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A coloured tag at a scaffold access point recording its inspection status.
Also known as: Scafftag, Scaffold status tag
A scaffold tag hangs at the access point of a scaffold and records whether it has been inspected and is fit for use. A green tag means it has been handed over and may be used; a red tag means it may not; and an absent tag is not a neutral state — the working assumption is that an untagged scaffold has not been inspected and must not be climbed. Tags carry the inspector's name and the date, because the permission is time-limited and lapses.
Records whether a scaffold has been inspected and handed over: a green tag permits use and a red one forbids it.
Contexts: Technical drawing, Public information
Treats an absent tag as a prohibition rather than a neutral state. An untagged scaffold is assumed uninspected, which is the default that catches people out and the reason tags are fixed at the access point rather than in an office.
Contexts: Technical drawing, Public information
Carries a date and an inspector's name because the permission is time-limited: an inspection lapses on a defined interval and after any event that could have altered the structure.
Contexts: Technical drawing, Public information
A rectangular plastic holder hung from a tube, showing a printed insert with a status word and ruled fields for a name and a date.
Both record an inspection status on the equipment itself.