Citations for violating scaffolding requirements consistently make it onto OSHA’s annual Top 10 list. The requirements are in ...

In 1977, five ironworkers fell to their deaths from improperly erected scaffolding on the construction site of a power plant in the Midwest. Donald, the site superintendent of the ironworkers, had ...

It is safe to say that every power plant in the world uses scaffolding in some way, shape, or form. It is a critical component for many maintenance activities where permanently installed access is not ...

Mayor Bloomberg (R-NYC) is looking to spend millions to keep construction workers from falling off scaffolding in the Bronx and the rest of the city.Last November, the mayor ordered a task force to ...

The tragic increase in the construction death rate reported by the New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health (NYCOSH) during the first year of the pandemic should concern all New Yorkers ...

The UK’s Health & Safety Executive (HSE) has issued the scaffold checklist. The guide clarifies when scaffolding is required and what level of training and competence those erecting, dismantling, ...

In a bid to make working on scaffolds safer, Mayor Bloomberg has recorded radio ads in Spanish that call on immigrant laborers to report unsafe conditions to the city. The public-service ads, ...