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A very good friend of mine asked me why we always talk about safety from the top down but never from the bottom up. In other words, why is the focus on management and not the worker? He suggested that I look into the matter and perhaps offer an explanation or better yet, explain why it is...

A review of the standards proves that using a suspended scaffold, such as a two point suspension scaffold typically used for high rise building maintenance and repairs, isn’t any more dangerous than walking down the street that is below it. In fact, I surmise that a perusal of statistics will show...

Strength The strength of the platform is critical, obviously, to the occupant. Frankly, if the platform cannot hold the anticipated load, you won’t like the result. The strength of the platform is determined by the designer and must be based on the anticipated load – that’s why the designer must...

It is not a healthy or a safe thing when scaffolds fall over. Consequently, and not surprisingly, there are codes and standards that address scaffold stability and the minimum expectations regarding scaffold stability. Both OSHA and ANSI, the American National Standards Institute, have minimum...

TRUE OR FALSE QUESTIONS (Answer the following true (T) or false (F) questions. Place a (T) to the left of each true statement and a (F) to the left of each false statement. ____1.) The allowable load on a scaffold is determined by testing or engineering analysis. ____2.) OSHA requires scaffold...