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 an effort to increase job-site safety and reduce the chance of job-related accidents, the National Association of Home Builders has released a new Scaffold Safety Video. Available through NAHB's ...

The current Scaffold Law imposes strict liability on contractors, developers, and owners regarding fall from heights injuries ...

Every year, certain special interests aggressively call for weakening New York’s long-standing Scaffold Safety Law. Some may do so because they cynically want to boost their profits by cutting corners ...

Year after year, we see efforts to repeal the Scaffold Safety Law as reported in the article, “Renewed calls to ditch Scaffold Law,” Sept. 30. The argument is always the same: dollars over lives. The ...

The legislative session in Albany comes to an end in the next few weeks, but one battle that won’t end anytime soon is the fight over whether to reform New York’s Scaffold Safety Law. That debate has ...

The tragic increase in the construction death rate reported by the New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health (NYCOSH) during the first year of the pandemic should concern all New Yorkers ...

SAN ANTONIO - New details have emerged regarding the partial scaffolding collapse that disrupted weekend traffic in downtown ...