Proposed ASTM Int'l Standard Focuses on Skylight Safety - ASTM WK17797
February 4, 2008 // Published as a news service by IHS
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ASTM International Subcommittee E06.51 on Performance of Windows, Doors, Skylights and Curtain Walls formed a task group to address a proposed standard on skylights.
ASTM WK17797 - Human Impact on Commercial Skylights will be used to develop, formulate and improve standard methods of tests that simulate falls of persons onto skylights and smoke vents for human impact resistance under natural conditions of exposure and to provide information for code and standards officials on which performance standards can be established.
The purpose of ASTM WK17797 is to bring together the skylight glass panel, plastic domes (bubble) and the metal buildings industries along with other specialized industries whose products let light into buildings and are located in areas where these or other building features need maintenance, said ASTM International.
"The proposed standard is meant to be a test method that the industry agrees will provide an adequate test for skylights to protect roof construction and maintenance workers from human impact fall-through over an aging period that is yet to be decided," said J. Nigel Ellis, an E06 member and president, Ellis Fall Safety Solutions.
Government regulators in agencies including the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and building code administrators would be likely users of ASTM WK17797.
Subcommittee E06.51 on Performance of Windows, Doors, Skylights and Curtain Walls is part of ASTM International Committee E06 on Performance of Buildings.
Source: ASTM International.