US Department of Labor finds contractors ignored safety requirement which led to worker's 65-foot fall from an elevated scaffold What Happened

On December 7, 2021, a worker fell approximately 65 feet from an elevated climbing scaffold at a Denver construction site, suffering serious injuries while building a concrete elevator and stairway core. A federal OSHA investigation found that the contractor and its subcontractors ignored the scaffold manufacturer's explicit warning not to use the climbing scaffold while it was being hoisted atop a separate lifting device. The project's general contractor permitted workers to access and ride the climbing scaffold as a crane hoisted […]