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There is no diplomatic way to state this but to say it’s just wrong. I’m speaking of the misguided idea that platforms constructed by placing plywood on scaffold planks is not allowed under the present U.S. Federal regulations governing the construction and use of scaffolds in the United States....

United States law requires that all employers provide a safe workplace for employees. The law also requires that both employers and employees comply with the applicable standards that have been issued over the years. This of course would include the scaffold standards. To further increase the...

An explanation of the intent of the OSHA scaffold inspection standard According to certain authoritative sources, scaffolds shall be inspected for defects. You ask yourself, why should it be necessary to inspect a scaffold? After all, if the scaffold erector is any good, shouldn’t the scaffold be...

While reviewing past magazine articles to determine a topic that would be appropriate, I came across an article from July, 1998, five years ago. At that time, the issue of scaffold erector safety was on everybody’s mind, as it should have been in light of the “new” OSHA standards that went into...

There are regulations addressing the question. There are standards addressing the question. There are codes that address the question and there are industry customs and practice that address the question. But the real question isn’t how firm it is but rather what do we mean by firm? As in, scaffold...