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Scaffolding Accidents Texas construction workers have one of the
most dangerous jobs around and hundreds, if not thousands of
them are injured or killed as a result of jobsite accidents each
year. Some of the most common Texas Construction Accidents
involve scaffolds or scaffolding and other types of lifts since
scaffolding and lifts are used in almost every type of
construction. Scaffolding accidents can be very serious and
usually result in workers falling or objects falling onto
workers. In fact, in 2008, the Bureau of Labor Statistics'
Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI) reported 88
fatalities occurred in 2007 from scaffolds. What is Scaffolding?
Scaffolding is a temporary structure used to support workers and
their materials on a construction jobsit