ANSI/ASSE A10.9 2013 Edition, “Safety Requirements for Masonry and Concrete Work,” has just been released. The document is one of the American National Standards for Construction and Demolition Operations. It’s used by construction companies to meet OSHA standards.
The ANSI/ASSE A10.9 establishes safety requirements pertaining to concrete construction and masonry work in construction. The requirements cover all on-site concrete construction and masonry work including design, erection, operation and maintenance of aggregate processing plants, concrete mixing plants and conveyances.
It also contains safety requirements regarding the specialty concrete operations of prestressing by pretensioning or post-tensioning, lift-slab construction, tilt-up construction and slipforms.
The new 48-page ANSI A10.9 2013 Edition was released to update the information relating to reinforcing steel and post-tension operations. It is intended to help industry meet new Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standards.
ASSE, the American Society of Safety Engineers, has put in a request to OSHA to have the references in title 29 CFR Part 1926 (Safety and Health Regulations for Construction) updated to include this new edition of the standard, which replaces all previous editions.
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