(The Kentucky Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program is tasked with investigating fatalities and making recommendations to ensure they do not occur again. This is one of their ...

A crew of more than 25 worked through the night to raise a 28,000-lb. platform 400 ft. in the air, signaling the official start of the tower’s historic Century Project renovation On Friday, September ...

Manufacturer introduces its new suspended scaffolding hoist to the construction industry. Designated Tirak L-500 Series, the scaffold hoist has a 1,000-lb rated load capacity and is fitted with a ...

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 ...

One 5-by-5 section of scaffolding will typically cost around $30 a day. When a tornado hit St. Louis this past May, many houses underwent roof, window, and siding damage, and many homeowners are still ...

A screenshot from the Hek software developed to compare the cost of using mast climbers against traditional scaffolding Scaffolding contractors now have a choice-to use traditional scaffolding or to ...

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 ...

A tricky process it is to ensure that your shoring project is in compliance with the regulations promulgated by the United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration, OSHA. More specifically ...

Two construction workers were rescued from a collapsed scaffolding on Wednesday that was hanging from the 12th and 13th floor of the DeMarcay in Sarasota. The Sarasota County Fire Department responded ...