There are 349 miles of scaffolding in the city, but the city Buildings Department has for years allowed companies that erect the equipment to do their own safety inspections. That would change with a ...

Roughly a third of all workplace fatalities in the construction industry stem from falls, with scaffolding-related incidents accounting for a substantial portio ...

The Labour Department today began a two-week special inspection exercise targeting construction sites with large-scale bamboo scaffolds throughout the city. The exercise aims to check the safety and ...

No one should be put at risk when they leave for work. Every Kiwi deserves to go to their place of employment each day, earn an honest living, and return home without any harm befalling them. It is ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) - Following the death of a woman hit by falling debris from a Times Square building's dangerous facade this week, workers are scrambling to put up new scaffolding around the city ...

Mayoral hopeful Andrew Yang has come out in favor of removing as many of the city’s unsightly sidewalk sheds as possible, resurfacing a yearslong battle between City Council members and city agencies ...