WORKSAFE Victoria has made available the industry standard for safe design, fabrication, transport and erection of structural steel for buildings.
According to the authors, the industry standard will raise awareness of the dangers associated with erection of structural steel in the construction industry.
It also aims to provide practical guidance for the design, fabrication, transportation and erection of steel members for buildings, to eliminate and reduce the risk to health and safety of employees and contractors involved in structural steel and the public.
Generally, the standard covers structural steel members such as portals and other frames, columns, beams, rafters, purlins, girts and bracings. It pointed to the main hazards in structural steel erection as falls from heights, falling objects, structural collapse and plant machinery.
These hazards can be minimised in all stages of structural steel design, manufacture, transport and erection. The industry standard guidance describes the key responsibilities of each stage, and provides a table of common hazards and risk control measures.
Steel structures should be designed in accordance with the key Australian standards AS 3828:1998, Guidelines for the erection of building steelwork, and AS 4100:1998, Steel structures.
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