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As we enter the new year we carry with us the practices of the old year with the hope for a better future. While there is very little historical data, it is assumed we are safer today than say, a hundred years ago. With scaffolds in particular, it seems to be generally assumed that we proudly go...

Last month, we discussed the importance of bracing and the effect that bracing has on the strength and stability of a scaffold. We also discussed the effects the brace connection to the scaffold leg have on the strength of the overall scaffold. Finally, we discussed that there are various types of...

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...