BS 5974:1990

Committees responsible
Foreword
Code of practice
Section 1. General
1 Scope
2 Definitions
3 Description
4 Statutory requirements
5 Identification and registration of components and
    marking of safe working loads
6 Materials and components
7 Design
8 Strength of the building
Section 2. Types of roof rig
9 Timber pole and lashing roof rigs
10 Scaffold tube and fittings roof rigs
11 Roof rigs of other structural sections
12 Roof rigs for travelling platforms where there are
    two or more platforms on the same track
Section 3. Suspension system
13 Ropes
14 Winches and climbing devices
15 Electrical requirements
Section 4. Types of platform
16 Hinged continuous platforms
17 Individual suspended platforms
18 Painter's cradles
19 Suspended safety chairs (bosun's chair)
Section 5. Care, use and inspection of equipment
20 Care of materials and equipment in store
21 Erection and dismantling
22 Handing over and inspection
23 Use of installed equipment
24 General duties of the user and his workpeople
25 Recommended format for a handing over certificate
Appendices
A British Standards giving details of materials and
    components
B Masses and strengths of materials and components
C Stability calculations
D Recommended format for a handing over certificate
Tables
1 Mass of materials
2 Bending strengths of scaffold tubes and timber poles
3 Section properties of scaffold tubes
4 Maximum safe loads on steel scaffold tubes
5 Maximum safe loads on the butt ends of timber poles
6 Properties of the 'old 4 in x 3 in' I beam section
7 Safe working loads for individual couplers and
    fittings
Figures
1 Examples of roof rig definitions
2 Typical travelling cradle arrangement
3 Types of suspended scaffolds
4 The righting and overturning moments
5 Square lashing
6 Diagonal lashing
7 Typical simple pole roof rig (lay down fixing)
8 Typical tube and fitting roof rig (lay down fixing)
9 Typical parapet roof rig
10 Typical parapet frame roof rig (tube and fittings)
11 Typical raised and extended roof rig (tube and
    fittings)
12 Typical built-up pole or steel tube roof rig for a
    penthouse and parapet
13 Typical built-up pole or tube roof rig for double
    parapet roofs
14 Typical ridge pole fixing for a small roof
15 Typical ridge pole fixing clear of the parapet
16 Typical pole or tube saddle rig with front frame on
    a mansard roof
17 Typical wire rope and front frame pole or tube roof
    rig
18 Typical stepped roof tubular roof rig
19 Typical raised tubular roof rig
20 Typical mobile fixing for a short cradle on a
    straight wall
21 Typical cross section of a heavy duty suspended
    hinged scaffold on steel joist outriggers
22 The rope tension and its effect
23 Typical method of securing fibre ropes to cradles
24 Alternative method of securing fibre ropes to
    cradles

Advice on the construction, design and use of working platforms and cradles installed temporarily on a building or some other structure. Covers power and manually-operated equipment. Coverage includes definitions, ropes and electrical requirements. Also includes appendices, tables and diagrams.