PIMUS Drafting
The PIMUS is the Assembling, Use and Dismantling Plan, whenever scaffolding is erected.
It is the responsibility of the employer of the company in charge of scaffolding erection and dismantling to prepare the PIMUS by a competent person.
The most important part contained in the PIMUS, concerns the assembly and disassembly procedures, which must be described step by step and are directly dependent on the choice of which collective protective system or PPE to use.
The PIMUS does not always have to be accompanied by the project but there are some cases where it is mandatory, in summary:
- Scaffolding more than 20 m high (measured from the base of the footings to the extrados of the highest work surface);
- Scaffolding made not in accordance with the diagrams-types given in the ministerial authorization booklet;
- Scaffolding comprising a total number of decks greater than that shown in the model diagrams;
- scaffolds with the anchors not distributed and/or made in accordance with the indications given in the standard diagrams or with solutions of equal effectiveness to those given in the ministerial authorization booklet;
- scaffolds with total overload in vertical projection greater than that taken into account in the stability verification of the scaffold given in the instruction booklet attached to the ministerial authorization booklet;
- scaffolds with a surface area exposed to wind action other than that taken into account in the stability verification of the scaffold (usually this is exceeded when tarpaulins, trellises, billboards, and/or placards are attached to the scaffold);
- In the case of mixed use of scaffolding elements not belonging to a single ministerial authorization.
- When preparing the PIMUS, the employer must ascertain the compatibility of the various PPE used, the strength of the anchorage points to be used, and the compatibility of use on scaffolds.
- Since the risk of falling from height can always occur, emergency operations must also be provided within the PIMUS.
The draft PiMUS must therefore contain:
- The calculation performed according to the instructions approved in the ministerial authorization;
- The working drawing (plans, elevations and sections, if necessary).
ALL PIMUS
As with the ALL PSC and ALL POS, our ALL PIMUS has an interactive QR CODE that allows the site supervisor and scaffold erection, dismantling and transformation workers to have access to documents accompanying the SOP such as:
– PIMUS digital copy
– scaffold calculations always up to date
– updated working drawings
– scaffold booklet with relevant ministerial authorization
The ALL PIMUS is aimed at making available the necessary information to the person in charge and the assembly workers the proper construction of the scaffold.
In fact, it should be remembered that a scaffold erected differently from the design will result in work stoppage until it is brought up to code, sanction, and liability on the part of the trained and appointed supervisor in the event of an accident. This is only if he/she has all the necessary information to do his/her job properly.
SANCTIONS
The Employer may incur the following main penalties (Legislative Decree 81/08)
All fines are to be increased by 9.60% in connection with the enactment of L.99/2013
PIMUS non-compliant: 2 to 4 months or fine of €1,000 to €4,800
Failure to produce copy of ministerial authorization, design and executive drawings, of scaffolding more than 20 m high: 3 to 6 months or fine of €2,500 to €6,400
Failure to produce construction and employment authorization issued by the Ministry of Labor: arrest up to 2 months or fine of €500 to €2,000
