We're sorry, but OSHAcademy doesn't work properly without JavaScript enabled. Please turn on JavaScript or install a browser that supports Javascript.

817 Steel Erection Safety
Skip to main content

Site-Specific Erection Plan

Employers may elect, because of conditions specific to the worksite, to develop alternate means of providing the employee protection.

Erection Sequence

If a site-specific erection plan is used, it must:

  • Be developed by a qualified person;
  • Identify the site;
  • Be available at the work site; and
  • Be signed by the qualified person responsible for its development and any modifications.

The Site-Specific Erection Plan Process

Pre-construction conference(s) and site inspection(s) are held between the erector and the controlling contractor, and others such as the project engineer and fabricator before the start of steel erection. The purpose of these conference(s) is to develop and review the site-specific erection plan.

Knowledge Check Choose the best answer for the question.

1-3. If a site-specific erection plan is used, it must _____.