(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 ...

TWO workers plunged to their death with “heartbreaking screams” after a 13th floor scaffolding platform suddenly collapsed.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...