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Why did my enclosed scaffold fall over? Why is there asbestos (or lead–take your pick) contaminating the worksite? I followed the regulations; the scaffold shouldn’t have done this to me! Ah, the lament of the uniformed scaffold user. It seems that enclosed scaffolds have a propensity to fall over....

It is suggested that safety in the industrial sector of the construction market is safer than the commercial sector which is safer than the residential market. Is this true? How can it be true? After all, don’t the same safety standards apply to all construction? If experience has anything to do...

Last month we offered a quiz for you to take to test your knowledge of the OSHA scaffold standards. Well, here’s the answers. As you recall, it was suggested that the quiz be taken two ways, one closed book, the other open book. The purpose was to simulate answering the questions in the field...

How well do you know the minimum expectations for the construction and use of suspended scaffolds? Take the following quiz two ways; first answer the questions without referring to any standards or regulations. Second, answer the questions using any reference material you want. In other words, take...

Experience indicates that certain scaffold safety issues remain unresolved in the minds of those responsible for safety. More specifically, it appears that fall protection requirements and access requirements are not understood. So, let’s see if we can sort out the issues. Fall protection for...