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Mobile scaffold tower RAMS Builder
Mobile scaffold tower risk assessment and method statement
Prepare RAMS for building a mobile tower to the maker's instructions, working from it, moving it and taking it down. Add the tower, ground and task details, edit the suggested steps and review the PDF draft.
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Which areas are included?
More details
For example, reception, the first floor or the rear garden.
What a Mobile scaffold tower RAMS covers
Mobile tower work here means a standard system tower: assembling it to the manual, working from the platform, wheeling it between positions and striking it at the end.
Suggested steps and hazards for Mobile scaffold tower
What it offers for mobile tower use before you have answered anything.
Stop things falling on people below
- Fence off the ground below the work so nobody walks under the tools and materials.
- Use toe boards, brick guards or netting on platforms and lanyard tools where you can.
Hazard
Tools and materials falling onto people below
Who might be harmed and how
People below, including the public
Controls in place
- Lower waste in bags or a chute, never throw it.
- Keep the exclusion zone up until the last item is down.
Falling objects are a leading cause of harm to the public near construction.
HSE: Protecting the public Use the tower manual
- Match every frame, brace, platform, guardrail and stabiliser to the named system.
- Use trained people and do not improvise missing parts.
Hazard
The wrong parts or sequence cause a fall or tower collapse.
Who might be harmed and how
Tower users and people below
Controls in place
- Keep the manual with the tower information.
- Stop if the configuration is not covered.
The maker’s system and sequence set the safe tower height and stability.
Tower scaffolds Set the tower on firm ground
- Support locked castors or base plates correctly on firm, level ground.
- Fit stabilisers or outriggers when the manual requires them.
- Never use bricks as packing.
Hazard
Soft, sloping or improvised support overturns the tower.
Who might be harmed and how
Tower users and people nearby
Controls in place
- Check the base before climbing.
- Keep within the maker’s height and loading limits.
Firm level support and the specified stabilisers keep the tower stable.
Tower scaffolds Assemble and dismantle safely
- When your team assembles or dismantles it, follow the protected sequence from the manual.
- Keep the area below controlled and secure parts for storage.
Hazard
An unguarded platform, falling part or wrong sequence causes a fall or collapse.
Who might be harmed and how
Tower assemblers and people below
Controls in place
- Use competent people and matching components.
- Stop if the configuration is not covered.
A protected sequence controls falls, falling parts and collapse during the tower work.
Tower scaffolds
What the builder asks about Mobile scaffold tower
Your answers decide which steps, hazards and controls it suggests.
Where
- Is the tower position ready?
How it’s done
- How high is the work, and what is the ground like?
- Which tower work will your team do?
What you’ve been told
- Do you have the tower system and manual?
What your Mobile scaffold tower RAMS includes
Method statement
The sequence of the work, step by step. The suggestions are a starting point; you write the method for the job as it will be done.
Risk assessment
Each hazard, who could be harmed, the controls in place and any further action. There is no risk score: you judge each row against the real site, and adding a hazard does not put its controls in place.
PDF draft for review
The document as you left it, for someone competent to check. A download is not approval and not permission to start work.