Create a pre-task plan for concrete pouring

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<!-- image --> Division 3 AO 1-2003 Oregon Administrative Rules Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division - (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 [redacted postal code], June 16, 1988, as amended at 59 FR [redacted postal code], Aug. 9, 1994] Stat. Auth.: ORS 654.025(2) and 656.726(3). Hist: APD Admin. Order 8-1989, f. 7/7/89, ef. 7/7/89. OR-OSHA Admin. Order 6-1991, f. 3/18/91, ef. 4/15/91. OR-OSHA Admin. Order 6-1995, f. 4/18/95, ef. 6/1/95. ## 1926.702 Requirements for Equipment and Tools - (a) Bulk cement storage. - (1) Bulk storage bins, containers, and silos shall be equipped with the following: - (i) Conical or tapered bottoms; and - (ii) Mechanical or pneumatic means of starting the flow of material. - (2) No employee shall be permitted to enter storage facilities unless the ejection system has been shut down, locked out, and tagged to indicate that the ejection system is not to be operated. - (b) Concrete mixers. Concrete mixers with one cubic yard (.8 m 3 ) or larger loading skips shall be equipped with the following: - (1) A mechanical device to clear the skip of materials; and - (2) Guardrails installed on each side of the skip. - (c) Power concrete trowels. Powered and rotating type concrete troweling machines that are manually guided shall be equipped with a control switch that will automatically shut off the power whenever the hands of the operator are removed from the equipment handles. - (d) Concrete buggies. Concrete buggy handles shall not extend b…

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- (a) are kept on the project site, and - (b) are made available to an officer on request. - 94.2 (5) Where structural framework is being erected, - (a) an employer shall ensure that all persons not en -gaged in the erection of the structural framework are clear of the immediate work area and have been in -structed to remain clear until the structural framework is stabilized, and - (b) any person not engaged in the erection of the structural framework shall remain clear of the imme -diate work area until the structural framework is stabi -lized, unless adequate precautions have been taken to ensure the safety of all persons in the immediate work area. 96-61; 2022-27; 2024-38 ## Buildings and Structures ## Construction of buildings and structures - 95 (1) Where a building or structure is being con -structed, an employer and a contractor shall each ensure that - (a) work is completed on any component designed to support or give added support to a part of the build -ing or structure before proceeding with any work that adds to the load on that part, - (b) an unstable wall of brick, concrete blocks or similar materials is adequately braced from both sides until the wall is attached to a rigid structure and the mortar has set adequately, - (c) an unstable wall or structure designed to support roof components or any load is braced from both sides until the wall or structure is stabilized, and - (d) an unstable reinforced steel wall, pier, column or similar vertical structure is adequately supported to prevent the wall, pier, column or structure from over -turning or collapsing. - a) se trouvent sur les lieux du chantier, et - b) soient mis à la disposition de l'agent, sur de -mande. - 94.2 (5) Lorsque s'effectue le montage de la charpente, - a) l'employeur doit s'assurer que les personnes qui ne sont pas chargées du montage se tiennent à l'écart de l'aire de travail où s'effectuent les travaux de mon -tage…

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- 94.1 (7) An employer shall ensure, before concrete is poured, - (a) that the formwork and shoring are inspected by an engineer, or a competent person designated by the employer, and - (b) that the engineer, or the competent person desig -nated by the employer, as the case may be, authorizes the pour in writing. - 94.1 (8) An employer shall ensure that the written au -thorization referred to in paragraph (7)(b) - (a) is kept on the project site, and - (b) is made available to an officer on request. - 94.1 (9) An employer shall ensure that the formwork and shoring are not removed unless - (a) the concrete is strong enough to support itself and any loads that may be applied to it, or - (b) the concrete is adequately reshored. - 94.1 (10) Where concrete is reshored under para -graph (9)(b), subsections (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6) apply, with the necessary modifications, to the reshoring. - 94.1 (11) Subsections (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9) and (10) do not apply where formwork and shoring are used no more than 3 m above the ground level. - 94.1 (12) Where formwork and shoring are used no more than 3 m above the ground level, an employer shall ensure that the formwork and shoring are erected, sup -ported and braced so that they are capable of withstand -ing all loads and forces likely to be applied to them. - 94.1 (7) L'employeur doit s'assurer, avant que ne soit versé le béton, - a) que le coffrage et les étançons sont inspectés par un ingénieur, ou par la personne compétente désignée par l'employeur, et - b) que l'ingénieur, ou la personne compétente dési -gnée par l'employeur, selon le cas, en autorise le ver -sement par écrit. - 94.1 (8) L'employeur doit s'assurer que l'autorisation écrite visée à l'alinéa (7)b) - a) se trouve sur les lieux du chantier, et - b) est mise à la disposition d'un agent, sur demande. - 94.1 (9) L'employeur doit s'assurer que le coffrage et les étançons ne soient enlevés que si - a) le …

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## Walking surfaces - general 102 (2) Subject to subsection (6), an employer and a contractor shall each ensure that a guardrail which meets the requirements of section 97 is provided at the open sides and open ends of - (a) a floor, mezzanine, balcony, walkway or plat -form, - (b) the surface of a bridge or overpass, and - (c) a concrete roof while the formwork remains in place, to which an employee has access and from which the employee may fall a vertical distance of 1.2 m or more. ## Walking surfaces - underground mine 102 (3) Notwithstanding subsection (2), where a walk -way or platform in an underground mine was con -structed before the commencement of this section and is more than 1.5 m above the ground or floor level, an em -ployer shall ensure that the walkway or platform is pro -vided with handrails and toeboards in accordance with subsections (4) and (5). ## Walking surfaces - underground mine 102 (4) The top rail of a handrail for a walkway or plat -form referred to in subsection (3) shall not be less than 900 mm and not more than 1.07 m above the floor level of the walkway or platform and a second rail shall be placed at the midpoint between the top rail and the floor level of the walkway or platform, unless the intervening space is closed by a screen or other suitable means, and the handrail shall be capable of withstanding a load ap -plied to the rail of at least 90 kg applied in any direction. ## Walking surfaces - underground mine 102 (5) A toeboard for a walkway or platform referred to in subsection (3) shall extend from the floor of the walkway or platform to not less than 120 mm in height. ## Walking surfaces - underground mine 102 (6) Subsection (2) does not apply to a walkway or platform in an underground mine that was constructed before the commencement of this section and that is not more than 1.5 m above the ground or floor level. ## Planchers - génér…

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## Bracing and supports - 154 (1) An employer at a project shall ensure that - (a) work is completed on any component designed to support or give added support to a part of the project before proceeding with any work that adds to the load on that part; - (b) a free standing wall of brick, concrete blocks or similar materials greater than 2 m in height is braced from both sides until the wall is attached to a rigid structure and the mortar has set adequately; - (c) a free standing wall or structure designed to support roof components or any load is braced in an adequate manner to prevent collapse of the wall or structure; and - (d) a column is erected in an adequate manner to prevent collapse of the column and, where further support is required to ensure that the column does not collapse, braced in an adequate manner. - (2) An employer at a project shall use bracing or shoring for support beneath floor levels where concrete is being poured. - (3 ) An employer at a project shall - (a) ensure that bracing or shoring is designed by an engineer and is erected, maintained and dismantled in accordance with the engineer's certified specifications; or - (b) retain the bracing or shoring at all floor levels beneath the floor where concrete is being poured until the removal of the bracing or shoring is authorized in writing by an engineer. - (4) An employer shall ensure that any bracing or shoring referred to in this Section complies with the latest version of CSA standard CSA S.269.1, 'Falsework for Construction Purposes.' Subsection 154(4) amended: O.I.C. 2013-65, N.S. Reg. 53/2013. - (5) An employer shall ensure that footings for shoring and bracing are designed to support the maximum load likely to be imposed, without excessive settlement or deformation. ## By-stander safety \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_