--- title: Structural Engineering Blog | scaffold safety description: scaffold safety | DH Glabe & Associates has unparalleled exposure in structural engineering, nothing compares to practical hands-on experience. Read our blog here --- [![DH Glabe & Associates Construction Engineering and Shoring Scaffold](https://www.dhglabe.com/hubfs/GH%20Glade_Nov2018/Images/logo.svg "DH Glabe & Associates Construction Engineering and Shoring Scaffold")](https://www.dhglabe.com/) [855-344-5223](tel:855-344-5223) [![Contact Us](https://hubspot-no-cache-na2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/default/3892849/b60b008d-e4f3-4ed6-b858-897a9168941c.png)](https://hubspot-cta-redirect-na2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/redirect/3892849/b60b008d-e4f3-4ed6-b858-897a9168941c) ### Please Select Your Project Location ![hero_bg1](https://www.dhglabe.com/hs-fs/hubfs/GH%20Glade_Nov2018/Images/hero_bg1.jpg?width=1945&name=hero_bg1.jpg "hero_bg1") # Blog [![](https://www.dhglabe.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/pop-quiz-scaffolding-300x199.jpg) ](https://www.dhglabe.com/blog/pop-quiz-30-questions-scaffolding) [Scaffold Bracing](https://www.dhglabe.com/blog/tag/scaffold-bracing) #### [Pop Quiz: 30 Questions About Scaffolding](https://www.dhglabe.com/blog/pop-quiz-30-questions-scaffolding) By [DH Glabe & Associates](https://www.dhglabe.com/blog/author/dh-glabe-amp-associates) / March 13, 2018 CAN YOU ANSWER THIS? It is somewhat surprising how creative workers can get when it involves scaffolding. Just when it seems all the questions have been answered, along comes a question that raises an issue that was never addressed. Challenge yourself to these questions and see if your answer... [![placeholder-DHG](https://www.dhglabe.com/hubfs/placeholder-DHG.jpg) ](https://www.dhglabe.com/blog/are-you-stable) [Scaffolding](https://www.dhglabe.com/blog/tag/scaffolding) #### [Are You Stable?](https://www.dhglabe.com/blog/are-you-stable) By [David H. Glabe, P.E.](https://www.dhglabe.com/blog/author/david-h-glabe-p-e) / October 4, 2012 Tarps and other enclosure materials, such as plastic sheeting, are typical materials used to create a desirable work atmosphere. Many scaffolds are enclosed in screening and debris netting—I recall one resort project in Aruba where the scaffold was wrapped in a mesh to ensure, so I was told, that... [![placeholder-DHG](https://www.dhglabe.com/hubfs/placeholder-DHG.jpg) ](https://www.dhglabe.com/blog/do-you-know-suspended-scaffolds) [Scaffolding](https://www.dhglabe.com/blog/tag/scaffolding) #### [Do You Know Suspended Scaffolds?](https://www.dhglabe.com/blog/do-you-know-suspended-scaffolds) By [David H. Glabe, P.E.](https://www.dhglabe.com/blog/author/david-h-glabe-p-e) / September 7, 2012 Are you familiar with suspended scaffolds? Do you know the difference between a suspended scaffold and a hanging scaffold? Well, here’s a chance to show your friends and neighbors how well you know suspended scaffolds. Take this quiz and see if you are the best of the best. The answers are at the... [![placeholder-DHG](https://www.dhglabe.com/hubfs/placeholder-DHG.jpg) ](https://www.dhglabe.com/blog/we-still-have-rules) [Scaffolding](https://www.dhglabe.com/blog/tag/scaffolding) #### [We Still Have Rules](https://www.dhglabe.com/blog/we-still-have-rules) By [David H. Glabe, P.E.](https://www.dhglabe.com/blog/author/david-h-glabe-p-e) / June 1, 2009 However, recent accidents would indicate that something isn’t quite right. Maybe the rules aren’t being followed. Maybe somebody doesn’t know what he/she is doing. Maybe it’s just plain old bad luck. I’ll agree with the first two possibilities but most certainly not the third. Scaffold construction... [![placeholder-DHG](https://www.dhglabe.com/hubfs/placeholder-DHG.jpg) ](https://www.dhglabe.com/blog/why-is-it-better) [Scaffolding](https://www.dhglabe.com/blog/tag/scaffolding) #### [Why Is It Better?](https://www.dhglabe.com/blog/why-is-it-better) By [David H. Glabe, P.E.](https://www.dhglabe.com/blog/author/david-h-glabe-p-e) / October 1, 2004 It is suggested that safety in the industrial sector of the construction market is safer than the commercial sector which is safer than the residential market. Is this true? How can it be true? After all, don’t the same safety standards apply to all construction? 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