In Part 7, we look at the fall protection requirements for scaffolding users [29 CFR 1926.451(g)]. At what point does OSHA require fall protection for scaffolding users? If the level the employee is ...

Low-level access lifts are ready to use when they arrive on site, meaning less setup time is needed to ensure a safe ascent. People are often tempted to make due with available tools and risk bodily ...

Workers often are tempted to make due with available tools and risk bodily injury for the sake of saving time and energy. This temptation applies to nearly all tools and equipment, including those ...

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 ...

Every day in the United States of America, two thousand people are injured while using a ladder. One hundred of those people will experience a long-term or permanent disability from that injury. And ...

This traditional means of working at height can be dangerous, but getting American workers to adopt safer powered access alternatives comes with challenges Go anywhere building work is being done and ...