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Never Miss the Legally Required Weekly Scaffold Inspection

Scaffolds require documented weekly inspections, and a missing record after an incident is catastrophic. Prompt the competent person weekly and archive every signed inspection.

difficulty Beginnersetup 20 minresult Weekly inspections happen and archive themselves — your scaffold records are always audit-ready.
  1. 1

    Register Active Scaffolds

    List each scaffold, site and the competent person.

  2. 2

    Prompt Weekly

    Add a Schedule Trigger and Slack node prompting each inspection with the form link.

  3. 3

    Archive the Record

    Store each completed inspection dated per scaffold.

  4. 4

    Escalate Missing Ones

    Alert the site manager if any scaffold's inspection lapses.

  5. 5

    Activate and Test

    Activate the workflow with a test scaffold. Confirm the prompt and archive work.

Frequently asked questions

What does the record prevent?

After any incident, the inspection trail is the first document requested — existence is everything.

Other recurring inspections?

Ladders, harnesses and excavations follow the same weekly-prompt pattern.

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