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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

There are 349 miles of scaffolding in the city, but the city Buildings Department has for years allowed companies that erect the equipment to do their own safety inspections. That would change with a ...

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 ...

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.

The bills require all suspended scaffolds – the type that hang from the roofs of tall buildings by ropes or other means, not the ones anchored on the ground – to be inspected daily and that a record ...

This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited articles, webinars and ebooks. New York City’s built environment is rich in many things, from ...

Hong Kong’s construction watchdog should help small firms procure approved scaffolding nets at a lower cost, a leading contractor has said, after inspectors found two sites using plastic meshes that ...

While applying brick to the exterior of a new residential construction site located at 33 Emerald Road in Robbinsville, N.J., workers employed by Y.V. General Construction Corp. based in Kearny, N.J., ...