{"id":325,"date":"2020-12-10T16:49:37","date_gmt":"2020-12-10T16:49:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seidmanlaw-net.lawblogger.net\/blog\/main-causes-of-deaths-and-injuries-on-scaffolds\/"},"modified":"2022-07-01T12:00:04","modified_gmt":"2022-07-01T17:00:04","slug":"main-causes-of-deaths-and-injuries-on-scaffolds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.seidmanlaw.net\/blog\/main-causes-of-deaths-and-injuries-on-scaffolds\/","title":{"rendered":"What Are the Main Causes of Deaths and Injuries on Scaffolds?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"item-meta h3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seidmanlaw.net\/category\/personal-injury\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Personal Injury<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.seidmanlaw.net\/blog\/category\/work-accidents\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Work Accidents<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.seidmanlaw.net\/category\/wrongful-death\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Wrongful Death<\/a> | December 10, 2020<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seidmanlaw.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/main-causes-of-deaths-and-injuries-on-scaffolds.jpg\" alt=\"Common Scaffolding Injuries\"\/><br \/>\nScaffolds are common in construction and industrial settings. While scaffolding is necessary at many construction sites in and around our area, it can also be incredibly dangerous for workers and bystanders nearby. Year after year, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.osha.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">OSHA<\/a>) says that falls are a leading cause of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seidmanlaw.net\/workers-compensation\/construction-site-injuries\/\">construction worker injuries<\/a> and fatalities. Out of the 10 most frequently cited OSHA standards violations during the latest reporting year, scaffolding violations were third on the list. Here, our <a href=\"\/workers-compensation\/construction-accidents\/ladders-and-scaffolding\/\">Chicago scaffolding injury lawyers<\/a> want to discuss the main causes of injuries and deaths on scaffolds.<\/p>\n<h2>Top Scaffold Injury And Death Causes<\/h2>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seidmanlaw.net\/blog\/main-causes-of-deaths-and-injuries-on-scaffolds\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading What Are the Main Causes of Deaths and Injuries on Scaffolds?\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Personal Injury,Work Accidents,Wrongful Death | December 10, 2020 Scaffolds are common in construction and industrial settings. While scaffolding is necessary at many construction sites in and around our area, it can also be incredibly dangerous for workers and bystanders nearby. Year after year, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) says that falls are a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-personal-injury"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What Are the Main Causes of Deaths and Injuries on Scaffolds?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Top scaffolding injuries include, poor construction, dangerous working environments, employer negligence and falling objects.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.seidmanlaw.net\/blog\/main-causes-of-deaths-and-injuries-on-scaffolds\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"What Are the Main Causes of Deaths and Injuries on Scaffolds?\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Top scaffolding injuries include, poor construction, dangerous working environments, employer negligence and falling objects.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.seidmanlaw.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/main-causes-of-deaths-and-injuries-on-scaffolds.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Seidman, Margulis &amp; 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