health and safety

A Queensland coroner has called for mandatory additional controls on freestanding tower scaffolds in public places after finding that the industry’s accepted height-to-base rule of thumb was not enough to protect against strong winds.

A 22-year-old specialist rope-access technician has died after falling while working on a new lighting system inside Rome's Colosseum.

The Brace Yourself Podcast returns with expert witness Keaton Owen on what follows a serious scaffolding incident, from emergency response through investigation to court.

An Australian court has awarded a scaffolding worker more than A$752,000 in damages after finding his former employer negligent over a fall through an unprotected skylight at a defence site in Canberra.

A London developer and its director have been fined after unsafe roof work continued despite a subcontractor’s risk assessment identifying scaffolding as a required control.

Hong Kong scaffolder Yip Hon-ying has described how a 30-strong team spent 3 months removing fire-damaged bamboo scaffold from 7 blocks at Wang Fuk Court.

A former Plymouth scaffolder who worked on Royal Navy ships at Devonport dockyard died from an asbestos-related cancer, an inquest has heard. Denis Tapp worked...

The new tool allows users to ask questions in their own words and search across the knowledge held by NASC and CISRS, rather than...

The scaffolding and access contractor has recorded no reportable injuries since 2023 across its operations in the UK, Ireland, UAE, Saudi Arabia, the USA...

The Scaffolding Association Australia (SAA) will launch its Australian Best Practice Guidelines for Scaffolding on Monday 27 July, providing the industry with a single...