Revised A10.32 Standard details construction fall protection
The revised ANSI/ASSE A10.32 Standard ‘Personal Fall Protection for Use in Construction and Demolition Operations’ contains new equipment criteria, providing minimum guidelines for fall protection equipment, to establish performance criteria for this equipment in construction and demolition and to make recommendations for use and inspection.
The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) said the revisions -- released last week -- are part of the association’s support for nationwide nationwide efforts to prevent worker falls and fatalities on construction sites. In 2010, more than 10,000 construction workers were injured as a result of falling while working from heights in the U.S. and another 225 were killed. Job-related injuries and fatalities due to falls have prompted an ongoing fall prevention campaign by the OSHA and the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) that focuses on providing prevention information and training materials on three major types of falls: from roofs, from ladders and from scaffolds.