Steel Erection: The Revised Subpart R (OSHA Directorate of Construction presentation)

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1. Slide 1

   The New Steel Erection Rule:

   • Highlights
2. Slide 2

   Steel Erection Final Rule

   • Published January 18, 2001
   • Implemented January 18, 2002
   • Includes exceptions for some provisions
3. Slide 3

   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)
4. Slide 4

   Scope (cont’d)

   • Does not apply to:
   • Electrical transmission towers
   • Communication and broadcast towers
   • Tanks
   • 1926.750(a)
5. Slide 5

   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.
6. Slide 6

   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
7. Slide 7

   Key Provisions of the Rule (cont’d)

   • Systems-engineered metal buildings
   • Falling object protection
   • Fall protection
   • Worker training
8. Slide 8

   Site Layout

   • Adequate layout area
   • Adequate access roads
   • 1926.752(c)
9. Slide 9

   Hoisting and Rigging

   • Provides additional crane safety for steel erection
   • Minimizes employee exposure to overhead loads through pre-planning and work practice requirements
10. Slide 10

    Hoisting and Rigging (cont’d)

    • Prescribes proper procedures for multiple lifts (Christmas-treeing)
    • 1926.753(e)
11. Slide 11

    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)
12. Slide 12

    Beams and Columns

    • Two bolts per connection before releasing hoisting line
    • Safe procedures for making double connections at columns
13. Slide 13

    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
14. Slide 14

    Structural Steel Assembly

    • Specific work practices:
    • Hoisting deck bundles
15. Slide 15

    Structural Steel Assembly (cont’d)

    • Minimizing fall hazards:
    • Trip hazards
    • Interior holes/openings
    • Slip hazards
    • Shear Connectors
16. Slide 16

    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
17. Slide 17

    Falling Object Protection

    • Provisions that address hazards of falling objects in steel erection
    • Note: Does not apply to materials being hoisted
18. Slide 18

    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)
19. Slide 19

    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)
20. Slide 20

    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)
21. Slide 21

    Training

    • Qualified person to train exposed workers in fall protection
    • Qualified person to train exposed workers engaged in special, high-risk activities
22. Slide 22

    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)
23. Slide 23

    OSHA’s Website

    • View the complete standard at www.os
    • ha.gov
    • View the steel erection information website at www.osha.gov/steelerection/in
    • dex.html