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Questions are frequently asked about the correct bracing of scaffolds. Scaffold users turn to the standards looking for the answer, only to be disappointed by the lack of information that could be used as “instructions.” The standards acknowledge the necessity and importance of bracing by requiring...

Do you remember the last time you took a test or quiz? Do you remember how many questions were on that test? Do you remember how you felt before you took the test and after you took the test? Were the questions true and false? Perhaps they were multiple choice or even fill in the blank. Then of...

What is a scaffold? A scaffold is “any temporary elevated platform (supported or suspended) and its supporting structure (including points of anchorage), used for supporting employees or materials or both.” (OSHA 29CFR 1926.250) This includes frame scaffolds for example, and also two planks...

Interesting thoughts and observations: • The US Congress passed the law that created the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, OSHA, in 1970. Why it that some people still don’t know who or what OSHA is? • There were 5.5 million workplace injuries in 1998, according to the Department of...

The scaffolding standards of care can be ambiguous if not at times downright bizarre. Between the requirements of safety standards, the demands of the market place, and the confusion of inconsistent safety enforcement, it’s a wonder that there is any agreement within the industry. It’s amazing to...