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The bumper sticker that says: “Safety is my Goal.” What’s the guy doing until he gets to his goal? The sign next to the elevator on the first floor that says: In case of fire, use the stairs, not the elevator. What are you going to do, take the elevator up to see how the fire is doing? What about...

One new development is in the manufacturing of scaffolding components, particularly scaffold frames and systems scaffolds. In the past, manufacturing has generally occurred inNorth Americafor most supported and suspended scaffold components used inNorth America. Now, as with other manufactured...

I’m no genius and I am not a psychic but hey, I can spin a good story as well as anyone. I will focus on what I know and what I’ve seen (that’s where a knowledge of the past is handy) and give you my opinion about the effect of new developments. When one thinks of the scaffold frame, its tough to...

Platform requirements can be put into two groups, construction and strength. That’s it. There are no secrets here. Perhaps the confusion originates with the fact that all the standards, U.S., Canadian, and state, zero in on the use of wood planks, such as 2×10 solid wood planks (in spite of the...

Here is why me friend called. He wanted to know whether there was any new information regarding the use of plywood with plank on a scaffold. He had been informed by a certain individual that you cannot do that. (Presumably that concern was based on an OSHA Letter of Interpretation that declared...