
Crawling board (chicken ladder) means a supported scaffold consisting of a plank with cleats spaced and secured to provide footing, for use on sloped surfaces such as roofs. Coupler means a device for locking together the tubes of a tube and coupler scaffold.
Top rails on a supported scaffold must be erected along all series#
Continuous run scaffold (Run scaffold) means a two-point or multi-point adjustable suspension scaffold constructed using a series of interconnected braced scaffold members or supporting structures erected to form a continuous scaffold. Competent person means one who is capable of identifying existing and predictable hazards in the surroundings or working conditions which are unsanitary, hazardous, or dangerous to employees, and who has authorization to take prompt corrective measures to eliminate them. Cleats are also used to provide footing on sloped surfaces such as crawling boards. (See Multi-point adjustable "suspension scaffold".) Cleat means a structural block used at the end of a platform to prevent the platform from slipping off its supports. Chimney hoist means a multi-point adjustable suspension scaffold used to provide access to work inside chimneys. Additional support may be provided by vertical pickups. Catenary scaffold means a suspension scaffold consisting of a platform supported by two essentially horizontal and parallel ropes attached to structural members of a building or other structure. Carpenters' bracket scaffold means a supported scaffold consisting of a platform supported by brackets attached to building or structural walls. Bricklayers' square scaffold means a supported scaffold composed of framed squares which support a platform. Brace means a rigid connection that holds one scaffold member in a fixed position with respect to another member, or to a building or structure. Body harness means a design of straps which may be secured about the employee in a manner to distribute the fall arrest forces over at least the thighs, pelvis, waist, chest and shoulders, with means for attaching it to other components of a personal fall arrest system. Body belt (safety belt) means a strap with means both for securing it about the waist and for attaching it to a lanyard, lifeline, or deceleration device. Boatswains' chair means a single-point adjustable suspension scaffold consisting of a seat or sling designed to support one employee in a sitting position.

Bearer (putlog) means a horizontal transverse scaffold member (which may be supported by ledgers or runners) upon which the scaffold platform rests and which joins scaffold uprights, posts, poles, and similar members. Adjustable suspension scaffold means a suspension scaffold equipped with a hoist(s) that can be operated by an employee(s) on the scaffold.
