scaffold safety

OSHA offers construction site safety checklists

July 13, 2016

The following checklists from OSHA might help you take steps to avoid hazards that cause injuries, illnesses and fatalities. Note: conducting audits based on these checklists is not mandatory, though some of the bullet points are drawn from mandatory standards. OSHA states, “As always, be cautious and seek help if you are concerned about a potential hazard.”

Seven not a lucky number for Georgia contractor

July 2, 2016

For the seventh time in seven inspections, a Georgia masonry contractor has been cited for exposing workers on scaffolding to dangerous fall risks.

Kroger worker dies because of unsafe equipment

June 21, 2016

A 27-year-old laborer lost his life ended suddenly because his employer failed to have a competent person inspect the rail supporting a scaffold system nearly 80 feet off the ground for visible defects, an investigation by OSHA has found.

Contractor exposes employees to scaffolding hazards - again

June 9, 2016

A Pennsylvania company hired to provide labor for a store remodeling job has been fined $93,000 by OSHA for exposing its employees to fall and other hazards.

Scaffold protections would prevent more than 4,000 injuries per year

February 29, 2016

When scaffolds are not upright or used properly, falls can occur. Protecting workers from scaffold related accidents would prevent many deaths and more than 4,000 injuries each year.

A long way down

Florida construction workers exposed to 200-foot falls

March 31, 2015

A company hired to restore the concrete finish on high-rise apartment buildings exposed its workers to falls of more than 200 feet due to scaffolding that was improperly assembled and secured to the building, according to OSHA.

New scaffold safety fact sheets available

November 21, 2014

Two new OSHA fact sheets – "Tube and Coupler Scaffold Planning and Design" (PDF*) and "Tube and Coupler Scaffold Erection and Use" (PDF*) – are now available to help employers protect construction workers using this type of scaffold on the job.

Accusations fly over controversial NY Scaffold Law study

August 4, 2014

A study being used by the construction industry to support a bid to change New York’s century-old Scaffold Law is tainted, according to opponents of the revisions, who say it was heavily edited by the business interests who funded it.

New York fights over scaffold safety law

April 15, 2014

A construction industry effort to eliminate New York’s century-old Scaffold Law is getting push-back from a new coalition of pro-Scaffold advocates which says it’s needed to protect the state’s construction workers.

Work sites change, but company’s fall protection hazards remain the same

Painting & Decorating Inc. placed in SVEP

January 3, 2014

A New York paining and stucco contractor with a long history of fall protection and scaffold safety violations has wracked up a new set of OSHA violations, with a $460,350 price tag.

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