Transcript The New Steel Erection Rule: Highlights Steel Erection Final Rule • Published January 18,• Implemented January 18,• Includes exceptions for some provisions.

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
covered by Subpart R
IS the activity listed in
.750(b)(2)?
Yes
Then you must determine if this is going on in
conjunction with (during and a part of) steel
erection activities in (b)(1). A question to ask:
Does this (b)(2) activity have to be done for
steel erection to continue: If yes, and if done
during (b)(1) activities, then it is covered by
the standard.
No
Because it is listed in neither
(b)(1) nor (b)(2), it is not
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
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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)
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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, highrisk 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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