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Should I be worried when I get on a scaffold? Should I be worried when I can buy a scaffold frame for less than half of what it costs from another supplier? Should I be worried when I don’t know the strength of the scaffold I get onto? Am I expected to know how strong the scaffold is that I am...

What connection do hoists have with scaffolding? Can they be classified as scaffolds? Hoists, after all, support workers and materials, as the scaffold definition specifies. Typically, they are temporary, thus qualifying for another portion of the scaffold definition. The hoist car has a supporting...

Imagine a scaffold industry without rules and guidelines. Imagine that you could do anything you wanted with a scaffold. Imagine a scaffold industry without OSHA or ANSI. (I’ll bet a few of you could easily imagine that!) Imagine that you had no idea how to use a scaffold safely. Imagine nobody...

The use of this ladder jack scaffold just isn’t right, but not for the obvious reasons. You probably got a chuckle when you first glanced at the photo. Unfortunately, there is nothing funny about the situation, but not for the obvious reasons. I took the photo in the old neighborhood several years...

Thirty five years and what do we have to show for it? This year the Scaffold Industry Association celebrates 35 years of service to the industry. Through the good times and the bad, the association has strived to represent the interests of those involved in the business of access. And frankly, it...