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Osha'S New Steel Erection Standard: When Industry and Labor Work Together, We Can Save Lives
Osha'S New Steel Erection Standard: When Industry and Labor Work Together, We Can Save Lives
Osha'S New Steel Erection Standard: When Industry and Labor Work Together, We Can Save Lives
ERECTION STANDARD
When industry and labor
work together, we can save
lives.
Steel Erection Activities
• Every year, an average of 35 iron
workers die during steel erection
activities and 2,300 more suffer lost
workday injuries,"
Standard
• New subpart R is the first OSHA safety
standard developed under the
Negotiated Rulemaking Act
• Developed by members of the Steel
Erection Negotiated Rulemaking
Advisory Committee (Senrac)
The Final Rule Contains
Requirements For:
• Hoisting and rigging
• Structural Steel Assembly
• Beam and Column connections
• Joist Erection
• Systems-engineered Metal Building
Erection
• Fall Protection
• Training
The new standard covers all workers
engaged in steel erection activities
• Yes
Question
• How often must the multiple lift
rigging assembly be inspected?
• Yes.
1926.758:
Systems-Engineered
Metal Buildings
Systems-Engineered
Metal Buildings
• Requirements to minimize collapse in
the erection of these specialized
structures which account for a major
portion of steel erection in this
country.
Systems-Engineered
Metal Buildings
b) Structural column shall have a minimum of
4 anchor bolts.
c) Rigid frames shall have a minimum of 50%
of install & tightened on both sides of the
web adjacent to each flange before hoisting
equipment is released.
d) Construction loads may not be placed on
structural steel framework unless it is
adequately secured.
Systems-Engineered
Metal Buildings
Steel joist secured before releasing hoisting
cables, allowing employees on joist, or placing
construction loads on joist.
Purlins & Girts may not be used as anchorage
points without written approval from qualified
person.
Permanent bridging installed and fall protection
provided before purlins are used as a
walking/working surface.
1926.759:
Falling Object
Protection
Falling Object Protection
• All materials, equipment, and tools that
are not being used must be secured
against accidental displacement.
• Controlling contractor must bar other
construction processes below steel
erection, unless overhead protection is
provided.
1926.760:
Fall Protection
General requirements
Anyone over 15 feet, except
in (a)(3)
(2)Fall protective systems
shall conform to 1926.502.
(3)Connectors and employees
working in controlling
decking zones protected from
fall hazards as provided in
(b) and (c) of this section.
Construction Safety Council
Connectors
Protected when more than
two stories or 30 feet above a
lower level;
Complete connector training
in accordance with 1926.761;
and
Provided with fall arrest or
fall restraint systems when
15’ to 30’ above a lower
level.
Construction Safety Council
Question
• At what height are connectors required to
be protected from falls? Is there a conflict
between 1926.760(b)(1) & 1926.760(b)(3)?
• 30 feet or 2 stories.
• (b)(3) requires that employees be provided
with fall protection equipment and be able
to tie off at all times between 15-30 feet
Custody of Fall Protection
Fall protection shall remain in an area
to be used by other trades if
controlling contractor:
Has directed the steel erector to
leave the fall protection in place.
Has inspected and accepted control
and responsibility of the fall
protection prior to authorizing
persons to work in the area.
Construction Safety Council
Working Under Loads
Routes for suspended loads shall
be pre-planned
When working under suspended
loads, the following must be meet:
materials rigged to prevent
unintentional displacement;
self-closing safety latches shall
be used;
all loads rigged by qualified
riggers.
Construction Safety Council
Controlled Decking Zone (CDZ)
• Controlled decking zone (CDZ) provisions to prevent
decking fatalities.
• Deckers in a CDZ and connectors must be protected
at heights greater than two stories or 30 feet.
Connectors between 15 and 30 feet must wear fall
arrest or restraint equipment and be able to be tied off
or be provided another means of fall protection.
• Requires fall protection for all others engaged in steel
erection at heights greater than 15 feet.
1926.761: Training
• Requires qualified person to train
exposed workers in fall protection.
• Requires qualified person to train
exposed workers engaged in special,
high risk activities
Multiple Lift
Rigging Procedure
• The nature of the hazard associated
with multiple lifts
• Proper procedures & equipment to
perform multiple lifts required by
1926.753(e)
Connector Procedures
• The nature of the hazard associated
with connecting.
• The establishment, access, proper
connecting,techniques and work
practices required by 1926.756(c)
& 1926.760(b).
Controlled Decking Zone
• The nature of the hazard associated with
work within the controlled decking zone.
• The establishment, access, proper
connecting,techniques and work
practices required by 1926.754(e) &
1926.760(c).
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Compliance Assistance Specialist and is intended
to assist employers, workers, and others as they
strive to improve workplace health and safety.
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discussion of everything necessary to ensure a
healthy and safe working environment in a
presentation of this nature. Thus, this information
must be understood as a tool for addressing
workplace hazards, rather than an exhaustive
statement of an employer’s legal obligations,
which are defined by statute,
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