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 ...

This document provides answers to some of the most common questions about OSHA's scaffold standard for the construction industry OSHA's Safety Standards for Scaffolds Use in the Construction Industry ...

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 ...

To facilitate a smooth transition for the industry, timber scaffolds set up before 1 January 2027 can still be used for a duration of nine months. Any new timber scaffold that is set up at these sites ...

Scaffolding is a network of support frames and planks connected by joints that is temporarily erected to provide workers and their equipment access to the sides of buildings, interior walls and ...