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This standard applies to the demolition of buildings and other structures. This standard is intended to be complete in itself, except that any device, equipment and activity incidental to demolition operations shall be conducted, installed, inspected, maintained and operated in accordance with the require-ments in American National Standards for Safety in Construction and Demolition Operations A10 Series, other American National Standards listed in Section 2 and other appropriate standards.

This standard applies to material hoists used to raise or lower materials during construction, alteration or demolition. It is not applicable to the tem-porary use of permanently installed person-nel elevators as material hoists.

This standard applies to the design, construction, installation, operation, inspection, testing, maintenance, alterations and repair of hoists and elevators that (1) are not an integral part of buildings, (2) are installed inside or outside buildings or structures during construction, alteration, demolition or operations and (3) are used to raise and lower workers and other personnel connected with or related to the structure. These personnel hoists and employee elevators may also be used for transporting materials under specific circumstances defined in this standard.

This standard provides safety requirements for a powder-actuated fastening system (tool or machine) that propels a stud, pin, fastener, or other object for the purpose of affixing it, by penetration, to hard structural material.

Slips, trips and falls due to preventable conditions continue to occur in workplaces across the country. To reverse this trend, ASSE and ASTM decided to select slip, trip and fall prevention standards from their own catalogues that in combination would best help employers reduce and ultimately eliminate these incidents.