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 ...

In 1977, five ironworkers fell to their deaths from improperly erected scaffolding on the construction site of a power plant in the Midwest. Donald, the site superintendent of the ironworkers, had ...

The city Buildings Department is installing emergency protective sidewalk sheds in front of dozens of Big Apple structures with crumbling facades — and slapping their property owners with the bill.

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New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg signed three bills that were written to enhance safety for suspended scaffold workers as directed by the Suspended Scaffold Worker Safety Task Force. The bills ...

Scaffolding has been installed on a building that a council says is causing "blight" to a town centre. The White Horse Hotel in Wem was bought by Shropshire Council in 2023 after standing derelict for ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- There's nearly 300 miles of construction scaffolding in New York City, but are they being properly inspected and regulated? It's top of mind for a lot of people after a ...