The New Steel Erection Rule:

Highlights

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 Steel Erection Final Rule
• Published January 18,
2001

• Implemented January 18,

2002

• Includes exceptions for

some provisions

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 Scope
• Covers all employers engaged in steel
erection activities
• Contains two lists of activities:
– Primary list: All are covered (connecting,
bracing, guying…)
– Ancillary list: Covered only “when they
occur during and are a part of steel erection
activities” (sealing, caulking, etc…)
1926.750(b)
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 Scope (cont’d)
• Does not apply to:
– Electrical transmission towers

– Communication and broadcast

towers

– Tanks

1926.750(a)
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Steel Erection Decision Tree
Is the activity at the jobsite
listed in 1926.750(b)(1)?

Yes No

Then this activity IS IS the activity listed in

covered by Subpart R .750(b)(2)?

Yes No

Then you must determine if this is going on in

conjunction with (during and a part of) steel Because it is listed in neither
erection activities in (b)(1). A question to ask: (b)(1) nor (b)(2), it is not
Does this (b)(2) activity have to be done for covered by the standard.
steel erection to continue: If yes, and if done
during (b)(1) activities, then it is covered by
the standard.
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 Key Provisions of the Rule
• Site layout
• Hoisting and rigging
• Structural steel stability
requirements
– Column anchorage
– Beams and columns
– Open web steel joists
– Structural steel assembly

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Key Provisions of the Rule (cont’d)

• Systems-engineered
metal buildings
• Falling object protection
• Fall protection
• Worker training

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 Site Layout

• Adequate layout area

• Adequate access roads

1926.752(c)
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 Hoisting and Rigging

• Provides additional crane

safety for steel erection
• Minimizes employee exposure
to overhead loads through
pre-planning and work
practice requirements

1926.753
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 Hoisting and Rigging (cont’d)

• Prescribes proper
procedures for multiple
lifts (Christmas-treeing)

1926.753(e)
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 Column Anchorage
• Minimum 4 anchor bolts per
column
• Written notification of proper
curing of concrete in footings,
piers, walls for steel columns
• Written notification of
adequacy of anchor bolts
modified/repaired in the field

1926.752(a)
1926.755 11
 Beams and Columns

• Two bolts per connection

before releasing hoisting
line

• Safe procedures for

making double
connections at columns
1926.756
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 Open Web Steel Joists
• Minimize the risk of collapse
of lightweight steel joists by:
– Specifying erection bridging
and method of attachment
– Requiring erection bridging to
be anchored to terminus point
– Specifying method of placing
loads on steel joists

1926.757
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 Structural Steel Assembly

• Specific work practices:

– Hoisting deck bundles

1926.754
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Structural Steel Assembly (cont’d)

• Minimizing fall hazards:

– Trip hazards
– Interior holes/openings
– Slip hazards

Shear Connectors

1926.754
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 Systems-Engineered Metal
Buildings
• Requirements to
minimize the risk of
collapse in the
erection of these
specialized structures
that account for a
major portion of steel
erection in this country
1926.758
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 Falling Object Protection

• Provisions that
address hazards of
falling objects in steel
erection

Note: Does not apply to materials

being hoisted

1926.759
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 Fall Protection
• Above 30 feet/2 stories: All workers
must be protected, including
connectors and deckers
• Between 15 and 30 feet/2 stories:
Workers must be protected EXCEPT:
– Connectors
– Deckers working in controlled decking
zone (CDZ)

1926.760
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 Fall Protection (cont’d)

• Connectors between 15
and 30 feet/2 stories
– All equipment necessary
to be capable of being
used to be tied off (or
safety nets) must be in
place
– Not required to tie off

1926.760(b) 19
 Fall Protection (cont’d)
• Deckers between 15
and 30 feet/2 stories
– Can use a controlled
decking zone (CDZ)
instead of fall protection

1926.760(c)
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 Training
• Qualified person to train
exposed workers in fall
protection

• Qualified person to train

exposed workers
engaged in special, high-
risk activities
1926.761
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Specific Controlling Contractor
Duties
• Notify the steel erector in writing regarding
concrete cure and anchor bolt changes
• Provide adequate layout areas and onsite
access roads
• Preclude work below steel erection unless
there is overhead protection
• Choose whether to accept responsibility for
maintaining fall protection equipment left by
erector (otherwise it must be removed)

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 OSHA’s Website

• View the complete standard at

www.osha.gov
• View the steel erection information
website at
www.osha.gov/steelerection/index.html

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