September 22, 2004—The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) recently announced the availability of four construction standards covering requirements for safety and health programs, work platforms suspended from cranes and derricks, portable heating devices, and concrete and masonry work.
Reaffirmed by the American National Standard Institute (ANSI) on June 23, 2004, these four standards are the latest completed projects from the A10 Accredited Standards Committee (ASC) Safety Requirements for Construction and Demolition Operations. ASSE serves as secretariat of the A10 Committee, which develops and revises over 40 standards and projects pertaining to safety in the construction and demolition industry. As per ANSI procedures, every five years accredited standards must be either revised, reaffirmed or withdrawn.
A10 ASC Chairman Richard F. King, CSP, CRSP, and ASSE member, said today, “These reaffirmed A10 standards each cover a specific construction safety topic, but they are all unified with the same goal of reducing construction injuries and ensuring the safety of our fellow workers.”
The A10.33-1992 (R2004) standard Safety and Health Program Requirements for Multi-Employer Projects provides guidelines for the basic duties of senior contractors and project supervisors in providing a safe construction workplace. The standard covers senior supervisor responsibilities, corrective actions and presence at a project, as well as site safety and health requirements, disciplinary procedures, construction process plans, training and pre-work plans. It also includes samples of job hazard analysis, project safety and health forms, and job site surveys.
The A10.9-1997 (R2004) standard Safety Requirements for Masonry and Concrete Work covers concrete construction and masonry work safety requirements from concrete placement and shoring to the handling and storage of pre-stressed and pre-cast concrete. It also addresses the design, erection, operation and maintenance of concrete mixing processing plants, machinery used in transportation and aggregate processing plants.
The A10.28-1998 (R2004) standard Safety Requirements for Work Platforms Suspended from Cranes or Derricks sets safety guidelines to ensure workers are safe while being transported to an elevated work site and while working on a suspended platform from cranes and derricks. Platforms suspended from the load lines of cranes or derricks are typically used at construction sites to perform work at elevations when other means of access such as scaffolding or aerial platforms are unsafe or impractical.
The A10.10-1998 (R2004) standard Safety Requirements for Temporary and Portable Space Heating Devices establishes construction operation guidelines for the safe use and inspection of portable and temporary space heater equipment that run on solid fuel, liquid fuel, natural gas and liquefied petroleum gas. It provides minimum safety requirements for the selection, installation, operation and maintenance of these space-heating devices and equipment.
The individual A10 standards are available in both a printed format and as an electronic file. Each standard is $37 for ASSE members, $45 for AIHA and ACHMM members, and $53 for non-members.
To order the standards contact ASSE Customer Service at 847/699-2929 or visit online.
