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Monday, February 26, 2018

Walking – Working Surfaces29 CFR 1910

Subpart D


Objectives

• Requirements and revisions related to walking/working surfaces

• New PPE requirements for fall protection equipment

• When and where fall protection is required

• Training requirements

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General Industry Walking-Working Surfaces and Fall Protection Standards

Subpart D – 29 CFR 1910

• 1973 – Proposal to revise 1971 rules

• 1976 – withdrew

• 1990 – proposal to revise and new proposed rules

• 2003 – reopened rule making

• 2010 – proposed new rule

• 2016 – new rule published

Effective January 2017 -- Indiana July 9, 2017


Organization of Subpart D

1910.21 – Scope, Application and Definitions

1910.22 – General Requirements

1910.23 – Ladders

1910.24 – Stepbolts and Manhole Steps

1910.25 – Stairways

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Organization of Subpart D

1910.26 – Dockboards

1910.27 – Scaffolds and Rope Decent Systems

1910.28 – Duty to have Fall Protection

1910.29 – Fall Protection Systems Criteria and Practices

1910.30 – Training Requirements

1910.21 – Scope and definitions

• Applies to all general industry workplaces and covers all walking/working surfaces

• Consolidates definitions into one section and adds new definitions to provide clarity

• Walking/working surface – any horizontal or vertical surface on or through which an employee walks, works, or gains access to a work area

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1910.22 – General Requirements

• Maintains housekeeping provisions – clean, orderly, sanitary, dry

1910.22 – General Requirements• Walking-working surfaces designed to meet their

maximum intended load, free of recognized hazards, and routinely inspected

• Repairs to be done, or overseen, by qualified person

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1910.23 – Ladders• Consolidates and simplifies rules into general

requirements, portable ladders, fixed ladders, and mobile ladder stands

• Ladder rungs uniformly spaced

• Free of defects

• Climbing requirements

• Requires inspection before use

1910.23 – Portable Ladders

• Not loaded beyond maximum intended load• Secured • Extended 3 feet above landing• Used properly• Firm base

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1910.23 – Fixed Ladders• Clearances

• Step across distances

• Fall protection at 24 feet

1910.23 – Mobile ladder stands

• Updates and makes rule consistent with current national consensus standards - ANSI A14.7

• Steps slip resistant – uniformly spaced

• Design requirements – rails – 4 times minimum base dimension

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• Moves stepbolts from telecommunication standard

to Walking-Working Surfaces

• Adds requirements for manhole steps

• Design requirements, inspection, and maintenance requirements –protect against corrosion – 4 times maximum intended load

1910.24 – Stepbolts and manhole steps

Step bolts on pole

Manhole steps

1910.25 – Stairways

• Updates design criteria for stairs and landings, consistent with national consensus standards

• Design requirements – railings, riser height and depth, and landings

* stair platform depth - 22 inches

* riser height max - tread depth min - 9 ½ inches

after January 2017

• Adds design and use criteria for spiral stairs,

ship stairs, and alternating tread-type stairs

* only used when standard stairs not feasible

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1910.26 – Dockboards

• Updates requirements for dockboards

• Adds design and construction requirements to prevent equipment from going over the dockboard edge

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1910.27 – ScaffoldsRequires that employers using scaffolds follow the construction standards for scaffolding

• Capacity

• Platform construction

• Supported scaffolds

• Suspension scaffolds

• Safe access

• Use

• Fall protection

• Inspections – Competent person

• Falling object protection

• Specific types

• Aerial lifts

• Training for erectors

• Training for users

• Retraining


1910.27 – Scaffolds

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Scaffold Training• Electrical, fall, and falling object hazards

• Proper use of scaffold and proper handling of materials on scaffold

• Maximum intended loads and load carrying capacities

• Proper erection and use of fall protection systems

• Nature of scaffold hazards

• Correct procedures for erecting, inspecting, disassembling, moving, repairing, and maintaining the type of scaffold used

• Other requirements of the subpart


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• Improper bracing

• No guardrails

• No safe access

• Securing frames together

• Wheels not locked

• No outriggers

• Missing base plates

• Falling object protection

• Platform fully decked

Common Scaffold Citations

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Current 1910.67 – Vehicle mounted elevating work and rotating work platforms – ANSI A92.2 Vehicle-Mounted Elevating and Rotating Aerial Devices

Aerial lifts

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1910.27 – Rope Descent Systems (RDS)

• Adds provision allowing use of RDS

• Building owner – identifies, tests, certifies, and maintains anchorages to support #5000

• Annual inspections by qualified person and certifications of anchorages as necessary but at least every 10 years

• November 2017

• Requires RDS have separate fall arrest system

Rope Descent Systems

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1910.28 – Duty to have fall protection and falling object protection

• Consolidates general industry fall protection requirements into one section

• Makes requirements and format consistent with construction standard

• Incorporates new technology that is consistent with national consensus standards

• Gives employers flexibility to use the system that works best to protect workers in their situation

1910.28 – Duty to have fall protection

Fall hazards more than 4 foot below lower level

• Unprotected sides and edges

• Hoist areas

• Holes – 2 inches

• Walkways

• Scaffolds – 10 feet

• Dockboards

• Dangerous equipment

• Openings – 30 inches high – 18 inches wide

• Stairways

• Roofs

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Duty to have fall protection1910.28(b)(8) - Repair or service pits

• 10 feet

• Access limited to within 6 feet of edge

• Floor markings or warning lines within 6 feet

• Post signs – Open Pit

Duty to have fall protection

1910.28(b)(9) – Fixed ladders

• More than 24 feet

• Existing – cages – ladder safety system

• New, after November 2018 – ladder safety system

• If a section replaced – ladder safety system

• November 2036 – all fixed ladders equipped with PFAS ladder safety system

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1910.28(b)(10) – Outdoor advertising

• 24 feet – cage – ladder safety system

Prior to November 2018

• Training – Qualified climber

• 18 inch body lanyard for resting

• Fall protection at work location

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1910.28(b)(13) – Work on roofs – low sloped

• Less than 6 feet from roof edge – guard rail, safety net, PFAS, travel restraint system

• From 6 feet to less than 15 feet from edge – guard rail, safety net, PFAS, travel restraint system or may use designated area for work infrequent and temporary

Designated area = distinct portion of walking/working area delineated by warning line where work is performed with no other fall protection provided

Temporary – duration is brief or short, tasks that that a worker is able to perform in less time than it would be to set up or install conventional fall protection - no time limits but short duration tasks are those that take less than 1-2 hours to complete

Temporary tasks – tasks that workers can complete at one time rather than repeatedly returning to the roof or requiring more than one shift to complete the work

Infrequent – tasks performed only on occasion –irregular intervals – may be once a month, once year or when needed – not a primary or routine function of job during each workshift

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1910.28(b)(13) – Work on roofs – low sloped

• Greater than 15 from edge - guard rail, safety net, PFAS, travel restraint system or designated area

No fall protection required if both infrequent and temporary and a work rule implemented and enforced which prohibits from going within 15 feet of edge


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1910.28(c) – Falling object protection

Head protection and one or more of following:

• Erect toeboards, screens, guardrails

• Erect canopy structures and keep materials back from edge

• Barricade area below and prohibition of entering barricaded area

1910.29 – Fall protection systems criteria

• Guardrails

• Safety nets

• Covers

• Cages and wells

• Toeboards

• Specifies design and installation requirements of each fall protection system

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Guardrails• Top rail 39 – 45 inches high

• Midrail 21 inches or halfway

• Toeboards for falling object protection

• Support 200 #

• Intermediate members – 19 inch openings

• Smooth surface

• Offset or gates at entrances

• No projection hazards

• Synthetic rope checked as necessary

1910.29 – Fall protection systems criteria

• Remain in area while working

• Warning line erected

• Breaking strength 200 #

• Sag not less than 34 inches or more than 39 inches

• Visible at least for 25 feet

Designated areas

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1910.29 – Fall protection systems criteria -

Handrails

• Height 30 – 38 inches

• Clearance 2.25 inches

Stairrails - height

• Installed prior to November 2017 not less than 30 inches

• After November 2017 not less than 42 inches

• No openings greater than 19 inches

stairrails and handrails

1910.29 – Fall protection systems criteria -

• Allows employees to use both hands while climbing

• Rigid or flexible carriers and mountings

• Connection point from carrier to body harness no more than 9 inches

Ladder safety systems

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1910.30 – Training Fall HazardsTraining – May 2017

• Nature of fall hazards and recognition

• Procedures to minimize fall hazards

• Installing, inspecting, maintaining, operating, and disassembling fall protection systems

• Use of PFAS – proper hook-up, anchors, tie-off techniques, and inspection

Training Equipment Hazards – May 2017

• Care, inspection, use of fall protection equipment prior to use

• Dockboard placement and securement

• Rope descent systems rigging and use

• Proper set up and use of designated areas

All training done by a qualified person in a manner that employees understand

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1910.30 – Training

Retraining

• Changes in workplace to render previous training obsolete

• Changes in type of fall protection to be used

• Inadequacies in employees knowledge or use of fall protection equipment and systems indicate has not retained the knowledge or skills necessary to use equipment or perform job

1910.140 – Personal Protective Equipment (Personal Fall Protection

Systems)

Adds definitions for personal fall protection systems

• Adds new section on system and use criteria for:

• Personal fall protection equipment (e.g., lanyards, ropes, D-rings, harnesses)

• Personal fall arrest systems

• Travel restraint systems

• Work positioning systems

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Personal Fall Protection Systems

Major Changes

• Fall Protection Flexibility

• Updated Scaffold Requirements

• Phase-in of ladder safety systems or personal fall arrest systems on fixed ladders

• Phase-out of “qualified climbers” on outdoor advertising structures – NO FREE CLIMBING

• Rope descent systems

• Adds requirements for personal fall protection equipment (final §1910.140)

• Adds training requirements

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Summary

• Requirements and revisions related to walking/working surfaces

• New PPE requirements for fall protection equipment

• When and where fall protection is required

• Training requirements

Questions ?

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Bryan ThaisINSafe Safety Consultant

Phone: 812-888-4054E-mail: [email protected]

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