And of course we'll calc the structure and do a soils report to make sure our piping, specifically "shalled" to not have anything not a part of the system hung from it, will hold the building up from the guy that ties off to it.
On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 2:14 PM, Thom McMahon<[email protected]> wrote: > So? If the "fitter, ceiling cleaner or other worker" was to tie off his OSHA > required fall protection. (I know OSHA say's "Structure") But since we keep > designing it to hold and extra 250# it looks solid enough to tie onto. So > when this worker falls his 6'-0" max his impact load is something like > 3800#. More likely than a nice gentle giant slowly applying his weight to > the pipe? Should the committee also add "and impact load for fall > protection" to the standard? > > Thom McMahon, SET > Firetech, Inc. > 2560 Copper Ridge Dr > P.O. Box 882136 > Steamboat Springs, CO 80488 > Tel: 970-879-7952 > Fax: 970-879-7926 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Todd Williams > Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2009 2:14 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: trapeze hanger, PVC > > Actually the fitter story is referenced in the Handbook commentary > (9.1.1.2 - 2002) > > > At 11:39 AM 8/4/2009, you wrote: >>I don't know if that extra 250 lbs was really for the fitter of old to >>grab onto or if that is just the story we've been telling each other >>for so long it's become the common "truth." > > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] > > To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[email protected] > (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) > -- Ron Greenman Instructor Fire Protection Engineering Bates Technical College Tacoma, WA Member: SFPE, ASCET, NFPA, AFSA, NFSA AFAA _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[email protected] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field)
