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Scaffolder suffers broken leg after falling from scaffolding

A scaffolder fell from scaffolding yesterday at a housing development in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire fracturing his leg in the accident. According to reports the scaffolder in...

First OSTS Scaffolding Supervisor Course Completed in Vietnam

A dozen experienced scaffolders have completed the first CISRS Overseas Scaffolder Training Scheme (OSTS) course delivered in Vietnam. The scaffolders comprised of 11 men and...

NASC’S Scaffolding Safety Report reveals on-site accidents fell to record low

The number of accidents and injuries recorded by NASC members fell to an all-time low in 2017, with just 89 incidences occurring on-site throughout...

Snake bite kills Scaffolder

A 46-year-old scaffolder has been killed by an eastern brown snake in Queensland, Australia. Mr Aaron Bryant died after a 1.5m long juvenile eastern brown...

430 people evacuated from Hong Kong hospital after scaffolding catches fire

Investigations are underway to determine the cause of a blaze on a bamboo scaffold surrounding a hospital in Hong Kong. More than 400 people had to...

Scaffold Training and Certification to be introduced in Sri Lanka

Reports suggest Sri Lanka is about to introduce proper scaffolding training for the first time. The methods and techniques for erecting scaffolding in Sri Lanka...

Engineers Develop The World’s First On-Site Scaffolding Robot

Boffins in Germany have developed a robot that climbs, carries and feeds scaffolding materials to scaffolders. Munich based start-up Kewazo in collaboration with robotics expert Infineon Technologies...

NASC appoints new in-house Marketing Manager

The NASC has bolstered their team and strengthened its communications capabilities through the appointment of a new in-house marketing manager. New Marketing Manager, Simon...

Record growth reported by Altrad

The Altrad group has reported strong growth in revenue and earnings from the Group’s expanded and diversified platform for the last fiscal half year. Up...

ScaffMag Issue 2 goes live

Our Spring 2018 Digital Issue has been published. Following on from our successful launch issue back in the winter of 2017 - that was seen...

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