Scaffolding Safety
28 min! Run Time
Employees
only
of Completion
Skills covered in this course
Description
System Requirements
See System Requirements in the Coggno Knowledge Base
Author
About us
In the 1970's, our founder was crippled in a mining accident. His training for the job consisted of 45 minutes of instructions on how to drive a TEREX rock truck fully loaded up and down a mountain. The training was inadequate and am paying the consequences for the rest of my life. We understand that an injured employee and his employer are not the only ones affected by an incident. Entire families are affected, many times for generations. That's why we are in this business, to make training available (and affordable) for anyone to assist in preventing injuries at work or home.
Vision
It's simple, when it comes to safety, we want everyone to be trained; No Excuses, No Bull. We focus our efforts in creating effective affordable and accessible solutions so that everyone can be trained, minimizing the cost, the resources needed, and train 24/7, anytime and place.
Our experience
Consolidated Digital Publishing Inc. (CDP), for 30+ years as served as a full service production, course development and content provider for your QHSE Classroom, CBT and Internet-based training to firms worldwide.
Our training model
Develop a global community to support a social constructionist framework of QHSE education which is simple to use and affordable for any individual or firm.
Scaffolding Safety
Frequently Asked Questions
The Bureau of Labor Statistics' Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries reported 54 fatalities from scaffolds and staging in 2009, a figure this course uses to frame the risk.
In a BLS study, 72% of injured workers attributed their scaffold accident to planking or support giving way, or to slipping or being struck by a falling object.
The course states that all of these accident causes can be controlled through compliance with OSHA standards for scaffolding.
It highlights planking or support giving way as one leading cause, alongside employees slipping or being struck by falling objects as the other.
It draws on the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries and a related BLS study of scaffold accident causes.
