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So, let’s try a different concept; let’s look at this falling body issue from a different perspective. Suppose for a minute that the argument that goes like this really works: “I won’t fall.” You, the employee, are convinced that you won’t fall today. Let’s face it, if you thought you were going to...

A standard is written this way: 29 CFR 1926.405(j)(4)(ii)(C). (The example being used is an electrical standard addressing electrical equipment for general use.) The “29” is the United States Code Title and defines the standards that are being referred to. The “CFR” refers to the “Code of Federal...

Generally there are two issues that determine if scaffolds are compatible; the first issue applies to the same type of scaffold of different designs or manufactured by different manufacturers. For example, a tubular welded frame scaffold manufactured by company A has a leg diameter of 1 inch while...

So, what has the association been up to for the last 25years? Back in the early 1980’s the big issues were insurance, OSHA, CAL-OSHA, liability exposure and membership. Sounds familiar doesn’t it? But wait a minute; it isn’t the same issues although the agencies may be the same. Federal OSHA was...

Imagine this: I am a scaffold erector and I enjoy my job. I like erecting scaffolds. I know how to build scaffolds but I don’t know much about all the rules that I am suppose to follow. All I know is that all the platforms are suppose to have guardrails and I have heard that scaffolds are suppose...