The Occupational Safety and Health Administration recently amended and revised Subpart R: Steel Erection standard.
The scope (1926.750(a) and (b)) of this federal standard contains a list of examples where steel erection activities may occur, such as single- and multi-storied buildings, systems-engineered metal buildings, auditoriums, malls, amphitheaters, stadiums, mills, power plants, chemical plants, skylights, metal roofs, geodesic domes, canopies, atriums, penthouses, jails and detention facilities. The range of construction activities that may be considered to be steel erection tasks was also considered and listed, such as laying out, hoisting, placing, connecting, welding, burning, and installing metal decking, roofing and siding. The standard’s coverage also includes any procedure that the worker must undergo while moving from point to point in the performance of these activities.