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While scaffolds come in all shapes, sizes, and function, they can be categorized as supported, suspended or aerial lifts. The American National standards Institute, ANSI, has defined an aerial platform as “a mobile device that has an adjustable position platform, supported from ground level by a...

This month’s topic is suspended scaffolds. As I started writing this article I thought about what I have written in the past. Sure enough, several years ago I wrote about suspended scaffold safety. As I reviewed the article, I realized that not much seems to have changed; we still have spectacular...

The Federal Occupational Safety & Health Administration, OSHA, requires the services of a professional engineer for certain activities regarding scaffold design and analysis. What is the significance or this requirement? The obvious answer is that it is important that an individual with specialized...

It’s time to take a serious look at how fall protection is regulated in the scaffold industry. I have addressed this issue in the past with no apparent effect since nothing has changed. There is no doubt that fall protection, particularly personal fall arrest equipment, has made tremendous...

Is there such a thing? A friend asked me about it the other day; he wondered if I had ever written about a “perfect scaffold.” Well, I don’t ever recall specifically writing about a perfect scaffold. I know I have written about safety aspects of scaffolds. I have written about the components that...