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A weekly scaffold inspection register for construction sites. Add each scaffold, lift or tower with its tag, check the base, ties, platforms, guardrails, access and loading, photograph any defect and give a result of safe to use, restricted or not to be used. The form works out the days since the last inspection and records the details a Schedule 7 report needs, with who the report was given to and when. Every question is listed below, and you can fill the live form in on this page.
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A scaffold inspection checklist should cover the ground, sole boards and base plates, standards, ledgers and transoms, bracing, ties, fully boarded platforms, guardrails and toe boards, access ladders and gates, loading, sheeting and protection for the public, and whether the scaffold tag is up to date. The report must record who it was for, the location, a description, the date and time, any risk found, action taken, further action and the inspector's name and position.
Last updated . Facts checked by the SiteSurvey team on 17 October 2026 against regulation 12 of the Work at Height Regulations 2005, Schedule 7 of the Work at Height Regulations 2005: particulars of an inspection report, HSE guidance on scaffolds and HSE guidance on tower scaffolds.
Inspect each scaffold or tower as its own entry: its tag, position and height, the twelve checks, photos of any defect and the result. The register counts the defects and the scaffolds not to be used, and flags any that went more than 7 days without an inspection.
Photograph the elevation with the doorway at the base and measure the height to the top working platform. It is an estimate; the design or handover certificate gives the figure that matters. It works on web forms in any phone browser today, and the app version is on its way.
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Enter the date of the last recorded inspection and the form works out the days since. Past 7 days, a warning says not to let anyone work from it until this inspection is done.
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Each scaffold counts its own defects, and the register adds up the defects, the scaffolds not to be used, those with a restriction and those past 7 days. Each scaffold's position can be marked by GPS on a large site.
How calculated fields work →Walk Cam records each lift with a guided point for ties and platforms, and turns what you say into text for the report.
A fictional weekly inspection of a block of flats: an independent tied scaffold with a tie removed for window fitting and three bays closed, and a mobile tower with an unlocked castor and an out of date tag taken out of use.
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A scaffold inspection register and report: each scaffold or lift with its tag, the 7-day and after-event checks, defects with photos, the result and the regulation 12 report details. 4 sections and 74 questions. Follow-up questions and guidance appear only when an answer calls for them, so the person on site never sees the ones that do not apply.
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The person or company the report is for, usually the principal contractor or user.
For example a CISRS scaffold inspection card number.
Record estimated current conditions and add what you observe on site.
Optional. Scan the label or tag to capture its numbers.
Optional. Useful on a large site with several scaffolds.
Optional. An estimate from a photo of the elevation with a door or a person at the base. The design or handover certificate gives the figure that matters.
Measured with a tape at the lowest point you find.
No more than 7 days after this inspection.
A completed scaffold inspection report, made by SiteSurvey from a fictional site visit: every answer, the photos, the guidance that applied and the sign-off, ready to send as a PDF.
Under regulation 12 of the Work at Height Regulations 2005, a working platform used for construction work, from which a person could fall 2 metres or more, must not be used unless it has been inspected in that position within the previous 7 days. It must also be inspected after it is put up and after any exceptional circumstances that could affect its safety, such as high winds. The form works out the days since the last inspection and shows a warning when it is more than 7.
Schedule 7 of the Work at Height Regulations lists the particulars: the name and address of the person the inspection was for, the location and description of the equipment, the date and time, details of any matter that could give rise to a risk, action taken, further action considered necessary, and the name and position of the person making the report. Each is a question in the form.
The inspector must prepare the report before the end of the working period in which the inspection was done, and give it to the person it was carried out for within 24 hours. That person keeps it at the site until the construction work is finished, then at an office for 3 months. The form records who the report was given to, and the date and time.
Yes. Each scaffold, lift or mobile tower is its own entry with its own reference, location, checks, photos and result, so one weekly visit is one record. Each entry can scan the scaffold tag, and the form counts how many scaffolds are not to be used or have a restriction.
Regulation 12 says work equipment must not leave an employer's undertaking, or be used after coming from someone else's, without physical evidence that its last required inspection was done. A tag at each access point showing the latest inspection is a common way to show this. The form checks that the tag is current and, when a scaffold fails, asks how it was taken out of use and who was told.
Inspections must be carried out by a competent person. HSE says competence may have been assessed under the CISRS scheme, or through a manufacturer's training for a system scaffold. The form records the inspector's name and position and has a field for their card or qualification, such as a CISRS scaffold inspection card. It also asks whether you have seen the scaffold contractor's handover certificate and the TG20 compliance sheet or design reference.
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