§ 8-14-101 — Protection of building employees

A person employing or directing
another to perform labor of any kind in the erection, repairing, altering, or painting
of a house, building, or structure shall not furnish or erect for the performance of
such labor scaffolding, hoists, stays, ladders, or other mechanical contrivances
which are unsafe, unsuitable, or improper and which are not constructed, placed,
and operated to give proper protection to life and limb of a person so employed or
engaged. Scaffolding or staging swung or suspended from an overhead support
more than twenty feet from the ground or floor shall have a safety rail of wood,
properly bolted, secured, and braced, rising at least thirty-four inches above the
floor or main portions of the scaffolding or staging and extending along the entire
length of the outside and the ends thereof and properly attached thereto, and such
scaffolding or staging shall be so fastened to prevent the same from swaying from
the building or structure.

Legislative History

Source: L. 13: p. 448, � 1. C.L. � 4186. CSA: C. 97, � 117. CRS 53: � 80-16-1. C.R.S. 1963: � 80-13-1.