Designing Suspended Scaffold Structural Support Elements and Lifeline Anchorages in Conformance with Federal OSHA Requirements
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Abstract
The Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) maintains standards related to the design of suspended scaffolds and fall protection systems. These standards include structural requirements for elements that support suspended scaffolds and fall arrest lanyards. Ensuring that applicable requirements are met is the responsibility of a qualified person—typically a professional engineer. However, navigating and applying the OSHA structural provisions can be difficult, primarily because relevant requirements are not located in a single document, structural requirements vary for different uses, and structural requirements are not always written in a manner consistent with typical structural engineering practice. This paper provides information that will promote rational application of key OSHA structural provisions for the design of suspended scaffold support elements and lifeline anchorages. This paper also provides the foundation for the companion paper, “Certifying That Existing Suspended Scaffold Structural Support Elements and Lifeline Anchorages Comply with Federal OSHA Requirements,” which is included in this publication.
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American National Standards Institute/American Society of Safety Engineers (ANSI/ASSE). (2004). “Fall protection systems, American national standard for construction and demolition operations.” ANSI/ASSE A10.32, New York.
Sulowski, A. C., ed. (2001). Fundamentals of fall protection, International Society for Fall Protection, Bainbridge Island, Wash.
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Received: Jul 27, 2009
Accepted: Aug 31, 2009
Published online: Sep 2, 2009
Published in print: Aug 2010
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