Scaffolding is used on construction or renovation worksites as a temporary structure to support and allow workers to perform their duties. It is often used off the ground, at raised or higher levels.

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 ...

Fall prevention is one of the biggest buzz words of construction safety. Fall prevention permeates so many different areas of construction, including scaffolding use and safety. Kee Safety, a global ...

The current Scaffold Law imposes strict liability on contractors, developers, and owners regarding fall from heights injuries ...

On Jan. 2, 2023, scaffolding collapsed at a construction site in Charlotte, killing three workers. On the morning after New Year’s Day, Charlotte bricklayer Osman Reyes was on the seventh floor of an ...

Citations for violating scaffolding requirements consistently make it onto OSHA’s annual Top 10 list. The requirements are found in 29 CFR 1926.451(a) through (h). All of these are under the subhead ...

A bizarre photo of lifeguards watching tradies at work above the Yarra River in the heart of Melbourne has sparked controversy. The image showed two lifeguards on patrol as tradies on scaffolding ...

Mayor Eric Adams on Monday unveiled plans to transform how the city governs sidewalk construction sheds and scaffolding, promising to spur property owners to more quickly remove the structures that ...

Makeshift scaffolding set up at a church in Ethiopia has collapsed, killing at least 36 people and injuring dozens, state ...