Transporting Scaffolding in Construction Hoists

This document, updated in June 2021, provides guidance for scaffolders on the planning and safe use of construction hoists, including transport platforms, used for transporting scaffolding materials. The use of hoists for the transportation of scaffolding materials, during the erection or dismantling of a scaffold, can provide a safer means of lifting these materials than some traditional methods but as hoists used for this purpose may not have all the physical safeguards present, there is scope for unsafe use which has led to a number of serious accidents.