Answer Key: Self-Test B-3.1

  1. c. WorkSafeBC
  2. d. Platform ladder
  3. b. Construction or industrial use
  4. b. It can stand on its own without leaning against a structure
  5. b. Lock the spreaders before climbing
  6. c. Rungs
  7. b. Cleats
  8. b. One quarter of the ladder height
  9. b. 1 m
  10. b. The section where ladder parts slide over each other
  11. b. Scaffold
  12. c. The employer
  13. a. Inspect the scaffold
  14. b. Mudsills
  15. b. Not perfectly vertical
  16. c. 3 m (10 ft.)
  17. b. Prevent tools or materials from falling off the platform
  18. b. To raise workers vertically using folding supports
  19. b. Move easily across a surface
  20. b. Bucket

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