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New Crane Standards Product Offered To Enhance Safe Operation
The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) announced the availability
of the ASSE/ANSI A10 Crane Safety Standards Package to help safety professionals
conduct safe crane operations in construction and demolition operations. The
package includes the : A10.8 ‘Safety Requirements for Scaffolding’;
A10.28 ‘Safety Requirements for Work Platforms Suspended from Cranes or
Derricks’; A10.31 ‘Safety Requirements, Definitions & Specifications
for Digger Derricks’; A10.33 ‘Safety & Health Program Requirements
for Multi-Employer Projects’ and A10.42 ‘Safety Requirements for
Rigging Qualifications & Responsibilities’ standards. Together these
standards cover many important aspects of crane safety in construction and
demolition operations.
The scope of the A10.8 standard, which aims to help workers who use scaffolding
to stay safe on the job, deals with the establishment of safety requirements
for the construction, operation, maintenance and use of scaffolds used in
the construction, alteration, demolition, and maintenance of buildings and
structures.
Scaffolding refers to a system of scaffolds which are a temporary arrangement
erected around a building for workers. The standard does not cover permanently
installed suspended scaffold systems or aerial platforms.
Cranes or derricks are machines used for lifting and moving heavy objects,
usually by suspending them from a movable projecting arm. The A10.28 standard
covers
platforms suspended from the load lines of cranes/derricks in order to
perform work at elevations that cannot normally be reached by other kinds of
scaffolds
or transport personnel to heights where other means of transport are unsafe
or impractical because of work conditions or design.
The A10.33 standard refers to the protection of employees and the public
from hazards arising out of, or associated with, construction and demolition
operations
and addresses project safety and health requirements; disciplinary procedures;
senior project supervisor responsibilities; construction process, pre-work
and emergency plans; permit systems; notifications and training.
For more information or to order the A10 standards package visit www.asse.org/cartpage.php?link=a10set.
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