Painters were painting a new warehouse. To paint the roof supports, a scaffold was needed. The crew borrowed a scaffold located in the warehouse. They dismantled the borrowed scaffold, moved it to where they were working and reconstructed it. However, they failed to replace the cross-bracing. Two painters were working from the top planks as they painted each section of the roof support. To move the scaffold, one worker would kneel on the scaffold and pull it along by using the roof supports. The other worker would step onto the metal racking beside the scaffold and from there would steady the […]
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