Site Layout
Planning and developing a site layout is a critical step in steel erection operations.
A site needs to have adequate access roads that can be used for safely delivering and moving materials and equipment.
In order for the steel erector to perform necessary operations in a safe manner, the controlling contractor must provide and maintain:
- Adequate access roads into and throughout the site that will be used for safely delivering and moving:
- derricks
- cranes
- trucks
- other necessary equipment
- the material to be erected
- Means and methods for pedestrian and vehicular control.
- A firm, properly graded, drained area, readily accessible to the work with adequate space for the safe storage of materials and the safe operation of the erector's equipment.
Pre-Planning
All hoisting operations in steel erection must be pre-planned to ensure:
- Employees are not working directly below suspended loads, except for:
- employees engaged in the initial connection of the steel
- employees necessary for the hooking and unhooking of the load
- Where employees must work under the load, the materials being hoisted are:
- rigged to prevent unintentional displacement
- prevented from slipping by the use of hooks with self-closing safety latches or their equivalent
- rigged by a qualified rigger
Knowledge Check Choose the best answer for the question.
1-2. Employees may work directly below suspended loads if _____.
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