The utility model discloses a work platform suitable for a tailings pond spillway tower, and belongs to safe operation facilities of the tailings pond spillway tower or a tailings pond water return tower. The work platform is characterized in that a plurality of unit platform bodies are connected and surround the periphery of the tailings pond spillway tower to be in a circular ring shape in the mode of being 500 mm away from a tower body of the tailings pond spillway tower, each unit platform body comprises an inner guard bar and an outer guard bar, a platform framework is connected between each inner guard bar and the corresponding outer guard bar, supporting floating bowls are connected to and arranged on the lower face of each platform framework, a plank is laid on the upper face of each platform framework, and each plank and the corresponding platform framework are fixed together through angle iron. The work platform can meet the safety requirements of persons working on the work platform, construction materials can be stored on the work platform, the periphery of the outer side of the work platform is surrounded and blocked through geotechnical cloth underwater, and floating objects are prevented from entering return water.