Scaffolding typically ranks near the top of the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s most-frequently cited standards. However, developing a strong safety culture and implementing an ...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) wants to fine four contractors following the deaths of three workers at a West Campus construction site. The workers were killed in June 2009 ...

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 ...

INVOLVED IN THE RESCUE. INDIANA. WE’VE LEARNED A CRITICAL PIECE OF EQUIPMENT ON THAT SCAFFOLDING FAILED, WHICH CAUSED IT TO DROP AT THAT 45 DEGREE ANGLE. YOU CAN SEE IT NO LONGER UP THERE. THE TWO ON ...

In Part 6 of this article series, we look at the requirements that pertain to how scaffolding is used [29 CFR 1926.451(f)]. The first rule is you can’t load scaffolds or components beyond their ...

The safe use of mast climbing scaffolding and aerial lift equipment will be the focus of a new alliance formed by Scaffold Industry Association and OSHA, the agency announced today. The alliance also ...

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- When a seven-story scaffold along a luxury apartment building under construction near Minute Maid Park collapsed like a row of dominos last month, reports of the damage gripped the ...

LITTLE ROCK — Overloaded scaffolding and undersized bolts contributed to an April accident that resulted in the deaths of three workers who fell into the Arkansas River as they built a water pipeline ...