Temporary railing for a building including dual-use corner pulley and associated methods

A temporary railing for a boundary of a building floor of a building comprising at least one vertical building member, the temporary railing comprising:

• a plurality of cable temporary supports spaced along the boundary of the building floor;
• a plurality of vertically spaced apart cables carried by said temporary cable supports to extend along the boundary of the building floor;
• and
• said temporary cable supports comprising at least one dual-use corner pulley temporarily coupled to a respective vertical building member, said at least one dual-use corner pulley comprising
• a mounting bracket to be temporarily coupled to the respective vertical building member on either an inside corner or outside corner thereof,
• a yoke comprising a proximal end connected to said mounting bracket,
• a wheel removably carried by said yoke and having an inner surface adjacent the proximal end of said yoke for rotatably supporting a respective cable in a tensioned condition if said mounting bracket is connected to the inside corner, said wheel also having an outer surface opposite the inner surface for rotatably supporting the respective cable in the tensioned condition if said mounting bracket is connected to the outside corner, the inner surface of said wheel cooperating with said yoke for selectively capturing the respective cable in a slack condition if said mounting bracket is connected to the inside corner, and
• a removable cable capture pin cooperating with the outer surface of said wheel for selectively capturing the respective cable in the slack condition if said mounting bracket is connected to the outside corner.

A method for establishing a temporary railing for a boundary of a building floor of a building comprising at least one vertical building member, the method comprising:

• positioning a plurality of cable temporary supports spaced along the boundary of the building floor;
• positioning a plurality of vertically spaced apart cables carried by the temporary cable supports to extend along the boundary of the building floor;
• and
• wherein positioning the temporary cable supports comprises coupling at least one dual-use corner pulley to a respective vertical building member, the at least one dual-use corner pulley comprising
• a mounting bracket to be temporarily coupled to the respective vertical building member on either an inside corner or outside corner thereof,
• a yoke comprising a proximal end connected to the mounting bracket, and
• a wheel removably carried by the yoke and having an inner surface adjacent the proximal end of the yoke for rotatably supporting a respective cable in a tensioned condition if the mounting bracket is connected to the inside corner, the wheel also having an outer surface opposite the inner surface for rotatably supporting the respective cable in the tensioned condition if the mounting bracket is connected to the outside corner.