Section 72 in U.P. Building And Other Construction Workers (Regulation Of Employment And Conditions Of Service) Rules, 2009
72. Tower scaffold.
- The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or other construction work that -(a)the height of every tower scaffold used in building or other construction work is not more than eight times, the lesser of a base dimension of such scaffold;(b)a tower scaffold is lashed to a building or a fixed structure before being used by the building workers;(c)any tower scaffold which can be moved or castered is :(i)constructed with due regard to the stability and, if necessary, adequately weighted at the base;(ii)used only on plain and even surface; and(iii)has casters provided with positive locking devices to hold such scaffold in position.(d)no building worker remains on board scaffold, tools, material when it is being shifted from one position to another position.
