- (a) Construction loads. No construction loads shall be placed on a concrete structure or portion of a concrete structure unless the employer determines, based on information received from a person who is qualified in structural design, that the structure or portion of the structure is capable of supporting the loads.
- (b) Reinforcing steel. All protruding reinforcing steel, onto and into which employees could fall, shall be guarded to eliminate the hazard of impalement.
(c) Post-tensioning operations.
- (1) No employee (except those essential to the post-tensioning operations) shall be permitted to be behind the jack during tensioning operations.
- (2) Signs and barriers shall be erected to limit employee access to the post-tensioning area during tensioning operations.
- (d) Riding concrete buckets. No employee shall be permitted to ride concrete buckets.
(e) Working under loads.
- (1) No employee shall be permitted to work under concrete buckets while buckets are being elevated or lowered into position.
- (2) To the extent practical, elevated concrete buckets shall be routed so that no employee, or the fewest number of employees, are exposed to the hazards associated with falling concrete buckets.
- (f) Personal protective equipment. No employee shall be permitted to apply a cement, sand, and water mixture through a pneumatic hose unless the employee is wearing protective head and face equipment.
[53 FR 22643, June 16, 1988, as amended at 59 FR 40730, Aug. 9, 1994]