Scaffolding Safety Training Videos

Importance of Scaffolding Safety Training in the Workplace

Scaffolds give workers access to heights that ladders can’t safely reach, but a scaffold that is poorly erected, overloaded or missing guardrails can collapse or throw a worker to the ground. OSHA’s scaffold standard for construction (29 CFR 1926.451) sets rules for capacity, planking, access and fall protection, and 29 CFR 1926.454 requires that everyone who works on a scaffold be trained by a qualified person to recognize its hazards.

Our Supported Scaffolding Safety training video explains how supported scaffolds should be constructed, the hazards associated with them, the OSHA regulations that address those hazards and the equipment that protects the people working on them. Because scaffold incidents are usually falls, pair it with our fall protection safety training and Ladder Safety in Construction Environments. Crews on lifts rather than scaffolds should take Scissor Lifts in Industrial and Construction Environments, and our construction safety courses page lists every job-site course in one place.

The scaffolding training video is available in English and Spanish. Train each worker through Unlimited Interactive Online Training and keep completion records on file, stream it at the start of a project with Unlimited Safety Video Streaming, or bring a safety DVD or USB to the job site.