twice.
- After wind events, check ties first and planks second: uplift works the connections before it moves the deck.
Records are stored only in this browser (localStorage) — export regularly. This tool aids field documentation; it does not replace your agency's official inspection procedures or engineering judgment.
Scaffold Daily Inspection Logger — Competent-person scaffold checks — footing, bracing, planking, guardrails, ties, tags and weather events; tagged per scaffold, offline. Free, offline-first and GPS-aware: open it on any phone, log in seconds, and hand your GIS team clean GeoJSON.
About Scaffold Daily Inspection Logger
Scaffold law is unusually blunt: a competent person must inspect before each shift and after anything that could affect integrity — wind, impact, the night crew that 'borrowed' two braces. The fatal four findings repeat across incident reports: missing guardrails on the working level, improvised footing on blocks or frozen mud, gapped or unsecured planking, and ties removed for access and never replaced. This logger walks those in order and matches the inspection to a tag state (green/yellow/red), per scaffold, time-stamped.
How to use Scaffold Daily Inspection Logger
- 1Enter the scaffold id / location and tap 📍 GPS to pin the scaffold's exact location (or type coordinates).
- 2Work through the scaffold checklist — every field matches what a real inspection program records.
- 3Pick a condition on the Green tag — safe / Yellow — restrictions / Red — do not use ⚠ / Incomplete/erection ⚠ scale; actionable findings are tallied automatically.
- 4Add notes and log the inspection — it saves instantly to your device, even with zero signal.
- 5Export the round as CSV for your asset system, GeoJSON for the GIS, or print a clean report.
Why use Scaffold Daily Inspection Logger?
- ✓100% free, no sign-up — built for crews, not per-seat licences
- ✓Offline-first: records save to your device instantly and survive dead zones
- ✓One-tap GPS tagging with accuracy capture on every record
- ✓Exports CSV for asset systems, GeoJSON for GIS, and print-ready reports
- ✓Checklist and guidance aligned with OSHA 1926.451/452
Frequently asked questions
Who qualifies as a competent person?+
OSHA's definition: someone able to identify existing and predictable hazards AND with authority to take prompt corrective measures — training plus empowerment. For scaffolds that means the inspector can red-tag and stop use on the spot. A checklist without that authority isn't competence; it's clerking.
What does the tag system add to inspections?+
Point-of-use communication: a worker at the access ladder sees green (inspected, safe), yellow (restrictions — e.g., harness required), or red (do not use) without finding the paperwork. The log behind it — this one — carries who inspected, when, and what was found. Tag and log must agree; mismatches are themselves findings.
How big a platform gap is too big?+
OSHA 1926.451: platforms planked as fully as possible, gaps no more than 1 inch (25 mm) except where larger is necessary around uprights, and the front edge within 14 inches of the work face for most work. Plank ends secured or overlapped per the rules — wind-lifted plank ends drop workers as effectively as missing planks.
When are ties and anchors required?+
Per the 4:1 rule, supported scaffolds taller than four times their minimum base width must be restrained (guys/ties/braces) at prescribed intervals — and always per the design drawing on engineered scaffolds. The classic violation is removing a tie to slip materials through; logging 'ties removed' as red-tag findings is how that habit dies.
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