ASSE Issues Construction Safety Standard - ASSE A10.19
April 3, 2008 // Published as a news service by IHS
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The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) approved American National Standards Institute (ANSI)/ASSE A10.19-2008 - Safety Requirements for Pile Installation and Extraction Operations.
ANSI/ASSE A10.19-2008 applies to employment and places of employment where workers may be exposed to pile installation and extraction operation hazards during construction and demolition operations.
According to the standard, a pile refers to a concrete, steel or wood column, which is driven or otherwise introduced into the soil usually to carry a vertical load or to provide lateral support.
The piles referred to in the standard include piles made of hot and cold rolled steel, concrete, wood and composite materials.
This standard does not apply to structural steel erection covered in ANSI/ASSE A10.13 or ANSI/ASSE A10.16 voluntary consensus standards.
The ANSI/ASSE A10.19-2008 standard is one of a series of voluntary consensus standards that focus on construction and demolition operations.
According to the 2006 Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries Summary (CFOI), construction accounted for 1,226 fatal work injuries, which is the most of any industry sector.
In addition the CFOI said that the two occupational groups, construction and extraction occupations and transportation and material moving occupations, together made up almost half of all fatal work injuries in 2006. Also, construction and extraction worker fatalities rose 6% in 2006.
Source: American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE).