Scaffold: Guidance on the assessment of the inside gap

14 November 2017

To prevent persons and materials falling from scaffold and causing injury, edge protection in the form of double guard rails and toe boards are required at the outer face and end faces of the scaffold.

Edge protection may also be required at the inner face depending upon an assessment of the ‘inside gap’ and the work that is needed at the inner face. 

Practical guidance on the assessment of the inside gap and the requirement for internal edge protection is available from Management in Construction (Jersey) Regulations 2016.