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The methodology that is used in the United States to encourage compliance with the safety and health standards isn’t working. That’s a polite way of saying that the strategy the Federal Occupational Safety & Health Administration, OSHA, uses to enforce the regulations is flawed. The strategy is...

No assembly required? That’s right. Unload that aerial lift off the truck, hop on and away you go. And go you will – just in ways you may not anticipate. And that is the problem. Too many users of aerial lifts think they are a no brainer to use. They assume there isn’t anything to it. Push a...

Unfortunately, suspended scaffolds, such as window washers scaffolds, make spectacular news items for the local television stations when things go wrong. Based on my familiarity with the standards, regulations, and recommendations regarding the installation and use of single and two point suspended...

Is it possible for scaffold erectors to comply with the Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standards for both fall protection and scaffold erection? I think not. Here’s why. Federal OSHA requires that scaffold erectors use safe personal fall arrest protection, if it is...

Is it possible to make a scaffold idiot proof? For that matter, is it necessary? At the recent Scaffold Industry Association (SIA) convention, safety and training were major topics at the various council meetings. This would suggest that it is not possible to make scaffolds idiot proof, but rather...