Larsen & Toubro Limited ECC Division

HSE Questionnaire
Work at Height
Q. No.

Question

The rungs of a ladder shall be spaced not more than __________ apart centre to
centre.

Overall length of a stock ladders shall not exceed ______________

The overall height of step ladders shall not exceed ______________

The overall length of the extension ladder shall not exceed ___________.

The sliding section of an extension ladder shall not exceed __________ in number

Trestle ladders shall not exceed ________ in length

The minimum distance between side-rails of trestle ladders shall be not less than
__________.

11

When height of a fixed ladder exceeds _________ height, landing platform shall
be provided.

12

A ladder should be placed at an approximate slope of __________

13

A ladder should be extended to a height at least __________ above the workplatform.

14

The user of ladder shall always maintain ________ point-contact.

16

As per OSHA an independent scaffold should be tied to the structure at every

______horizontally and _________ vertically.

17

As per OSHA standard, the entire scaffold should be tied to the permanent
structure at intervals not to exceed ________ horizontally and _________
vertically.

18

As per OSHA standard Metal Tubular Frame Scaffolding, including accessories

shall be constructed and erected to support ______ times the maximum rated
load.

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19

When free-standing mobile scaffold towers are used, the height shall not exceed
______ times the minimum base dimension.

20

Wheels of a Mobile Scaffold should be locked when it is in use. YES / NO

21

Lifting of frame and other parts of Scaffolding shall be carried out using
_________ arrangement.

22

Dismantling of scaffolding shall be done from the ________ of the scaffolding.

23

At the end of the day, it should be ensured that a half-dismantled scaffold is

____________

24

Formwork components shall be stacked at a distance equivalent (at least) to the

_____ of Excavation.

25

List out the four safety requirements that are to be checked before lifting a wall /
column panel.

26

List two safety requirements related to Flex System.

27

A Heavy duty tower / Light duty scaffolding / Stair Tower of L&T Scaffold System
shall be fixed to the permanent structure at every _________ distance vertically.

28

List out two safety requirements which are to be observed while lifting a lift shaft
formwork panel.

29

List out two safety requirements which are to be met while using Slipform
technique.

30

What does a red tag on a scaffold indicate?

31

List two safety requirements of a work platform

32

Every Working Platform shall be provided with a ladder or any other safe means of
access. Yes / No

33

Height of the guardrail of a work platform shall be from __________to ________.

34

Toe guard in a guardrail shall be of minimum __________ height.

35

Posts and rails shall be capable of withstanding a force of at least_____________

applied at any point.

36

Minimum width of a work platform should be __________________

37

The use of a crane suspended Personnel Platform / Man-cage shall be limited as

far as possible unless there is no safer, practical, conventional means of access to
an elevated work area. YES / NO

38

Use of Crane Suspended Platform for carrying out welding works shall be
avoided. YES / NO

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39

A minimum safety factor of ________ shall be maintained for the load line (wire
rope) of the crane while using a Crane Suspended Man-cage.

40

The combined weight of the loaded personnel platform and its rigging must not
exceed ______ percent of the rated capacity of the crane for the radius and
configuration of the crane.

41

A crane suspended man cage should be designed to support platform weight and
at least _________times the maximum intended load.

42

The Man Cage is connected to the crane hook by _________ hitch.

43

Man Cage should be tested with a proof load of 150% of the safe working load.

44

Suspension ropes used for a personal suspension system shall be not less than
________ polypropylene rope or any synthetic rope of equivalent strength. In case
of hot works steel wire rope of minimum ______ diameter shall be used.

45

Personal Suspension System shall be tested at least once ________ by a

competent person with a load of at least three times the maximum weight that will
be imposed on it.

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