OSHA’s rules for scaffolding are in 29CFR1926, Subpart L. This runs a little less than seven pages, and the rules apply to employers. Since as a group employers don’t do so well with compliance ...

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 ...

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 ...

A rise in scaffolding accidents New York City last year has prompted New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg to introduce measures intended to improve safety for workers toiling on suspended scaffolds.

A United States District Court (N.D. California) ( “Court”) addressed in a February 3rd Order an issue arising out of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) scaffolding regulations ...

While delivering a progress report addressing New York City’s strategic plan to protect workers on scaffolds, Buildings Commissioner Patricia J. Lancaster announced that the majority of the plan’s ...

SABINE PASS, Texas — In the wake of a recent scaffolding collapse that claimed three lives at the Port Arthur LNG site, 12News spoke with an expert in the field to gain deeper insight into jobsite ...

WELL, JESSICA, IT LOOKS LIKE THIS MAY NOT BE OVER BECAUSE MORE SCAFFOLDING MAY BE COMING DOWN. IT LOOKS LIKE IT’S JUST HANGING BY A THREAD OUTSIDE THIS FOUR STORY APARTMENT BUILDING THAT IS APPARENTLY ...

Scaffolding has transformed into an unintended skyline spectacle in the city, catching the attention of residents and city officials, including Mayor Eric Adams. A recent report by the Citizens Union ...

CHARLOTTE — Tuesday marked one year since scaffolding collapsed at a construction site in Charlotte’s Dilworth neighborhood, killing three workers and hurting two others. It happened on Jan. 2, 2023 ...