One project that you can create at home uses a slide show to demonstrate the different types of scaffolds and their respective safety standards. According to the OSHA website, scaffolds consist of three different types: suspended scaffolds, supported scaffolds and "other" scaffolds (such as scaffolds attached to a truck). For your project, include a picture of each type of scaffold (the detail provided depends on the scope of the project), with pictures of the required safety features for each type of scaffolding. For example, include pictures of any harnesses needed for suspended scaffolds or pictures of hardhats. Include an explanation of how each piece of safety equipment protects the person working on the scaffold.
Accidents involving scaffolds are not uncommon. For a project used to learn or teach about the safety precautions necessary on scaffolds, research various scaffold accidents and include information on how these accidents could have been prevented. Examples of scaffold accidents include the Boylston Street accident in Boston or the New Jersey Bayonne industrial complex scaffold accident. Focus on the prevention of similar accidents in the future.
Another project that you can perform at home to teach the elements of scaffold safety uses the miniature model. For this project, create model scaffolding on a dollhouse or other miniature building. Create a spoken presentation that describes the current weaknesses of the type of scaffold that you chose to work with, and near the end of the presentation, illustrate the weaknesses by showing how the scaffold collapses under certain conditions (e.g., knock out a critical support beam).