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 ...

A slip and fall can completely alter your life in an instant. One second you are walking through a store or a parking lot, ...

Desbo Industries Pty Ltd was sentenced in the Geelong Magistrates' Court on Thursday 5 March after earlier pleading guilty to a single charge of ...

A Geelong home builder has been ordered to pay tens of thousands of dollars after WorkSafe exposed fall risks at a Grovedale construction site.

The director of UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Lazare Eloundou Assomo, says he is deeply concerned about the fate of world heritage sites in Iran and across the region, after Tehran's Golestan palace, ...

The Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division issued more than $113K in penalties to a residential contractor for repeat safety failures.

A newly published legal resource explains strict liability protections, covered workers, common scaffold accidents, and compensation options available to construction workers injured on NYC job sites.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. With a dangerous job in high-rise construction, Vinner Juranvir Mendoza used to joke to his religious mother that if he ever was ...

Four construction workers survived a three-story fall from scaffolding in West Palm Beach. The accident occurred when a crane reportedly placed a heavy toolbox onto the scaffolding. The workers ...