Rod, Is this the same issue you/we dealt with back in 2013? Here's the old forum thread to jog your memory: http://www.mail-archive.com/sprinklerforum%40lists.firesprinkler.org/msg33728.html
I still have that OSHA interpretation if you need it. Did they give a reference in EM 385-1 because its over 1000 pages long, and I'm not familiar with it. Link: http://www.publications.usace.army.mil/Portals/76/Publications/EngineerManuals/EM_385-1-1_2008Sep_Consolidated_2011Aug.pdf Benjamin Young On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 10:50 AM, Rod DiBona <[email protected]> wrote: > > All, > > I have a pretty tough situation that I was wondering if anyone had dealt > with before. We have an Army Corp of Engineer job for a new hangar. Pipe > arrived onsite and they are telling us that we cannot install the piping > from man lifts. They are adamant that they are "bound by the EM385 and the > lift manufacturers requirements." In the lower sections we offered to > install the pipe off of ladders and were told no to that as well. We have > asked for documentation and they say that "OSHA" says that our guys can't > lift over 50 lbs each because it is increases the chance of injury. We > have done a bunch of Corp jobs all over the place and always install the > pipe off of man lifts and ladders. I can't even imagine trying to get the > pipe with some sort of duct lift or winching it piece by piece. We will > take all the appropriate action, including but not limited to tying all > requirements to our contract etc. but was really wondering if anybody else > had been told anything like this from th > e corp. Thanks for any help you can offer. I have reached out to a > couple of you offline and appreciate the help, I wanted to open it up to > the masses. > > > > Rod at Rapid > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org > _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org
