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Guide to Inspecting Scaffold Planks and Walkboards
Guide to Inspecting Scaffold Planks and Walkboards
The frames are the visible part of a scaffold and the planks are the part the crew actually stands on. Wood planks absorb the beating of every load, every set of boots, and every weather cycle on a Texas site, and a plank that has been in service for two years on a job in the sun looks fine from ten feet away and is not. Inspecting planks is a five-minute job that belongs on the same schedule as the frame inspection.
What to Look For
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Oct 4th 2026