Pennsylvania Code
Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY
Part I - Department of Labor and Industry
Chapter 5 - BLASTING, DEMOLITION, FIREWORKS AND EXPLOSIVES
Subchapter B - DEMOLITION WORK
SPECIFICATIONS
Section 5.31 - General

(a) Supervision. Demolition of buildings or other structures shall be done under the direction of persons experienced in that work.

(b) Allowable loading. No structure, part of a structure, floor or temporary support, scaffold, sidewalk shed, bridge or device or equipment may be loaded in excess of the safe carrying capacity, but never more than 1/3 of its ultimate structural strength.

(c) Walkways and passageways. Walkways and passageways shall be provided for the use of workmen, who shall be instructed in such use, and all such walkways and passageways shall be kept adequately lighted and free from debris or other materials.

(d) Protruding nails. Protruding nails in any lumber shall be withdrawn, hammered in, or bent over as soon as it is removed from the structure being demolished, or all nail-bearing lumber shall be placed in piles for future cleaning or burning.

(e) First aid kit. There shall be provided and properly maintained on each job an approved type of first aid kit, in the charge of a person instructed in the application of first aid.

(f) Posting of danger signs. On every demolition job, danger signs shall be conspicuously posted around the property; all doorways or thoroughfares to the property shall be kept barricaded, except during the actual passage of men or equipment.

(g) Sprinkling. During demolition, all chutes, floors, stairways and other places affected shall be sprinkled frequently to keep down dust.

(h) Cables, ropes, slings, and tackle. Cables, ropes, slings, and tackle shall be thoroughly and frequently inspected. When not in use, they shall be stored in a dry place. Equipment showing any defect shall be removed from service at once. Splicing of ropes is prohibited.

(i) Oxygen acetylene. Oxygen acetylene and similar materials, when used in connection with demolition, shall be stored in steel cylinders, in a cool place shielded from the sun, at a point from which such cylinders cannot fall and fully protected from falling materials or objects. Such cylinders shall be chained or tied in position or set in cradles.

(j) Personal protective devices. Employes on demolition jobs shall wear approved hard hats and steel-toed shoes. Employes working in atmospheres containing excessive dust shall wear approved respirators. Employes subject to injury from flying particles shall wear approved goggles.