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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
[Docket No. OSHA–2011–0055]
Steel Erection; Extension of the Office
of Management and Budget’s (OMB)
Approval of Information Collection
(Paperwork) Requirements
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Request for public comments.
AGENCY:
OSHA solicits public
comments concerning its proposal to
extend OMB approval of the
information collection requirements
specified in the Standard on Steel
Erection (29 CFR part 1926, subpart R).
DATES: Comments must be submitted
(postmarked, sent, or received) by May
2, 2011.
ADDRESSES:
Electronically: You may submit
comments and attachments
electronically at https://
www.regulations.gov, which is the
Federal eRulemaking Portal. Follow the
instructions online for submitting
comments.
Facsimile: If your comments,
including attachments, are not longer
than 10 pages, you may fax them to the
OSHA Docket Office at (202) 693–1648.
Mail, hand delivery, express mail,
messenger, or courier service: When
using this method, you must submit a
copy of your comments and attachments
to the OSHA Docket Office, OSHA
Docket No. OSHA–2011–0055, U.S.
Department of Labor, Occupational
Safety and Health Administration,
Room N–2625, 200 Constitution
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210.
Deliveries (hand, express mail,
messenger, and courier service) are
accepted during the Department of
Labor’s and Docket Office’s normal
business hours, 8:15 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.,
e.t.
Instructions: All submissions must
include the Agency name and OSHA
docket number for the Information
Collection request (ICR) (OSHA–2011–
0055). All comments, including any
personal information you provide, are
placed in the public docket without
change, and may be made available
online at https://www.regulations.gov.
For further information on submitting
comments, see the ‘‘Public
Participation’’ heading in the section of
this notice titled ‘‘SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION.’’
Docket: To read or download
comments or other material in the
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docket, go to https://www.regulations.gov
or the OSHA Docket Office at the
address above. All documents in the
docket (including this Federal Register
notice) are listed in the https://
www.regulations.gov index; however,
some information (e.g., copyrighted
material) is not publicly available to
read or download through the Web site.
All submissions, including copyrighted
material, are available for inspection
and copying at the OSHA Docket Office.
You may also contact Theda Kenney at
the address below to obtain a copy of
the ICR.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Theda Kenney or Todd Owen,
Directorate of Standards and Guidance,
OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor, Room
N–3609, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20210; telephone (202)
693–2222.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Department of Labor, as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork
and respondent (i.e., employer) burden,
conducts a preclearance consultation
program to provide the public with an
opportunity to comment on proposed
and continuing information collection
requirements in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This program
ensures that information is in the
desired format, reporting burden (time
and costs) is minimal, collection
instruments are clearly understood, and
OSHA’s estimate of the information
collection burden is accurate. The
Occupational Safety and Health Act of
1970 (the OSH Act) (29 U.S.C. 651 et
seq.) authorizes information collection
by employers as necessary or
appropriate for enforcement of the Act
or for developing information regarding
the causes and prevention of
occupational injuries, illnesses, and
accidents (29 U.S.C. 657). The OSH Act
also requires that OSHA obtain such
information with minimum burden
upon employers, especially those
operating small businesses, and to
reduce to the maximum extent feasible
unnecessary duplication of efforts in
obtaining information (29 U.S.C. 657).
Section 1926.752(a)(1). Description of
the requirement. Based on the results of
a specified method for testing fieldcured samples, the controlling
contractor must provide the steel erector
with written notification that the
concrete in the footings, piers, and
walls, or the mortar in the masonry
piers and walls, is at 75% of its
minimum compressive-design strength
or has sufficient strength to support
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loads imposed during steel erection.
Note: This is not and will not be
enforced for mortar in piers and walls
until such time as OSHA is able to
define an appropriate substitute or until
an appropriate American Society for
Testing and Materials (ASTM) test
method is developed.
Sections 1926.752(a)(2) and
1926.755(b)(1). Description of the
requirements. Under § 1926.752(a)(2),
the controlling contractor, before it
authorizes commencement of steel
erection, must notify the steel erector in
writing that any repairs, replacements,
and modifications to anchor bolts (rods)
have been made in accordance with
§ 1926.755(b)(1) which requires the
controlling contractor to obtain approval
from the project structural engineer of
record for the repairs, replacements, and
modifications.
Section 1926.753(c)(5). Description of
the requirement. Employers must not
deactivate safety latches on hooks or
make them inoperable except for the
situation when: A qualified rigger
determines that it is safer to hoist and
place purlins and single joists by doing
so; or except when equivalent
protection is provided in the sitespecific erection plan.
Section 1926.753(e)(2). Description of
the requirement. Employers must have
the maximum capacity of the total
multiple-lift rigging assembly, as well as
each of its individual attachment points,
certified by the manufacturer or a
qualified rigger.
Sections 1926.755(b)(2) and
1926.755(b)(1). Description of the
requirements. Under § 1926.755(b)(2),
throughout steel erection the controlling
contractor must notify the steel erector
in writing of additional repairs,
replacements, and modifications of
anchor bolts (rods); § 1926.755(b)(1)
requires that these repairs, replacements
and modifications not be made without
approval from the project structural
engineer of record.
Section 1926.757(a)(4). Description of
the requirement. If steel joists at or near
columns span more than 60 feet,
employers must set the joists in tandem
with all bridging installed. However, the
employer may use an alternative
method of erection if a qualified person
develops the alternative method, it
provides equivalent stability, and the
employer includes the method in the
site-specific erection plan.
Section 1926.757(a)(7). Description of
the requirement. Employers must not
modify steel joists or steel joist girders
in a way that affects their strength
without the approval of the project
structural engineer of record.
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Sections 1926.757(a)(9) and
1926.758(g). Description of the
requirements. An employer can use a
steel joist, steel joist girder, purlin, or
girt as an anchorage point for a fallarrest system only with the written
approval of a qualified person.
Section 1926.757(e)(4)(i). Description
of the requirement. An employer must
install and anchor all bridging on joists
and attach all joist bearing ends before
placing a bundle of decking on the
joists, unless: A qualified person
determines that the structure or portion
of the structure is capable of supporting
the bundle, the employer documents
this determination in the site-specific
erection plan and follows the additional
requirements specified in
§ 1926.757(e)(4)(ii)–(vi).
Section 1926.760(e) and (e)(1).
Description of the requirement. The
steel erector can leave its fall protection
at the jobsite after completion of the
erection activity only if the controlling
contractor or its authorized
representative directs the steel erector to
do so and inspects and accepts
responsibility for the fall protection.
Section 1926.761. Description of the
requirement. Employers must have
qualified persons provide training to all
workers exposed to fall hazards. This
training is to include: Recognition of fall
hazards at the worksite; use and
operation of guardrail systems, personal
fall-arrest systems, positioning-device
systems, fall-restraint systems, safetynet systems, and other fall protection
implemented at the worksite; correct
procedures for erecting, maintaining,
disassembling, and inspecting these fallprotection systems; procedures that
prevent falls to lower levels, and
through or into holes and openings in
walking-working surfaces; and the fallprotection requirements of this Subpart.
In addition, employers are to provide
special training to workers engaged in
multiple-lift rigging procedures (i.e., to
recognize multi-lift hazards and in the
proper procedures and equipment to
perform multiple lifts), connector
procedures (i.e., to identify connector
hazards and in the requirements of
§§ 1926.756(c) and 1926.760(b)), and
controlled-decking-zone (CDZ)
procedures (i.e., knowledge of CDZ
hazards and in the requirements of
§§ 1926.754(e) and 1926.760(c)).
Paragraph (c)(4)(ii) of Appendix G to
Subpart R. Description of the
requirement. This mandatory appendix
duplicates the regulatory requirements
of § 1926.502 (‘‘Fall protection systems
criteria and practices’’), notably the
requirements specified in paragraph
(c)(4)(ii). This paragraph addresses the
certification of safety nets as an option
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available to employers who can
demonstrate that performing a drop test
on safety nets is unreasonable. This
provision allows such employers to
certify that their safety nets, including
the installation of the nets, protect
workers at least as well as safety nets
that meet the drop-test criteria. The
employer must complete the
certification process prior to using the
net for fall protection, and the certificate
must include the following information:
Identification of the net and the type of
installation used for the net; the date the
certifying party determined that the net
and its installation would meet the
drop-test criteria; and the signature of
the party making this determination.
The most recent certificate must be
available at the jobsite for inspection.
II. Special Issues for Comment
OSHA has a particular interest in
comments on the following issues:
• Whether the proposed information
collection requirements are necessary
for the proper performance of the
Agency’s functions, including whether
the information is useful;
• The accuracy of OSHA’s estimate of
the burden (time and costs) of the
information collection requirements,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
• The quality, utility, and clarity of
the information collected; and
• Ways to minimize the burden on
employers who must comply; for
example, by using automated or other
technological information collection
and transmission techniques.
III. Proposed Actions
The Agency is requesting that OMB
extend its approval of the information
collection requirements contained in the
Standard on Steel Erection (29 CFR part
1926, subpart R). The Agency is
requesting an adjustment decrease of
7,414 burden hours (from 30,339 hours
to 22,925 hours). This decrease is due to
a decline in worksites associated with
this subpart from 20,787 to 15,758.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Title: Steel Erection (29 CFR part
1926, subpart R).
OMB Number: 1218–0241.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofits.
Number of Respondents: 15,758.
Frequency: On occasion.
Average Time per Response: Varies
from one minute (.02 hour) for a
controlling contractor to inform a steel
erector to leave fall protection at the
jobsite to three hours for controlling
contractors to obtain approval from the
project structural engineer of record
before modifying anchor bolts.
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Estimated Total Burden Hours:
22,925.
Estimated Cost (Operation and
Maintenance): $0.
IV. Public Participation—Submission of
Comments on This Notice and Internet
Access to Comments and Submissions
You may submit comments in
response to this document as follows:
(1) Electronically at https://
www.regulations.gov, which is the
Federal eRulemaking Portal; (2) by
facsimile (fax); or (3) by hard copy. All
comments, attachments, and other
material must identify the Agency name
and the OSHA docket number for the
ICR (Docket No. OSHA–2011–0055).
You may supplement electronic
submissions by uploading document
files electronically. If you wish to mail
additional materials in reference to an
electronic or facsimile submission, you
must submit them to the OSHA Docket
Office (see the section of this notice
titled ADDRESSES). The additional
materials must clearly identify your
electronic comments by your name,
date, and the docket number so the
Agency can attach them to your
comments.
Because of security procedures, the
use of regular mail may cause a
significant delay in the receipt of
comments. For information about
security procedures concerning the
delivery of materials by hand, express
delivery, messenger, or courier service,
please contact the OSHA Docket Office
at (202) 693–2350, (TTY (877) 889–
5627).
Comments and submissions are
posted without change at https://
www.regulations.gov. Therefore, OSHA
cautions commenters about submitting
personal information such as social
security numbers and date of birth.
Although all submissions are listed in
the https://www.regulations.gov index,
some information (e.g., copyrighted
material) is not publicly available to
read or download through this Web site.
All submissions, including copyrighted
material, are available for inspection
and copying at the OSHA Docket Office.
Information on using the https://
www.regulations.gov Web site to submit
comments and access the docket is
available at the Web site’s ‘‘User Tips’’
link. Contact the OSHA Docket Office
for information about materials not
available through the Web site, and for
assistance in using the Internet to locate
docket submissions.
V. Authority and Signature
David Michaels, Assistant Secretary of
Labor for Occupational Safety and
Health, directed the preparation of this
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notice. The authority for this notice is
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(44 U.S.C. 3506 et seq.) and Secretary of
Labor’s Order No. 4–2010 (75 FR
55355).
Signed at Washington, DC, on February 25,
2011.
David Michaels,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational
Safety and Health.
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BILLING CODE 4510–26–P
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
[Docket No. 2010–0046]
QPS Evaluation Services Inc.;
Recognition as an NRTL
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This notice announces the
Agency’s final decision to grant
recognition to QPS Evaluation Services
Inc., as a Nationally Recognized Testing
Laboratory under 29 CFR 1910.7.
DATES: This recognition becomes
effective on March 2, 2011 and will be
valid until March 2, 2016, unless
terminated or modified prior to that date
in accordance with 29 CFR 1910.7.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Office of Technical Programs and
Coordination Activities, NRTL Program,
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration, U.S. Department of
Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Room N–3655, Washington, DC 20210,
or phone (202) 693–2110. For more
information about the Nationally
Recognized Testing Laboratory Program,
go to https://osha.gov and select ‘‘N’’ in
the site index.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
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Notice of Final Decision
The Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA) hereby gives
notice of its recognition of QPS
Evaluation Services Inc., (QPS) as a
Nationally Recognized Testing
Laboratory (NRTL). The scope of this
recognition includes testing and
certification of the equipment and
materials, and use of the supplemental
program, listed below. OSHA will detail
QPS’s scope of recognition on an
informational Web page for the NRTL,
as further explained below.
OSHA recognition of an NRTL
signifies that the organization meets the
legal requirements specified in 29 CFR
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1910.7. Recognition is an
acknowledgment that the organization
can perform independent safety testing
and certification of the specific products
covered within its scope of recognition,
and is not a delegation or grant of
government authority. As a result of
recognition, employers may use
products approved by the NRTL to meet
OSHA standards that require product
testing and certification.
The Agency processes applications by
an NRTL for initial recognition, or for
expansion or renewal of this
recognition, following requirements in
Appendix A to 29 CFR 1910.7. This
appendix requires that the Agency
publish two notices in the Federal
Register in processing an application. In
the first notice, OSHA announces the
application and provides its preliminary
finding and, in the second notice, the
Agency provides its final decision on
the application. These notices set forth
the NRTL’s scope of recognition, or
modifications of that scope. OSHA
maintains an informational Web page
for each NRTL that details its scope of
recognition. These pages are available
from OSHA’s Web site at https://
www.osha-slc.gov/dts/otpca/nrtl/
index.html.
Each NRTL’s scope of recognition has
three elements: (1) The type of products
the NRTL may test, with each type
specified by its applicable test standard;
(2) the recognized site(s) that has/have
the technical capability to perform the
product testing and certification
activities for test standards within the
NRTL’s scope; and (3) the supplemental
program(s) that the NRTL may use, each
of which allows the NRTL to rely on
other parties to perform activities
necessary for product testing and
certification.
QPS applied for recognition as an
NRTL (See Ex. 2—QPS application
dated 1/27/2006) 1 pursuant to 29 CFR
1910.7, and OSHA published the
required preliminary notice in the
Federal Register on November 18, 2010
(75 FR 70696) to announce the
application. The notice included a
preliminary finding that QPS could
meet the requirements for recognition
detailed in 29 CFR 1910.7, and invited
public comment on the application by
December 20, 2010. OSHA received no
comments in response to the notice.
OSHA now is proceeding with this final
1 A number of documents, or information within
documents, described in this Federal Register
notice are the applicant’s internal, detailed
procedures, or contain other confidential business
or trade-secret information. These documents and
information, designated by an ‘‘NA’’ at the end of,
or within, the sentence or paragraph describing
them, are not available to the public.
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notice to grant QPS’s recognition
application.
All public documents pertaining to
the QPS application are available for
review by contacting the Docket Office,
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration, U.S. Department of
Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Room N–2625, Washington, DC 20210.
These materials also are available online
at https://www.regulations.gov under
Docket No. OSHA–2010–0046.
The current address of the laboratory
facility (site) that OSHA recognizes for
QPS is: QPS Evaluation Services Inc., 81
Kelfield Street, Unit 8, Toronto, Ontario,
M9W 5A3, Canada.
General Background on the Application
According to the application, QPS
was established in 1995 as a Canadian
Standards Association field-inspection
agency. In 1998, QPS performed
technical services for Entela, Inc., an
organization formerly recognized by
OSHA as an NRTL, which another
NRTL subsequently acquired. The
application also states that QPS received
accreditation by other well-known
accreditors (i.e., the Standards Council
of Canada and the International
Electrotechnical Commission
Certification Body (IEC CB) Scheme).
QPS applied on January 27, 2006, for
recognition of one site and a number of
test standards. (See Ex. 2.) In response
to OSHA’s request for clarification, QPS
amended its application to provide
additional technical details, and then
provided further details in a later
update. (See Ex. 3—QPS amended
application, dated 4/15/2008 and 11/30/
2009.) OSHA’s NRTL Program staff
performed an on-site assessment of the
QPS facility in April 2010. Based on this
assessment, the OSHA staff
recommended recognition of QPS in
their on-site review report of the
assessment. (See Ex. 4—OSHA on-site
review report on QPS.)
Through its amended application
information (see Ex. 3), QPS represented
that it maintains the experience,
expertise, personnel, organization,
equipment, and facilities suitable for
accreditation as an OSHA Nationally
Recognized Testing Laboratory. It also
represented that it meets, or will meet,
the requirements for recognition defined
in 29 CFR 1910.7.
OSHA addresses the four
requirements for recognition (i.e.,
capability, control procedures,
independence, and creditable reports
and complaint handling) below, along
with examples that illustrate how QPS
meets each of these requirements. The
applicant’s summary addressing
OSHA’s evaluation criteria references
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. OSHA-2011-0055]
Steel Erection; Extension of the Office of Management and
Budget's (OMB) Approval of Information Collection (Paperwork)
Requirements
AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Request for public comments.
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SUMMARY: OSHA solicits public comments concerning its proposal to
extend OMB approval of the information collection requirements
specified in the Standard on Steel Erection (29 CFR part 1926, subpart
R).
DATES: Comments must be submitted (postmarked, sent, or received) by
May 2, 2011.
ADDRESSES:
Electronically: You may submit comments and attachments
electronically at https://www.regulations.gov, which is the Federal
eRulemaking Portal. Follow the instructions online for submitting
comments.
Facsimile: If your comments, including attachments, are not longer
than 10 pages, you may fax them to the OSHA Docket Office at (202) 693-
1648.
Mail, hand delivery, express mail, messenger, or courier service:
When using this method, you must submit a copy of your comments and
attachments to the OSHA Docket Office, OSHA Docket No. OSHA-2011-0055,
U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health
Administration, Room N-2625, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,
DC 20210. Deliveries (hand, express mail, messenger, and courier
service) are accepted during the Department of Labor's and Docket
Office's normal business hours, 8:15 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., e.t.
Instructions: All submissions must include the Agency name and OSHA
docket number for the Information Collection request (ICR) (OSHA-2011-
0055). All comments, including any personal information you provide,
are placed in the public docket without change, and may be made
available online at https://www.regulations.gov. For further information
on submitting comments, see the ``Public Participation'' heading in the
section of this notice titled ``SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.''
Docket: To read or download comments or other material in the
docket, go to https://www.regulations.gov or the OSHA Docket Office at
the address above. All documents in the docket (including this Federal
Register notice) are listed in the https://www.regulations.gov index;
however, some information (e.g., copyrighted material) is not publicly
available to read or download through the Web site. All submissions,
including copyrighted material, are available for inspection and
copying at the OSHA Docket Office. You may also contact Theda Kenney at
the address below to obtain a copy of the ICR.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Theda Kenney or Todd Owen, Directorate
of Standards and Guidance, OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor, Room N-3609,
200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210; telephone (202)
693-2222.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork and respondent (i.e., employer) burden, conducts a
preclearance consultation program to provide the public with an
opportunity to comment on proposed and continuing information
collection requirements in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This program ensures that
information is in the desired format, reporting burden (time and costs)
is minimal, collection instruments are clearly understood, and OSHA's
estimate of the information collection burden is accurate. The
Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (the OSH Act) (29 U.S.C. 651
et seq.) authorizes information collection by employers as necessary or
appropriate for enforcement of the Act or for developing information
regarding the causes and prevention of occupational injuries,
illnesses, and accidents (29 U.S.C. 657). The OSH Act also requires
that OSHA obtain such information with minimum burden upon employers,
especially those operating small businesses, and to reduce to the
maximum extent feasible unnecessary duplication of efforts in obtaining
information (29 U.S.C. 657).
Section 1926.752(a)(1). Description of the requirement. Based on
the results of a specified method for testing field-cured samples, the
controlling contractor must provide the steel erector with written
notification that the concrete in the footings, piers, and walls, or
the mortar in the masonry piers and walls, is at 75% of its minimum
compressive-design strength or has sufficient strength to support loads
imposed during steel erection. Note: This is not and will not be
enforced for mortar in piers and walls until such time as OSHA is able
to define an appropriate substitute or until an appropriate American
Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) test method is developed.
Sections 1926.752(a)(2) and 1926.755(b)(1). Description of the
requirements. Under Sec. 1926.752(a)(2), the controlling contractor,
before it authorizes commencement of steel erection, must notify the
steel erector in writing that any repairs, replacements, and
modifications to anchor bolts (rods) have been made in accordance with
Sec. 1926.755(b)(1) which requires the controlling contractor to
obtain approval from the project structural engineer of record for the
repairs, replacements, and modifications.
Section 1926.753(c)(5). Description of the requirement. Employers
must not deactivate safety latches on hooks or make them inoperable
except for the situation when: A qualified rigger determines that it is
safer to hoist and place purlins and single joists by doing so; or
except when equivalent protection is provided in the site-specific
erection plan.
Section 1926.753(e)(2). Description of the requirement. Employers
must have the maximum capacity of the total multiple-lift rigging
assembly, as well as each of its individual attachment points,
certified by the manufacturer or a qualified rigger.
Sections 1926.755(b)(2) and 1926.755(b)(1). Description of the
requirements. Under Sec. 1926.755(b)(2), throughout steel erection the
controlling contractor must notify the steel erector in writing of
additional repairs, replacements, and modifications of anchor bolts
(rods); Sec. 1926.755(b)(1) requires that these repairs, replacements
and modifications not be made without approval from the project
structural engineer of record.
Section 1926.757(a)(4). Description of the requirement. If steel
joists at or near columns span more than 60 feet, employers must set
the joists in tandem with all bridging installed. However, the employer
may use an alternative method of erection if a qualified person
develops the alternative method, it provides equivalent stability, and
the employer includes the method in the site-specific erection plan.
Section 1926.757(a)(7). Description of the requirement. Employers
must not modify steel joists or steel joist girders in a way that
affects their strength without the approval of the project structural
engineer of record.
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Sections 1926.757(a)(9) and 1926.758(g). Description of the
requirements. An employer can use a steel joist, steel joist girder,
purlin, or girt as an anchorage point for a fall-arrest system only
with the written approval of a qualified person.
Section 1926.757(e)(4)(i). Description of the requirement. An
employer must install and anchor all bridging on joists and attach all
joist bearing ends before placing a bundle of decking on the joists,
unless: A qualified person determines that the structure or portion of
the structure is capable of supporting the bundle, the employer
documents this determination in the site-specific erection plan and
follows the additional requirements specified in Sec.
1926.757(e)(4)(ii)-(vi).
Section 1926.760(e) and (e)(1). Description of the requirement. The
steel erector can leave its fall protection at the jobsite after
completion of the erection activity only if the controlling contractor
or its authorized representative directs the steel erector to do so and
inspects and accepts responsibility for the fall protection.
Section 1926.761. Description of the requirement. Employers must
have qualified persons provide training to all workers exposed to fall
hazards. This training is to include: Recognition of fall hazards at
the worksite; use and operation of guardrail systems, personal fall-
arrest systems, positioning-device systems, fall-restraint systems,
safety-net systems, and other fall protection implemented at the
worksite; correct procedures for erecting, maintaining, disassembling,
and inspecting these fall-protection systems; procedures that prevent
falls to lower levels, and through or into holes and openings in
walking-working surfaces; and the fall-protection requirements of this
Subpart. In addition, employers are to provide special training to
workers engaged in multiple-lift rigging procedures (i.e., to recognize
multi-lift hazards and in the proper procedures and equipment to
perform multiple lifts), connector procedures (i.e., to identify
connector hazards and in the requirements of Sec. Sec. 1926.756(c) and
1926.760(b)), and controlled-decking-zone (CDZ) procedures (i.e.,
knowledge of CDZ hazards and in the requirements of Sec. Sec.
1926.754(e) and 1926.760(c)).
Paragraph (c)(4)(ii) of Appendix G to Subpart R. Description of the
requirement. This mandatory appendix duplicates the regulatory
requirements of Sec. 1926.502 (``Fall protection systems criteria and
practices''), notably the requirements specified in paragraph
(c)(4)(ii). This paragraph addresses the certification of safety nets
as an option available to employers who can demonstrate that performing
a drop test on safety nets is unreasonable. This provision allows such
employers to certify that their safety nets, including the installation
of the nets, protect workers at least as well as safety nets that meet
the drop-test criteria. The employer must complete the certification
process prior to using the net for fall protection, and the certificate
must include the following information: Identification of the net and
the type of installation used for the net; the date the certifying
party determined that the net and its installation would meet the drop-
test criteria; and the signature of the party making this
determination. The most recent certificate must be available at the
jobsite for inspection.
II. Special Issues for Comment
OSHA has a particular interest in comments on the following issues:
Whether the proposed information collection requirements
are necessary for the proper performance of the Agency's functions,
including whether the information is useful;
The accuracy of OSHA's estimate of the burden (time and
costs) of the information collection requirements, including the
validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
The quality, utility, and clarity of the information
collected; and
Ways to minimize the burden on employers who must comply;
for example, by using automated or other technological information
collection and transmission techniques.
III. Proposed Actions
The Agency is requesting that OMB extend its approval of the
information collection requirements contained in the Standard on Steel
Erection (29 CFR part 1926, subpart R). The Agency is requesting an
adjustment decrease of 7,414 burden hours (from 30,339 hours to 22,925
hours). This decrease is due to a decline in worksites associated with
this subpart from 20,787 to 15,758.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Title: Steel Erection (29 CFR part 1926, subpart R).
OMB Number: 1218-0241.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profits.
Number of Respondents: 15,758.
Frequency: On occasion.
Average Time per Response: Varies from one minute (.02 hour) for a
controlling contractor to inform a steel erector to leave fall
protection at the jobsite to three hours for controlling contractors to
obtain approval from the project structural engineer of record before
modifying anchor bolts.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 22,925.
Estimated Cost (Operation and Maintenance): $0.
IV. Public Participation--Submission of Comments on This Notice and
Internet Access to Comments and Submissions
You may submit comments in response to this document as follows:
(1) Electronically at https://www.regulations.gov, which is the Federal
eRulemaking Portal; (2) by facsimile (fax); or (3) by hard copy. All
comments, attachments, and other material must identify the Agency name
and the OSHA docket number for the ICR (Docket No. OSHA-2011-0055). You
may supplement electronic submissions by uploading document files
electronically. If you wish to mail additional materials in reference
to an electronic or facsimile submission, you must submit them to the
OSHA Docket Office (see the section of this notice titled ADDRESSES).
The additional materials must clearly identify your electronic comments
by your name, date, and the docket number so the Agency can attach them
to your comments.
Because of security procedures, the use of regular mail may cause a
significant delay in the receipt of comments. For information about
security procedures concerning the delivery of materials by hand,
express delivery, messenger, or courier service, please contact the
OSHA Docket Office at (202) 693-2350, (TTY (877) 889-5627).
Comments and submissions are posted without change at https://www.regulations.gov. Therefore, OSHA cautions commenters about
submitting personal information such as social security numbers and
date of birth. Although all submissions are listed in the https://www.regulations.gov index, some information (e.g., copyrighted
material) is not publicly available to read or download through this
Web site. All submissions, including copyrighted material, are
available for inspection and copying at the OSHA Docket Office.
Information on using the https://www.regulations.gov Web site to submit
comments and access the docket is available at the Web site's ``User
Tips'' link. Contact the OSHA Docket Office for information about
materials not available through the Web site, and for assistance in
using the Internet to locate docket submissions.
V. Authority and Signature
David Michaels, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational
Safety and Health, directed the preparation of this
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notice. The authority for this notice is the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 (44 U.S.C. 3506 et seq.) and Secretary of Labor's Order No. 4-2010
(75 FR 55355).
Signed at Washington, DC, on February 25, 2011.
David Michaels,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
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