American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) Datasheets for Standards and Technical Documents
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| Scope: This standard establishes safety requirements pertaining to the construction of tunnels, shafts and caissons. The requirements set forth in this standard cover environmental control; related facilities; fire prevention; hoisting; | |
| The Z359 Fall Protection Code includes: ANSI/ASSE Z359.0-2012 Definitions & Nomenclature Used for Fall Protection & Fall Arrest ANSI/ASSE Z359.1-2007 Safety Requirements for Personal Fall Arrest Systems, Subsystems & Components... | |
| The Z9 Laboratory Package Includes: Z9.2-2012 Fundamentals Governing the Design and Operation of Local Exhaust Ventilation Systems Z9.5-2012 American National Standard for Laboratory Ventilation Z9.11-2016 Laboratory Decommissioning Z9.14-2014 Testing and... | |
| (identical national adoption of ISO 31000:2009) Scope This standard provides principles and generic guidelines on risk management. This standard can be used by any public, private or community enterprise, association,... | |
| (identical national adoption of ISO Guide 73:2009) Scope This standard provides the definitions of generic terms related to risk management. It aims to encourage a mutual and consistent understanding of,... | |
| (identical national adoption of ISO/IEC 31010:2009) Scope This standard is a supporting standard for ANSI/ASSE Z690.1, Vocabulary for Risk Management, (ISO Guide 73:2009), and provides guidance on selection and application... | |
| Scope The requirements and emission and exposure control principles described in this standard represent the minimum criteria intended 1) to protect the health of personnel engaged in and working in... | |
| Scope This standard discusses portable ventilation equipment and systems used for the reduction, control, or prevention of exposure to hazardous atmospheres or airborne substances in the occupational environment, and for... | |
| Scope This standard establishes minimum requirements for the commissioning, design, specification, construction, installation, management, operation, maintenance, and testing of dilution ventilation systems (including demand dilution ventilation) used for the reduction,... | |
| ANSI/ASSE Z359.0-2012 Definitions & Nomenclature Used for Fall Protection & Fall Arrest | |
| ANSI/ASSE Z359.7-2011 Qualification & Verification Testing of Fall Protection Products | |
| RISK MANAGEMENT – GUIDANCE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ISO 31000 (identical national adoption of ISO/TR 31004:2013) This Technical Report provides guidance for organizations on managing risk effectively by implementing ISO... | |
| Scope ANSI/ISEA 107-2015 provides performance requirements for conspicuous materials to be used in HVSA and specifies minimum amounts of background, retroreflective and combined-performance materials, colors and placement of materials for... | |
| Scope This Standard establishes minimum performance requirements for first aid kits and their supplies that are intended for use in various work environments. Classification of first aid kits, designating the... | |
| Scope This standard provides guidance on including prevention through design concepts within an occupational safety and health management system. Through the application of these concepts, decisions pertaining to occupational hazards... | |
| Scope: Establishes guidelines and requirements for an employer’s managed fall protection program, including policies, duties and training, fall protection procedures, eliminating and controlling fall hazards, rescue procedures, incident investigations and... | |
| Scope: Establishes requirements for the performance, design, marking, qualification, instruction, training, inspection, use, maintenance and removal from service of connectors, full-body harnesses, lanyards, energy absorbers, anchorage connectors, fall arresters, vertical... | |
| Scope: Establishes requirements for the performance, design, marking, qualification, instruction, training, use, maintenance and removal from service of connectors, harnesses, lanyards, anchorage connectors, winches/hoists, descent control devices, rope tackle blocks... | |
| Scope: Establishes requirements for the performance, design, marking, qualification, test methods and instructions of lanyards and harnesses comprising personal positioning and travel restraint systems for authorized persons within the capacity... | |
| Scope: Establishes safety requirements for the erection, handling, fitting, fastening, reinforcing and dismantling of structural steel, plate steel, steel joist, and metal deck at a final, in-place field site during... | |
| Scope: Hazardous materials identified or generated from the facility decommissioning process are subject to intense regulation and present huge potential liabilities. The need to improve characterization and management of these... | |
| Scope: This standard applies to all construction and demolition workers with potential noise exposures (continuous, intermittent and impulse) of 85 dBA and above. It is intended to help employers prevent... | |
| Scope: This standard applies to all construction jobsites and covers potable water, toilet and hand-washing facilities located on a jobsite. It assures that employees are provided with adequate potable water,... | |
| Scope: This standard applies to all open excavations made in the earth's surface that require worker and/or property protection. Excavations are defined to include trenches. A10.12 Table of Contents SECTION... | |
| Scope: This standard applies to construction work where there may be risk factors, which could lead to musculoskeletal problems for construction workers. This standard does not apply to office or... | |
| Scope: This standard applies to material hoists used to raise or lower materials during construction, alteration or demolition. It is not applicable to the temporary use of permanently installed personnel... | |
| Scope: This standard applies to platforms suspended from the load lines of cranes or derricks in order to 1) perform work at elevations that cannot normally be reached by other... | |
| Scope: This standard applies to special multipurpose vehicle-mounted machines, commonly known as digger derricks. These machines are primarily designed to accommodate components that dig holes, set poles and position materials... | |
| Scope: This standard applies to the demolition of buildings and other structures. This standard is intended to be complete in itself, except that any device, equipment and activity incidental to... | |
| Scope: This standard applies to the design, construction, installation, operation, inspection, testing, maintenance, alterations and repair of hoists and elevators that 1) are not an integral part of buildings, 2)... | |
| Scope: This standard applies to those emergency procedures involving: fires, collapses, hazardous spills and other emergencies that could endanger workers emergency rescue of injured or ill workers or other persons... | |
| Scope: This standard applies to those operations involving hot mix asphalt (bituminous) mixtures and materials for construction and resurfacing. Safe work practices are included for the protection of workers and... | |
| Scope: This standard covers employees engaged in construction, utility work, maintenance or repair activities on any area of a highway. Purpose: Establishes the mini-mum requirements for the construction and maintenance... | |
| Scope: This standard establishes minimum criteria of knowledge and performance requirements for a qualified rigger in the construction industry. It is designed to assist in achieving reasonable safety of all... | |
| Scope: This standard establishes minimum safety requirements for temporary personnel hoisting systems used for the transportation of persons to and from working elevations during normal construction and demolition operations, including... | |
| Scope: This standard establishes performance criteria for personal fall protection equipment and systems in construction and demolition and provides guidelines, recommendations for their use and inspection. It includes, but is... | |
| Scope: This standard establishes requirements for the design criteria, qualification testing (performance requirements), marking and instructions, user inspections, maintenance and storage and removal from service of single anchor lifelines and... | |
| Scope: This standard establishes requirements for the performance, design, marking, qualification, instruction, training, test methods, inspection, use, maintenance and removal from service of full body harnesses (FBH). FBHs are used... | |
| Scope: This standard establishes requirements for the performance, design, marking, qualification, instructions, inspection, maintenance and removal from service of energy absorbing lanyards and personal energy absorbers. It is the intention... | |
| Scope: This standard establishes requirements for the performance, design, marking, qualification, test methods and removal from service of connectors. Z359.12 Table of Contents SECTION PAGE 1. Scope, Purpose, Application, Exceptions,... | |
| Scope: This standard establishes safety requirements for construction operations and equipment used in the handling and installation of ceramic tile, terrazzo and marble. The types of construction are not listed. | |
| Scope: This standard establishes safety requirements for erecting, handling, fitting, fastening, reinforcing and dismantling of structural steel, plate steel, steel joist and metal deck at a final in-place field site... | |
| Scope: This standard establishes safety requirements for the construction, operation, maintenance and use of scaffolds used in the construction, alteration, demolition and maintenance of buildings and structures. This standard does... | |
| Scope: This standard establishes safety requirements for the installation and extraction of piles during construction and demolition operations. It applies to employment and places of employment where employees are exposed... | |
| Scope: This standard establishes safety requirements for the installation of drilled shafts during construction and demolition operations. Purpose: This standard is intended for use as a guideline for protecting workers... | |
| Scope: This standard establishes safety requirements for the selection, installation and use of personnel and debris nets during construction, repair and demolition operations. A10.11 Table of Contents SECTION 1. General... | |
| Scope: This standard establishes safety requirements pertaining to concrete construction and masonry work in construction. The requirements contained in this standard cover all on-site concrete construction and masonry work, including... | |
| Scope: This standard establishes safety requirements pertaining to the construction of tunnels, shafts and caissons. The requirements set forth in this standard cover environmental control; related facilities; fire prevention; hoisting; | |
| Scope: This standard establishes the elements and activities for pre-project and pre-task safety and health planning in construction. Purpose: The primary purpose of this standard is to assist construction owners,... | |
| Scope: This standard establishes the minimum elements of a program for protecting the safety and health of employees involved in construction activities. Purpose: The purpose of this standard is to... | |
| Scope: This standard establishes the minimum requirements for controlling health risks from chemicals and toxic substances used or encountered in construction and demolition operations. It establishes procedures for identifying and... | |
| Scope: This standard establishes the minimum requirements for the control of energy sources to prevent release of harmful energy that could cause death, injury or illness to personnel performing construction... | |
| Scope: This standard identifies the minimum performance elements that, when properly utilized, will allow for a competent evaluation of a construction safety and health program. Further, it will identify those... | |
| Scope: This standard is applicable to the transportation, storage, handling, and use of commercial explosives and blasting agents in the construction industry. This standard does not supersede legal requirements, or... | |
| Scope: This Standard is intended for engineers with expertise in designing fall-protection systems. It specifies requirements for the design and performance of complete active fall-protection systems, including travel-restraint and vertical... | |
| Scope: This standard prescribes rules and establishes minimum safety requirements for the protection of employees and the public from hazards arising out of or associated with temporary roof and floor... | |
| Scope: This standard provides minimum safety requirements for the selection, installation, operation and maintenance of space heating devices and equipment of temporary and portable design. It covers the heater unit... | |
| Scope: This standard provides recommendations concerning the design, manufacture, operating processes and equipment associated with the production of hot asphalt (HMA) mixing facilities. Included are raw material handling and storage,... | |
| Scope: This standard provides safety requirements for low-velocity powder-actuated fastening tools that propel studs, pins, fasteners or other objects for the purpose of affixing them, by penetration, to hard structural... | |
| Scope: This standard provides the recommended elements and activities on construction projects to provide protection for the public. A10.34 Table of Contents SECTION 1. General 1.1 Scope 1.2 Purpose 1.3... | |
| Scope: This standard sets forth the minimum elements and activities of a program that defines the duties and responsibilities of construction employers working on a construction project where multiple employers... | |
| Scope ANSI/ISEA 105-2016 addresses the classification and testing of hand protection for specific performance properties related to chemical and industrial applications Hand protection includes gloves, mittens, partial gloves, or other... | |
| Scope Methodologies are provided to perform visual inspection and evaluation of: Directional airflow Anterooms Primary containment systems Building ventilation system Heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) testing Filtration ABSL-3 and integration... | |
| Scope Safety Requirements for Manual Turning Machines w/ or without Auto Control This standard specifies safety requirements for the design, construction, operation and maintenance (including installation, dismantling, and transport) of... | |
| Scope The purpose of this guideline is to provide a uniform approach to ergonomic considerations for machine tools within the workplace. This document addresses those considerations which will assist in... | |
| Scope The purpose of this Technical Report is to provide guidance for the design or selection, integration, and validation of PESs for the safety related functions of a machine production... | |
| Scope The purpose of this Technical Report is to specify methods for measuring, evaluating and documenting sound levels emitted by a machine or machine production system(s) during normal operation and... | |
| Scope The requirements of this standard apply only to those machine tools, commonly referred to as hydraulic power presses, which transmit force hydraulically to cut, form, or assemble metal or... | |
| Scope The requirements of this standard apply only to those mechanically-powered machines commonly referred to as cold headers and cold formers, which perform many operations such as shearing, heading, upsetting,... | |
| Scope The requirements of this standard apply to any power-driven machine designed for bending pipe, tube, and shapes by means of bending dies, clamp dies, pressure dies, mandrels, wiper dies,... | |
| Scope The requirements of this standard apply to any power-driven metal-forming machine that changes the shape or the direction, or both, of materials by use of rolls, rotary forming dies,... | |
| Scope The requirements of this standard apply to the identification of air-purifying respirator canisters, cartridges and filters used to provide respiratory protection against gases, vapors or particles. These requirements apply... | |
| Scope The requirements of this standard apply to those combination, multipurpose powered machines that punch, shear, notch, cope and form metal or other materials commonly referred to as ironworkers. The... | |
| Scope The requirements of this standard apply to those horizontal hydraulically powered presses that extrude metals by means of applying sufficient pressure to an individual metal billet, confined within a... | |
| Scope The requirements of this standard apply to those machine tools classified as power press brakes (hereinafter referred to simply as press brakes), which are designed and constructed for the... | |
| Scope This B11 Technical Report provides a means to identify hazards associated with a particular machine or system when used as intended, and provides a procedure to estimate, evaluate, and... | |
| Scope This document provides guidance on the practical application and integration of safety and lean manufacturing principles to machinery and manufacturing systems for improving performance, safety and quality by reducing... | |
| Scope This document provides guidelines for a uniform approach to the control of airborne contaminants generated by stationary machine tools used to cut and form materials. Control shall be through... | |
| Scope This standard addresses the classification and testing of hand protection for specific performance properties related to chemical and industrial applications Hand protection includes gloves, mittens, partial gloves, or other... | |
| Scope This standard applies only to airline ground support vehicle mounted vertical lift devices specifically designed for servicing aircraft while outdoors on a paved airport ramp surface. The chassis may... | |
| Scope This standard applies to all operations in fixed location abrasive-blast enclosures in which an abrasive forcibly comes in contact with a surface by pneumatic or hydraulic pressure or by... | |
| Scope This standard applies to all stationary grinding machines, used in either industrial or commercial applications that utilize an abrasive product to change the shape, size or surface finish of... | |
| Scope This standard applies to machine tools using a laser for processing materials, and its associated equipment. It describes the hazards generated by such machines and states the protective measures... | |
| Scope This standard applies to machines with a work envelope equal to or greater than two cubic meters (2 m3) or two meters of linear axis travel, or where personnel... | |
| Scope This standard applies to machines, and groups of machines arranged in production systems, for processing strip, sheet, or plate metal from a coiled or non-coiled configuration through machines that... | |
| Scope This standard applies to manually propelled, integral chassis aerial platforms having a platform that cannot be positioned completely beyond the base and are used to position personnel, along with... | |
| Scope This standard applies to Mast Climbing Work Platforms that are primarily used to position personnel, along with their necessary tools and materials, to perform their work. Platforms may be... | |
| Scope This standard applies to new, modified or rebuilt power driven machines, not portable by hand, used to shape and/or form metal or other materials by cutting, impact, pressure, electrical... | |
| Scope This standard applies to self-propelled elevating aerial platforms to achieve the following objectives: prevention of accidents and personal injuries establishment of criteria for design, manufacture, remanufacture, rebuild/recondition, testing, performance,... | |
| Scope This standard applies to self-propelled integral chassis aerial platforms having a platform that can be positioned completely beyond the base and are used to position personnel, along with their... | |
| Scope This standard applies to single and multiple spindle automatic bar and chucking machines in which all tool movement is controlled by the machine. Excluded from the requirements in this... | |
| Scope This standard applies to the establishment of criteria for design, manufacture, remanufacture, rebuild/recondition, testing, inspection, installation, maintenance, use, training and operation of vehicle-mounted bridge inspection and maintenance devices, primarily... | |
| Scope This standard applies to the establishment of criteria for design, manufacture, testing, inspection, installation, maintenance, use, training and operation of vehicle-mounted aerial devices, primarily used to position personnel, installed... | |
| Scope This standard applies to the transportation, storage, handling and use of commercial explosives and blasting agents in the construction industry. It does not supersede legal requirements or laws or... | |
| Scope This standard applies to the ventilation in most laboratories and is written for all laboratory ventilation stakeholders. An emphasis is placed on those with legal responsibilities and liability for... | |
| Scope This standard applies to transport platforms that are primarily used as a tool of the trade to vertically transport authorized persons, along with materials and necessary tools, to various... | |
| Scope This standard defines minimum requirements for an occupational health and safety management system. The primary purpose of this standard is to provide a management tool to reduce the risk... | |
| Scope This standard describes types and classes, testing and performance requirements for protective helmets. These include recommended safety requirements for authorities considering the establishment of regulations or codes concerning the... | |
| Scope This standard established minimum criteria for the design and operation of a recirculating industrial process exhaust ventilation system used for contaminant control. | |
| Scope This standard establishes classification requirements for occupational apparel items worn in cold environments. The apparel items specified in this standard are passively insulated, i.e., designed to regulate body temperature... | |
| Scope This standard establishes criteria for safety, health and environmental training programs, including program management, development, delivery, evaluation and documentation. Additional Information: • OSH Training Standard Revised (January 2016) • | |
| Scope This standard establishes minimum control requirements and ventilation system design criteria for controlling and removing air contaminants to protect the health of personnel engaged in open-surface tank operations. It... | |
| Scope This standard establishes minimum performance and use requirements for eyewash and shower equipment for the emergency treatment of the eyes or body of a person who has been exposed... | |
| Scope This standard establishes minimum requirements for the commissioning, design, specification, construction, and installation of fixed industrial local exhaust ventilation (LEV) systems used for the reduction and prevention of employee... | |
| Scope This standard establishes minimum size requirements, as well as garment and package labeling requirements, for limited-use and disposable coveralls. This standard includes a sizing chart to assist the wearer... | |
| Scope This standard establishes requirements for the control of hazardous energy associated with machines, equipment or processes that could cause injury to personnel. | |
| Scope This standard establishes requirements for the performance, design, qualification testing, markings and instructions, inspections, maintenance and storage, and removal from service of self-retracting devices (SRDs), including self-retracting lanyards, self-retracting... | |
| Scope This standard establishes safety requirements for erecting, handling, fitting, fastening, reinforcing and dismantling of structural steel, plate steel, steel joist and metal deck at a final in-place field site... | |
| Scope This standard establishes, for the safety profession, core competencies, certifications, credentials, levels of qualifications and credentials, and learning support resources, including, but not limited to, competency, performance assessments, outcomes... | |
| Scope This standard is intended for use by first responders and receiving medical facilities for treating initial decontamination of victims of exposure. This standard addresses classification and testing criteria for... | |
| Scope This standard is intended to help manufacturers and users protect the health of personnel from injurious effects of contact with gases, vapors, mists, dusts, powders, or solvents used in,... | |
| Scope This standard provides guidance on how to conduct fit testing of tight-fitting respirators and appropriate methods to be used. Fit testing is only one element of a complete respiratory... | |
| Scope This standard provides information that is useful for the medical evaluation of respirator users. This standard does not deal with medical surveillance or biological exposure monitoring. It is understood... | |
| Scope This standard provides minimum safety requirements to be followed while entering, exiting and working in confined spaces at normal atmospheric pressure. The comparison document attempts to note the changes... | |
| Scope This standard provides minimum safety requirements to be followed while entering, exiting and working in confined spaces at normal atmospheric pressure. | |
| Scope This standard provides performance requirements for the design, construction, installation, operation and maintenance of the safeguarding listed below when applied to machines. a) Guards; b) Safeguarding devices; c) Awareness... | |
| Scope This standard sets forth accepted practices for hydrogen sulfide (H2S) safety training and instruction of affected personnel to include, but not be limited to, the following: minimum informational content... | |
| Scope This standard sets forth criteria related to the general requirements, testing, permanent marking, selection, care, and use of protectors to minimize the occurrence and severity or prevention of injuries... | |
| Scope This standard sets forth minimally accepted practices for occupational respirator use; provides information and guidance on the proper selection, use and maintenance of respirators and contains requirements for establishing,... | |
| Scope This standard sets forth practices for the safe operation of motor vehicles owned or operated by organizations, including: • Definitions • Management, Leadership and Administration • Operational Environment • | |
| Scope This standard sets forth provisions for protecting persons where there is potential for slips and falls as a result of surface characteristics or conditions. | |
| Scope This standard sets forth safety requirements in industrial and workplace situations for protecting persons in areas/places where danger exists of persons or objects falling through floor, roof or wall... | |
| Scope This standard sets forth the performance requirements for gas detector tube units and components, which are used to determine the concentrations of toxic gases and vapors in working environments. | |
| Scope This standard specifies performance requirements for high-visibility vests for use by public safety workers. High-visibility public safety vests are intended to provide conspicuity of the user in hazardous situations... | |
| Scope This standard specifies safety requirements for the design, construction, modification, operation and maintenance (including installation, dismantling and transport) of a general class of stationary machine tools that use a... | |
| Scope This standard specifies safety requirements for the design, construction, operation and maintenance (including installation, dismantling and transport) of gear and spline cutting machines (see 3.1). The requirements of this... | |
| Scope This standard specifies safety requirements for the design, construction, operation and maintenance (including installation, dismantling and transport) of manually controlled milling, drilling, and boring machines. This standard also applies... | |
| Scope This standard specifies the minimum requirements for the design, performance, testing, and certification of air-purifying respiratory protective smoke escape devices for the immediate emergency evacuation without entry/re-entry of adult... | |
| Scope This standard specifies the safety requirements for the design, construction, operation and maintenance (including installation, dismantling and transport) of turning centers and automatic numerically controlled turning machines. This standard... | |
| Scope This standard specifies the safety requirements for the design, construction, operation and maintenance (including installation, dismantling, and transport) of machining centers and automatic numerically controlled milling, drilling and boring... | |
| Scope This standard specifies the safety requirements for the design, construction, set-up, operation and maintenance (including installation, dismantling and transport) of integrated manufacturing systems. This standard does not cover: safety... | |
| Scope This technical report discusses the technical aspects, research, legislation, standards activities, and operation of the widely used Variable Angle Tribometers commercially available for testing of walkway surface slip resistance:... | |
| Scope This Technical Report provides guidance in understanding and implementing safety-related control functions (functional safety) as they relate to electrical, electronic, mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic components and systems for machine tools... | |
| TECHNICAL REPORT Risk Management – Guidance for the Implementation of ISO 31000 ISO/ANSI/ASSE TR-31004 – 2014 (identical national adoption of ISO/TR 31004:2013) Scope: This Technical Report provides guidance for organizations... | |
| The requirements of this standard apply only to those mechanically powered machines, commonly referred to as mechanical power presses, which transmit force mechanically to cut, form, or assemble metal or... | |
| The requirements of this standard apply to those mechanically, hydraulically or direct drive machines that are designed, modified, or converted for the purpose of compressing metallic or nonmetallic powders. These... | |
| This standard applies to those mechanically, hydraulically, hydra-mechanically, or pneumatically powered shears used to cut material by shearing and which utilize a fixed blade(s) and non-rotary moving blade(s). The shears... | |
| Z9 Ventilation Systems Standards Package Access all of the Z9 Ventilation Systems Standards in one convenient place and at one great price. Package includes: Z9.1-2006 Ventilation and Control of Airborne... |