I am continually perplexed by the questions that arise concerning platforms and planks. It appears that it starts with a misunderstanding of what constitutes a platform. For some, a platform is any ...

CINCINNATI (FOX19) - Two workers were able to safely make it off a scaffold platform after it dangled from the U.S. Bank Tower in downtown Cincinnati Tuesday. The workers were on the platform when one ...

OSHA has cited two contractors for alleged serious violations of safety standards following a June 2 scaffold collapse at Binghamton University in Vestal, N.Y., that injured six workers. The incident ...

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 ...

Through the OSHA and Scaffold Industry Association Alliance, SIA has developed "Transport Platform Safety Tips." The Safety Tips are designed to educate users on the correct way to perform their work ...

OSHA's scaffold access rules prohibit climbing crossbraces; employers must provide alternative safe access methods. Specific requirements exist for ladders, stairways, ramps, and integrated access ...

Investigators are looking into the collapse of a scaffold that left two window washers dangling from the nation's tallest skyscraper — One World Trade Center, which opened earlier this month. On ...

What is a scaffold load path? The Merriam Webster Dictionary describes a path as a “trodden way.” It also describes a path as a “track specially constructed for a particular use” and “a way of life, ...

Calling scaffolding being used by employees “substandard,” OSHA has issued nearly $300,000 in fines against Massachusetts employers A.C. Castle/Daryl J. Provencher. Three roofing workers employed by ...