Int 0522-2007

Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Subdivision (b) of section 27-1045 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by local law number 53 of the city of New York for the year 1975, is amended to read as follows: (b) Tests and inspections required. [All] Before use, all suspended scaffolds shall be inspected daily by the [user] following person: (i) the licensed rigger or his or her foreman in accordance with section 26-172 of the code; or (ii) the licensed sign hanger or his or her foreman in accordance with section 26-182 of the code; or (iii) the superintendent of construction, if the work is not performed by or under the supervision of a licensed rigger or sign hanger in accordance with sections 26-173 and 26-184 of the code. A record of such inspections shall be kept and maintained at the [field office of the user] job site and shall be readily available and presented to department personnel upon request. The record shall be signed by the individual responsible for the inspection and shall also show the individual’s name clearly and legibly printed. Upon delivery of the scaffold equipment to the site, the supplier of such equipment shall furnish a certificate from an independent testing laboratory or a licensed professional engineer stating that physical tests of a prototype of the equipment were conducted and that such equipment is capable of withstanding at least four times the maximum allowable live loads. Such certificates shall be kept at the field office of the user and shall be available for inspection by a representative of the department of buildings. This section, however, shall not be construed to reduce the factors of safety specified elsewhere in this code for various appurtenances to this equipment. In addition, tests prescribed in section 27-998 of article three of subchapter eighteen shall be performed with the full rated live load on the scaffold at the test intervals specified therein and at such other intervals as the commissioner may require. §2. This local law shall take effect ninety days after its enactment into law.