Construction Law

JANUARY 19, 2024

A Kent scaffolding company has been fined and its director given a suspended prison sentence after a scaffolder suffered life changing injuries from an 11,000-volt electric shock. To read more of this and every other news story on this site, please log in with your Construction Law membership account details.

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Work Gearz

MAY 8, 2022

Scaffolders should not work in rain considering the risk it possesses leading to instability and unreliability. The reason for this is that when it rains, a scaffold can become exceedingly slippery and hazardous, resulting in a downfall, hence it should not be used concerning the employees’ safety.

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CivilJungle

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

What Is Scaffolding? Scaffolding is a temporary platform used to lift, support, and supply materials during a construction process for the repair or cleaning of a structure. Therefore, whatever the size of a building, scaffolding will always be necessary. It is installed before construction or maintenance work begins.

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CivilSeek

JULY 14, 2019

What is Scaffolding? The term scaffolding is generally used for the temporary structure used to. Read more What is Scaffolding? The post What is Scaffolding? While the term formwork is generally used for all temporary works for holding concrete, etc. Its Types, Parts Used in Construction. appeared first on CivilSeek.

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The Constructor

JUNE 10, 2016

Types of Scaffolding used in Construction are temporary structures used as platform to support structure and workmen to carry on the construction.

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CivilJungle

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

Scaffolding is a temporary platform used to lift, support, and supply materials during a construction process for the repair or cleaning of a structure. • Therefore, whatever the size of a building , scaffolding will always be necessary. Scaffolding is made of wood or steel. Types of Scaffolding. Single Scaffolding.

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Constructonomics

JANUARY 3, 2014

Working at height, particularly scaffolding, is always fraught with hazards and potential danger, but anyone in charge is always a trained professional, right? This guest post, provided by UK firm Border Scaffolding, looks at what training is actually required, and whether enough is being done to ensure safety for construction workers.

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FDR Safety

APRIL 23, 2014

The Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission recently overturned an OSHA citation that partly revolved around the issue of whether an employer should have known of a hazardous condition that resulted in a scaffolding accident.

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Civil Lead

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

Difference Between Formwork, Shuttering, Centering Staging & Scaffolding Formwork, shuttering, centring, staging & scaffolding are temporary structures which are used on-site for specific purposes. In this article, I am going to discuss followings: Definitions of formwork, shuttering, centring, staging & scaffolding.

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The Constructor

DECEMBER 21, 2011

Scaffolding is a temporary frame used to support people and material in the construction or repair of buildings and other large structures. The phrase can also be used as a noun to refer to the materials used in the process. Underpinning is the process of strengthening and stabilizing the foundation of an existing building or other structure.

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Construction Business Owner

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Construction workers are exposed to many possible extreme hazards, including falls from heights, trench collapses, scaffold collapses, electric shock, repetitive motion injuries and more.

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FDR Safety

MARCH 9, 2023

Replacement of the tubes involved several contractors and required the erection of a three-level scaffold. Suncor had a specific Turnaround Fall Protection Plan, which required that scaffolding be equipped with guardrails. At some point, after the scaffold was erected, the guard rails on the third level were removed.

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Construction Enquirer

JULY 6, 2023

The National Access and Scaffolding Confederation (NASC) has appointed Clive Dickin as its new Chief Executive Officer. I am keen to start building the story of how people can – and should – join NASC, and prove it’s a progressive, open and supportive membership, that can truly aid scaffolding and access contractors.

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Construction Cost Estimating

JANUARY 11, 2017

Definition of scaffolding The impermanent framework containing platforms at various stages which permits masons to sit and continue their construction work at different height of building is termed as scaffolding. Braces: Braces are diagonal members running or fixed on the standard to provide stiffness to the scaffolding.

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Construction Equipment

OCTOBER 18, 2017

Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for exposing workers to serious scaffold hazards at a job site in Philadelphia - again. and discovered employees doing masonry and bricklaying while working on a scaffold that was dangerously close to power lines in March.

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BD+C

DECEMBER 20, 2018

New York State’s so-called “Scaffold Law,” which makes construction companies 100% liable for work-site injuries , is under heavy criticism for driving up the cost of construction projects.

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Safety Services Company

MAY 20, 2014

We focused on the toprail requirements of a supported scaffold in the last Spotting Safety article , so let’s look at where the scaffold meets the ground to see why this photo, of wood blocks shimmed underneath a scaffold leg, doesn’t meet OSHA regulations. All Spotting Safety Articles: Scaffolding Footing.

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Construction Equipment

OCTOBER 18, 2017

Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for exposing workers to serious scaffold hazards at a job site in Philadelphia - again. and discovered employees doing masonry and bricklaying while working on a scaffold that was dangerously close to power lines in March.

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Safety Services Company

MAY 5, 2014

This photo of a man on a scaffold, re-bricking a chimney, crossed my desk from a friend who questioned whether the man should be wearing a fall protection harness. According to the Construction Scaffold regulations, bricklaying work from this type of scaffold requires either guardrails on all open sides of the scaffold or a PFAS.

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Construction Dive

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Safety experts emphasized focusing on planning ahead and utilizing various resources to protect workers at heights.

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Construction Cost Estimating

JUNE 13, 2018

Prior to start any construction project, the most important task is to obtain clear ideas on various types of scaffolding material towers. Improper selection of scaffolding material towers may lead to severe injury to the workers as well as loss of life. H Frame Structure: H Frame structure is a part and parcel of H Frame scaffolding.

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ENR Construction

JULY 5, 2023

The North Carolina Dept. of Labor issued fines to two Charlotte-based companies for safety violations after three workers fell to their deaths and two others were injured in January.

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Construction Enquirer

MAY 16, 2023

The National Access & Scaffolding Confederation (NASC) has released its annual Safety Report showing the lowest rates of accidents among NASC contractor members since records began – indisputably proving that audited, regulated, NASC membership leads to safe scaffolding and access operations. It’s great news for the sector.”

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Safety Services Company

JANUARY 5, 2015

Two scaffold safety organizations have developed a concise scaffolding code of safe practices that would beneficial for employers to post at worksites, follow and instill in all applicable workers. This PDF can also be found under the “ Safety Practices & Rules ” tab of the Scaffolding, Shoring, & Forming Institute Inc.

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Digger Blog

JUNE 6, 2014

To carry out the work, JR Flat Roofing has designed a special scaffolding to sit on a truck – carnival float style – that will be parked up in a closed off motorway lane.

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Construction Equipment

JUNE 26, 2017

Six workers were pouring cement on the eighth floor of a 18-story apartment building this morning in Long Island City when the scaffolding collapsed, causing them serious injuries. The incident happened around 11 a.m.

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Construction Equipment

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

A worker apparently slipped and fell from scaffolding surrounding a high-rise project in Westlake, Calif., He died after falling about 28 feet and landing on a pile of concrete in the excavation pit for the project. News reports said there was no information on whether the worker was wearing fall protection gear.

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Construction Equipment

MAY 14, 2015

A 25-year-old construction worker fell from scaffolding and died at the site of a Bronx public housing development, NY police said. Dominick Deluca fell from scaffolding, 15 feet above the ground, and hit his head on the pavement. Deluca was unconscious and suffered severe head trauma when responding officers arrived.

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Safety Services Company

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Examining OSHA’s Scaffolding Regulation. Created in 1971, the scaffolding general requirement regulation is one of OSHA’s original standards. Each scaffold and scaffold component must support its own weight and at least four times the maximum intended load. A qualified person must design the scaffolds.

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Construction Enquirer

JUNE 20, 2023

Lyndon SGB by BrandSafway has launched a trio of new corporate brochures to showcase areas of its UK scaffolding and access sector business.

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Construction Business Owner

JUNE 6, 2017

Ladders and scaffolds have long been the go-to solutions for elevated work. While they excel in these areas, ladders and scaffolds continue to lag in one major, costly area: safety. They are simple to transport, and they don’t cost much to purchase or rent. billion in direct costs to businesses.

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Construction Equipment

JUNE 19, 2015

Emergency crews rescued two workers who were left dangling in safety harnesses after scaffolding fell from the side of a building in downtown Richmond, Va., reports CBS 6 News.

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Safety Services Company

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

The third most cited OSHA violation in 2013 was the construction regulation on scaffolding (1926.451). There were 5,423 scaffolding citations given out last year alone, up from 3,814 in 2012. Scaffolding accidents are part of the falls to a lower level that we mentioned in the Fall Protection violation article.

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Safety Services Company

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

The third most cited OSHA violation in 2013 was the construction regulation on scaffolding (1926.451). There were 5,423 scaffolding citations given out last year alone, up from 3,814 in 2012. Scaffolding accidents are part of the falls to a lower level that we mentioned in the Fall Protection violation article.

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Fieldwire

APRIL 26, 2023

CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT APP Discover how Fieldwire can improve your team’s productivity Request demo → Scaffolding Some might say scaffolding fits into the general category of “fall protection.” However, scaffolding consistently comes up as a common safety violation in its own right. Ladders Ladders are not multi-purpose.

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Safety Services Company

OCTOBER 31, 2012

30 arrested for using fraudulent scaffolding cards. New York authorities have busted 30 construction workers at job sites in Manhattan and Brooklyn for allegedly carrying fake scaffold certification cards. During the sweep investigators confiscated more than 70 fake scaffolding cards.

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Construction Equipment

JULY 22, 2015

resident fell from unsecured scaffolding while working on the rig in Vancouver. According to the Daily Journal , Charles Pamplin was one of hundreds of workers hired to work on a BP oil rig that would be sent via ship to Alaska. The Houma, La.,

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