Walking and Working Surfaces OSHA CFR 1915 vs. 1910
Transcript Of Walking and Working Surfaces OSHA CFR 1915 vs. 1910
Walking and Working Surfaces – OSHA CFR 1915 vs. 1910
PRESENTED BY: YANIV ZAGAGI, IN MSC, CIH, CSP
Walking and Working Surfaces
APPLICABLE STANDARDS AND SCOPES
• 1910 Subpart D
• This subpart applies to all general industry workplaces. It covers all walkingworking surfaces unless specifically excluded by an individual section of this subpart
• 1915 Subpart D Scaffolds, Ladders and Other Working Surfaces
• The provisions of this section shall apply to all ship repairing, shipbuilding and shipbreaking operations except that paragraphs (b)(8) through (b)(10) and paragraphs (c) through (f) of this section shall only apply to ship repairing and shipbuilding operations and shall not apply to shipbreaking.
• 1915 Subpart F General Working Conditions
• The provisions of this subpart apply to general working conditions in shipyard employment, including work on vessels, on vessel sections, and at landside operations, regardless of geographic location.
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OSHA
29 CFR 1915.4 - DEFINITIONS.
• (j) The terms ship repair and ship repairing mean any repair of a vessel including, but not restricted to, alterations, conversions, installations, cleaning, painting, and maintenance work.
• (k) The term shipbuilding means the construction of a vessel including the installation of machinery and equipment.
• (l) The term shipbreaking means any breaking down of a vessel's structure for the purpose of scrapping the vessel, including the removal of gear, equipment or any component part of a vessel.
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Walking and Working Surfaces - Changes
Old Rule – Subpart D 1910.21 – Definitions 1910.22 – General Requirements 1910.23 – Guarding Floor and Wall Openings and Holes 1910.24 – Fixed Industrial Stairs 1910.25 – Portable Wood Ladders 1910.26 – Portable Metal Ladders
1910.27 – Fixed Ladders
1910.28 – Safety Requirements for Scaffolding 1910.29 – Manually Propelled Mobile Ladder Stands and Scaffolds (towers) 1910.30 – Other Working Surfaces
New Rule – Subpart D 1910.21 – Scope and Definitions 1910.22 – General Requirements
1910.23 - Ladders
1910.24 – Step Bolts and Manhole Steps 1910.25 - Stairways 1910.26 - Dockboards 1910.27 – Scaffolds and Rope Descent Systems 1910.28 – Duty to Have Fall Protection and Falling Object Protection 1910.29 – Fall Protection Systems and Falling Object Protection – Criteria and Practices 1910.30 – Training Requirements
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Timeline for Compliance
Final Subpart D Section and Requirement 1910.30(a) - Train exposed employees on fall hazards
1910.30(b) - Train employees who use equipment covered by the new rule 1910.27(b)(1) - Inspect and certify permanent anchorage points for rope descent systems 1910.28(b)(9)(i)(B) - For fixed ladders over 24 feet, install personal fall arrest or ladder safety systems on new fixed and on replacement ladders or ladder sections, including ladder systems on advertising structures 1910.28(b)(9)(i)(A) - Ensure existing fixed ladders over 24 feet are equipped with a cage, well, personal fall arrest system, or ladder safety system 1910.28(b)(9)(i)(D) - Replace those cages and wells used as fall protection with ladder safety or personal fall arrest systems on all fixed ladders over 24 feet
Compliance Date May 17, 2017 May 17, 2017 November 20, 2017 November 19, 2018
November 19, 2018
November 18, 2036
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Walking and Working Surfaces
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1915.80(b) Definitions applicable to this subpart.
• Authorized employee An employee who performs one or more of the following lockout/tags-plus responsibilities:
• Executes the lockout/tagsplus procedures;
• Installs a lock or tags-plus system on machinery, equipment, or systems; or
• Services any machine, equipment, or system under lockout/tags-plus application.
1910.21 – Scope and Definitions
• Authorized means an employee who the employer assigns to perform a specific type of duty, or allows in a specific location or area.
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Walking and Working Surfaces
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1915.80(b) Definitions applicable to this subpart.
• Not available
1910.21 – Scope and Definitions
• Hole means a gap or open space in a floor, roof, horizontal walking-working surface, or similar surface that is at least 2 inches (5 cm) in its least dimension
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Walking and Working Surfaces
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1915.83(a)(1) Steam supply system, and
1915.83(c)(3) Electric shore power
• A responsible vessel's representative, a contractor, or any other person who is qualified by training, knowledge, or experience
1910.21 – Scope and Definitions
• Competent person means a person who is capable of identifying existing and predictable hazards in any personal fall protection system or any component of it, as well as in their application and uses with related equipment, and who has authorization to take prompt, corrective action to eliminate the identified hazards.
• Qualified describes a person who, by possession of a recognized degree, certificate, or professional standing, or who by extensive knowledge, training, and experience has successfully demonstrated the ability to solve or resolve problems relating to the subject matter, the work, or the project.
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Walking and Working Surfaces
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1915.80(b) Definitions applicable to this subpart.
• Not available
1910.21 – Scope and Definitions
• Low-slope roof means a roof that has a slope less than or equal to a ratio of 4 in 12 (vertical to horizontal).
• Manhole steps means steps that are individually attached to, or set into, the wall of a manhole structure.
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Walking and Working Surfaces
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1915.80(b) Definitions applicable to this subpart.
• Walkway. Any surface, whether vertical, slanted, or horizontal, on which employees walk, including areas that employees pass through, to perform their job tasks. Walkways include, but are not limited to, access ways, designated walkways, aisles, exits, gangways, ladders, ramps, stairs, steps, passageways, and scaffolding. If an area is, or could be, used to gain access to other locations, it is to be considered a walkway
1910.21 – Scope and Definitions • Opening means a gap or open
space in a wall, partition, vertical walking-working surface, or similar surface that is at least 30 inches (76 cm) high and at least 18 inches (46 cm) wide, through which an employee can fall to a lower level. • Walking-working surface means any horizontal or vertical surface on or through which an employee walks, works, or gains access to a work area or workplace location (i.e. parking lots)
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PRESENTED BY: YANIV ZAGAGI, IN MSC, CIH, CSP
Walking and Working Surfaces
APPLICABLE STANDARDS AND SCOPES
• 1910 Subpart D
• This subpart applies to all general industry workplaces. It covers all walkingworking surfaces unless specifically excluded by an individual section of this subpart
• 1915 Subpart D Scaffolds, Ladders and Other Working Surfaces
• The provisions of this section shall apply to all ship repairing, shipbuilding and shipbreaking operations except that paragraphs (b)(8) through (b)(10) and paragraphs (c) through (f) of this section shall only apply to ship repairing and shipbuilding operations and shall not apply to shipbreaking.
• 1915 Subpart F General Working Conditions
• The provisions of this subpart apply to general working conditions in shipyard employment, including work on vessels, on vessel sections, and at landside operations, regardless of geographic location.
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OSHA
29 CFR 1915.4 - DEFINITIONS.
• (j) The terms ship repair and ship repairing mean any repair of a vessel including, but not restricted to, alterations, conversions, installations, cleaning, painting, and maintenance work.
• (k) The term shipbuilding means the construction of a vessel including the installation of machinery and equipment.
• (l) The term shipbreaking means any breaking down of a vessel's structure for the purpose of scrapping the vessel, including the removal of gear, equipment or any component part of a vessel.
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Walking and Working Surfaces - Changes
Old Rule – Subpart D 1910.21 – Definitions 1910.22 – General Requirements 1910.23 – Guarding Floor and Wall Openings and Holes 1910.24 – Fixed Industrial Stairs 1910.25 – Portable Wood Ladders 1910.26 – Portable Metal Ladders
1910.27 – Fixed Ladders
1910.28 – Safety Requirements for Scaffolding 1910.29 – Manually Propelled Mobile Ladder Stands and Scaffolds (towers) 1910.30 – Other Working Surfaces
New Rule – Subpart D 1910.21 – Scope and Definitions 1910.22 – General Requirements
1910.23 - Ladders
1910.24 – Step Bolts and Manhole Steps 1910.25 - Stairways 1910.26 - Dockboards 1910.27 – Scaffolds and Rope Descent Systems 1910.28 – Duty to Have Fall Protection and Falling Object Protection 1910.29 – Fall Protection Systems and Falling Object Protection – Criteria and Practices 1910.30 – Training Requirements
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Timeline for Compliance
Final Subpart D Section and Requirement 1910.30(a) - Train exposed employees on fall hazards
1910.30(b) - Train employees who use equipment covered by the new rule 1910.27(b)(1) - Inspect and certify permanent anchorage points for rope descent systems 1910.28(b)(9)(i)(B) - For fixed ladders over 24 feet, install personal fall arrest or ladder safety systems on new fixed and on replacement ladders or ladder sections, including ladder systems on advertising structures 1910.28(b)(9)(i)(A) - Ensure existing fixed ladders over 24 feet are equipped with a cage, well, personal fall arrest system, or ladder safety system 1910.28(b)(9)(i)(D) - Replace those cages and wells used as fall protection with ladder safety or personal fall arrest systems on all fixed ladders over 24 feet
Compliance Date May 17, 2017 May 17, 2017 November 20, 2017 November 19, 2018
November 19, 2018
November 18, 2036
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Walking and Working Surfaces
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1910
1915.80(b) Definitions applicable to this subpart.
• Authorized employee An employee who performs one or more of the following lockout/tags-plus responsibilities:
• Executes the lockout/tagsplus procedures;
• Installs a lock or tags-plus system on machinery, equipment, or systems; or
• Services any machine, equipment, or system under lockout/tags-plus application.
1910.21 – Scope and Definitions
• Authorized means an employee who the employer assigns to perform a specific type of duty, or allows in a specific location or area.
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Walking and Working Surfaces
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1910
1915.80(b) Definitions applicable to this subpart.
• Not available
1910.21 – Scope and Definitions
• Hole means a gap or open space in a floor, roof, horizontal walking-working surface, or similar surface that is at least 2 inches (5 cm) in its least dimension
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Walking and Working Surfaces
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1910
1915.83(a)(1) Steam supply system, and
1915.83(c)(3) Electric shore power
• A responsible vessel's representative, a contractor, or any other person who is qualified by training, knowledge, or experience
1910.21 – Scope and Definitions
• Competent person means a person who is capable of identifying existing and predictable hazards in any personal fall protection system or any component of it, as well as in their application and uses with related equipment, and who has authorization to take prompt, corrective action to eliminate the identified hazards.
• Qualified describes a person who, by possession of a recognized degree, certificate, or professional standing, or who by extensive knowledge, training, and experience has successfully demonstrated the ability to solve or resolve problems relating to the subject matter, the work, or the project.
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Walking and Working Surfaces
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1910
1915.80(b) Definitions applicable to this subpart.
• Not available
1910.21 – Scope and Definitions
• Low-slope roof means a roof that has a slope less than or equal to a ratio of 4 in 12 (vertical to horizontal).
• Manhole steps means steps that are individually attached to, or set into, the wall of a manhole structure.
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Walking and Working Surfaces
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1910
1915.80(b) Definitions applicable to this subpart.
• Walkway. Any surface, whether vertical, slanted, or horizontal, on which employees walk, including areas that employees pass through, to perform their job tasks. Walkways include, but are not limited to, access ways, designated walkways, aisles, exits, gangways, ladders, ramps, stairs, steps, passageways, and scaffolding. If an area is, or could be, used to gain access to other locations, it is to be considered a walkway
1910.21 – Scope and Definitions • Opening means a gap or open
space in a wall, partition, vertical walking-working surface, or similar surface that is at least 30 inches (76 cm) high and at least 18 inches (46 cm) wide, through which an employee can fall to a lower level. • Walking-working surface means any horizontal or vertical surface on or through which an employee walks, works, or gains access to a work area or workplace location (i.e. parking lots)
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