Implement a scaffold tagging (green/yellow/red) program as a documented company practice, understanding it supplements rather than substitutes for OSHA inspection requirements

Steps

1. Recognize that OSHA has no regulatory tagging requirement for scaffolds — tags are a voluntary industry practice used to communicate inspection status
2. Define tag meanings in the site safety plan: green for competent-person-cleared unrestricted use, yellow for a modified or restricted-use scaffold requiring extra precautions, red for an incomplete, out-of-service, or hazardous scaffold
3. Post tags at every access point, including ground level and intermediate access points, at conspicuous or eye-level locations
4. Update the tag immediately after each competent-person inspection or any status-changing event
5. Train all scaffold users to recognize tag colors and to never use a red-tagged or untagged scaffold