July 30, 2004—The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently announced it will reopen for 90 days, until October 13, 2004, its rulemaking record on a provision of the steel erection standard, intended to protect iron workers, that addresses the slip resistance of walking surfaces of coated structural steel members.
OSHA is considering whether to retain, amend, or revoke this provision. The agency is seeking comments on whether suitable and appropriate test methods for testing structural steel coatings, and whether slip-resistant coatings meeting the slip resistance criteria in the standard, can reasonably be expected to be available by July 2006.
