RELIABLE SCAFFOLDING.
Sir,—As a means of onsuring immunitj from serious accidents, as recently recorded, may I suggest that a method adopted in tlio matter 6f bridges and hauling gear, such as.that used in mining districts; be adopted in testis the stability of stagings erected at a great height, involving risk to human life and limb. That'is to load the staging prior to its being put into actual use with at least 50 per cent, more than the human weight it is intended to cany. Bags of sand, for instance may be used. If a systein of inspection be not thorough indeed, it only tends to provide accident/!, for tho simple reason that the men eng<t3ed in the actual work are less inclined to rely Jon their own initiative, taking it for gianted that what the inspector approves must necessarily be safe. Otahuhu. Aimioii Cummings.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18025, 25 February 1922, Page 7
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144RELIABLE SCAFFOLDING. New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18025, 25 February 1922, Page 7
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