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Should I be worried when I get on a scaffold? Should I be worried when I can buy a scaffold frame for less than half of what it costs from another supplier? Should I be worried when I don’t know the strength of the scaffold I get onto? Am I expected to know how strong the scaffold is that I am...

Imagine a scaffold industry without rules and guidelines. Imagine that you could do anything you wanted with a scaffold. Imagine a scaffold industry without OSHA or ANSI. (I’ll bet a few of you could easily imagine that!) Imagine that you had no idea how to use a scaffold safely. Imagine nobody...

SAFETY IS MY GOAL Have you ever noticed the bumper sticker on the pick up truck that roars by you at 20 miles over the limit? It says “Safety is my Goal.” Does that make sense to you? Kicking the football between the goal posts is a goal. Leaving a jobsite without injury is a goal. But watch out...

Two recent events compelled me to write this article. One event was a newspaper article that discussed the future of education of our children; the second event was an experience that occurred on a jobsite that I never imagined could happen. Both of these events involved language, or perhaps a...

Do you think you are really protected from falling objects when passing by a construction site? Sure, you stand under a scaffold platform that’s fully decked and assume nothing will harm you. But how do you know that platform is strong enough to protect you from falling objects? Falling object...