This course covers the requirements for construction and the safe construction and use of scaffolding using the OSHA construction scaffold standard as a guide. Course topics include hazards associated ...

Supported scaffolds are built on the ground and come in standard lengths. When scaffolds reach a height-to-base ratio of 4:1 or greater, they must be restrained from tipping by OSHA-approved methods.

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 ...

Fall prevention is one of the biggest buzz words of construction safety. Fall prevention permeates so many different areas of construction, including scaffolding use and safety. Kee Safety, a global ...

A broken chunk of latticed steel protruding from a shattered window marked the spot last week where three workers died and a fourth was badly injured when a scaffold collapsed and fell to the ground ...