Installing metal decking, curtain walls, window walls, siding systems, miscellaneous metals, ornamental iron, and similar materials; and

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1 Steel Erection Plan for Construction Purpose Company Name must meet the requirements of OSHA's Steel Erection standard (29 CFR 1926, Subpart R). This Steel Erection Plan for Construction is our company's policy to protect our employees from the hazards associated with steel erection activities. Those activities could include: Hoisting, laying out, placing, connecting, welding, burning, guying, bracing, bolting, plumbing and rigging structural steel, steel joists, and metal buildings; Installing metal decking, curtain walls, window walls, siding systems, miscellaneous metals, ornamental iron, and similar materials; and Moving point-to-point while performing these activities. Administrative Duties Who is responsible for developing and maintaining the written Steel Erection Plan for Construction? is responsible for developing and maintaining the written Steel Erection Plan for Construction. This written safety plan is kept at the following location(s): Where is the Steel Erection Plan for Construction kept? Controlling Contractor Each steel erection jobsite must have a controlling contractor. Company Name is the controlling contractor for this jobsite. Before starting steel erection we ensure that: What are your duties as the controlling contractor? Overhead Hoisting Operations Company Name is concerned for the safety of employees that must work under loads. Prior to the movement of suspended loads, we will pre-plan routes to ensure that no employee is required to work directly below the load except: Employees initially connecting steel, or Employees necessary for the hooking or unhooking of a load. When an employee must work under a suspended load, the following rules will apply: Materials being hoisted must be rigged to prevent unintentional displacement; Hooks with self-closing safety latches or their equivalent must be used to prevent components from slipping out of the hook; and All loads must be rigged by a qualified rigger.

2 Site-Specific Erection Plan--Safety Latches on Hooks Company Name has written a Site-Specific Erection Plan explaining our alternative method to provide protection for our employees when we deactivate or make inoperable safety latches on hooks. That site-specific plan is an attachment to this written safety plan. Site-Specific Erection Plan--Setting Steel Joists Company Name has written a site-specific erection plan explaining our alternative method to provide protection for our employees when setting steel joists in accordance with 29 CFR (a)(4). That site-specific plan is an attachment to this written safety plan. Site-Specific Erection Plan--Placing Decking Bundles Company Name has written a site-specific erection plan explaining our alternative method to provide protection for our employees when placing decking bundles in accordance with 29 CFR (e)(4). That site-specific plan is an attachment to this written safety plan. Hoisting and Rigging When Company Name is involved in hoisting and rigging operations, we follow the requirements of OSHA's steel erection regulation and the general requirements for cranes in 29 CFR , except Section (g)(2). Those requirements are a part of the steel erection rule. Section (g)(2) involves the hoisting of employees using a personnel platform. Our company uses personal platforms to hoist jobsite workers in the following manner: How does your company use personal platforms to hoist jobsite workers? Pre-Shift Visual Inspection of Cranes Prior to every shift, our competent person visually inspects each crane that will be used for steel erection operations on that shift. Our company's procedures for inspecting a crane prior to a shift are: How does your company inspect each crane that will be used on a shift? If a deficiency is discovered on a pre-shift crane visual inspection, our company's procedure for handling the deficiency is: What is your company s policy/procedure when a deficiency is discovered on your crane pre-shift visual inspection? Crane and Rigging Operations Our crane operators are responsible for those operations under their direct control. Whenever there is any doubt as to safety, our operators have the authority to stop and refuse to handle loads until safety has been assured. Our qualified rigger will inspect the rigging prior to each shift in accordance with 29 CFR The procedure our company's qualified rigger uses to inspect a crane's rigging prior to a shift is: How will your company s qualified rigger inspect rigging prior to each shift? The headache ball, hook, or load is never used to transport personnel except when using a personnel platform as provided in another section of this written safety plan.

3 Our company's crane safety latch policy is: What is your company s policy on safety latches for crane hooks? Multiple Lift Rigging Procedures Our company performs multiple lifts in accordance with the following procedures: What is your company s procedures for performing multiple lifts? Structural Steel Assembly Structural stability will be maintained at all times during the steel erection process. When erecting multi-story structures, we will implement the following additional requirements: What are the extra OSHA requirements you want to add to assure structural stability when erecting multi-story structures? Walking/Working Surfaces Because of the possibility of becoming a trip hazard, shear connectors (such as headed steel studs, steel bars, or steel lugs), reinforcing bars, deformed anchors, or threaded studs will not be attached to the top flanges of beams, joists or beam attachments so that they project vertically from or horizontally across the top flange of the member until after the metal decking, or other walking/working surface, has been installed. When we use shear connectors in the construction of composite floors, roofs, and bridge decks, our employees will lay out and install them after the metal decking has been installed, using the metal decking as a working platform. Shear connectors will not be installed from within a controlled decking zone. Slip Resistance of Skeletal Structural Steel Our employees will not be permitted to walk the top surface of any structural steel member installed after July 18, 2006 that has been coated with paint or similar material unless we have documentation or certification from the paint manufacturer that the coating has achieved a minimum average slip resistance of.50. Plumbing-Up Equipment When deemed necessary by a company competent person, the following plumbing-up equipment procedures will be implemented: What are your company s procedures for using plumbing-up equipment and/or your company s competent person s responsibilities during plumbing-up operations? Metal Decking Operations During metal decking operations, our specific operational requirements to protect our employees during the installation of metal decking are: What are the specific procedures for metal decking operations? Column Anchorage

4 Our column anchorage operations will follow the following requirements to assure column stability: What are your specific column anchorage requirements? Beams and Columns To minimize the hazard of structural collapse during the early stages of steel erection, our company's procedures for connecting beams and columns are: What are your specific beam and column construction requirements? Open Web Steel Joists Some of the most serious risks facing ironworkers are encountered during the erection of open web steel joists. Our company's procedures for the erection of open web steel joists are: What are your specific requirements for open web steel joist erection? Systems-Engineered Metal Buildings When constructing systems-engineered metal buildings, our company erection procedures are: What are your specific systems-engineered metal building requirements? Falling Object Protection Securing Loose Items Aloft All materials, equipment, and tools, which are not in use while aloft, will be secured against accidental displacement. Protection from Falling Objects Other Than Materials Being Hoisted The controlling contractor has the responsibility of barring other construction processes below steel erection unless overhead protection for the employees below is provided. Fall Protection General Requirements Except for our connectors and employees working in controlled decking zones, each of our employees engaged in a steel erection activity who is on a walking/working surface with an unprotected side or edge more than 15 feet above a lower level will be protected from fall hazards by: How does your company protect employees from fall hazards of more than 15 feet? (OSHA requires a guardrail, safety, net, personal fall arrest, positioning device, or fall restraint system.). Perimeter Safety Cables On multi-story structures, perimeter safety cables will be installed at the final interior and exterior perimeters of the floors as soon as the metal decking has been installed. Connectors

5 Each connector who is on a walking/working surface with an unprotected side or edge more than two stories or 30 feet above a lower level, whichever is less, must: How does your company protect connectors from fall hazards of more than two stories or 30 feet, and how does your company provide protection from 15 to 30 feet? Controlled Decking Zone (CDZ) We may establish a controlled decking zone in that area of the structure over 15 and up to 30 feet above a lower level where metal decking is initially being installed and forms the leading edge of a work area. In each CDZ, the following rules will apply: What specific rules does your company follow in each controlled decking zone? Criteria for Fall Protection Equipment Our guardrail, safety net, personal fall arrest, and positioning device systems, and their components will conform to the criteria in OSHA's fall protection standard at 29 CFR The following fall arrest system components will be used in fall restraint systems and will conform to the criteria in Section : What fall arrest system components will your company use in fall restraint systems? Perimeter safety cables will meet the criteria for guardrail systems in Section Appendix G to the Steel Erection rule contains the requirements of Section Training Company Name follows both the training requirements of the Steel Erection rule and 29 CFR , Safety Training and Education. We ensure that steel erection training is provided by a qualified person(s). Who, at your company, is designated to instruct employees? is designated to instruct steel employees in steel erection training. Our training topics include: What training topics are covered in your steel erection training? Our training materials for steel erection are attached to this written safety plan. Recordkeeping Who maintains records related to steel erection activities? maintains the following records related to steel erection: What records relating to steel erection does your company keep?. These records are kept Where are the records related to steel erection kept?. Appendices Our company has attached the following documents to these written procedures: What documents would your company like to attach?