There are many safety procedures and regulations when it comes to using scaffolding. In addition, depending on the city or county that you live in there may be further regulations. For example, some cities or counties require you to pull a permit before you use any scaffolding whatsoever. Most of the time of OSHA has requirements regarding winds and weather conditions. For instance, usually if the lens are recorded as blowing at a specific speed it will become illegal to use scaffolding during this conditions. Understanding and following safety procedures for scaffolding is very important, especially for those people who are just learning how to build scaffolding for the first time. It is important that any company who utilizes scaffolding on a regular basis sponsor training classes to be sure that each and every employee at a house becomes well-versed on all of the ins and outs of using scaffolding. In fact, it is required that anyone working with scaffolding be certified by an OSHA approved training instructor. Any company who is caught allowing employees who are not certified in scaffolding to construct, use or take down scaffolding can be fined heavily. Scaffolding is no joke and many serious injuries and even deaths have occurred from the misuse and misconstruction of it. For this reason safety during scaffolding use is considered a top priority for OSHA as well as for most commercial insurance companies. To find out more about the OSHA regulations when it comes to scaffolding you can look online as they are PDF files, not only in terms of scaffolding before any other occupational hazards that is covered under OSHA. Look for these files you must go to the OSHA official website and look for whatever occupation it is you are wanting