During certain projects, electricians may find themselves working at height on a scaffold. Experienced electricians are well-versed in fall protection and scaffolding safety, but here are some tips ...

MOM is cutting the permissible use of timber scaffolds from nine months to three from January 2027, and reviewing fire performance requirements for scaffold netting, following a spate of scaffold ...

The company's repeat violations are similar to others previously cited for lack of safe access and egress to a scaffold structure, and not protecting employees from falls when working at heights from ...

Scaffolding is used on construction or renovation worksites as a temporary structure to support and allow workers to perform their duties. It is often used off the ground, at raised or higher levels.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) today renewed its alliance with the Scaffold and Access Industry Association to provide information and training to protect the safety and ...

"OSHA standards for scaffold safety are designed to protect workers from falls, but this company has been cited almost a dozen times for ignoring them," said John Deifer, area director for OSHA's ...

OSHA has cited two contractors for alleged serious violations of safety standards following a June 2 scaffold collapse at Binghamton University in Vestal, N.Y., that injured six workers. The incident ...

New York City’s tens of thousands of construction workers face a precarious landscape at work. Teetering at the edge of rooftops, sidestepping mammoth cranes and noisy bulldozers, and navigating ...

OSHA’s rules for scaffolding are in 29CFR1926, Subpart L. This runs a little less than seven pages, and the rules apply to employers. Since as a group employers don’t do so well with compliance ...

Three roofers were injured when they fell two stories because a spruce plank used as the platform could not support the workers’ weight and snapped. OSHA claims the plank was not graded for scaffold ...

For commercial real estate developers, construction insurers, and the broader investment community that finances New York City's continuing building boom, the Scaffold Law is one of the most ...