Transcription of OSHA FACTSHEET PPE
1 Signalpers on has documentat io n fro m a thirdpartyquali fied evaluato r showi ng th at he or shemeetsth e qual ifi cati on req uir squalifiedevaluator(not a thir dparty) . Theemployer squalifiedevaluatoras ses ses th e individ ual, deter min es the individ-ual meets the quali fi cat ion requ irements,andpro vid es documen tati on of that det as ses smen t maynot be reli ed on by otheremp lo yers .Referto r defin it io ns of qualifiedeval uato rs .How will an emp loy er sh ow that a sign alpe rs on is appro pria tely qu alified?
2 Emp lo yers mu st mak e th e documentation ofthe sign al per so n s qual ificatio ns available at thewor ks ite, ei th er in pap er fo rm or electroni call e docu men tat ion mu st spec ify eachtypeofsi gn al in g ( ., hand sig nal s, rad io signals,etc.)for wh ic h th e signal per son is quali fied under therequ irements of th e st an dard .Whe n are sig na l perso ns re qu ir ed to bequa lifi ed ?Th e qualif ic atio n req uirements for si gnalper sonsgo in to eff ec t on November 8, n is a signalpersonre quir ed?
3 A sig nal pers on is requiredwhen: The poi nt of op erat ion is not in full vi ew of theoper ator ( (a)). The operator s vi ew is obstruct ed in the directionthe equ ip men t is traveling. Ei ther th e op eratoror the personhandling thelo ad determin es that a signalperson is neededbecause of si te-s pec if ic saf ety s a sig na l perso n need to know?Th e sig nal pers on is consideredquali fied if he or she: Kno ws and un derst andsthe typeof signalsusedat the wor ks it e. Is comp etentin usin g thesesignals.
4 Un ders tand s th e operatio ns and limitations ofthe equ ip men t, including the cranedynamicsin vol ved in swin ging, raising,low eringandstop pi ng loads and in boo m def lecti on fromhoi sti ng lo ads . Kno ws and un derst andsthe relevantsignalpers on qual ifi cationrequirementssp ecif ied insub par t CC ( ; ). Pass es an oral or writ ten test and a pr w doe s a sign al personbe comequali fie d?Empl oyer s mu st use one of the followingoptionsto ens ure th at a si gnalpersonis qualified( ).
5 FactSheetSub par t CC Cr an es and Derr icks inCo nstruction: Si gnal Pers on Qualifi cat ionTh is fa ct she et desc ribe s the sig nal per son qualificationrequirementsof subpartCC Cra nes and De rr icks in Co nstruction,as specifiedin 29 CFR 8. Otherrequirements relatedto signalper sonscan be foundat 29 4, , 1, and Theseprovisionsare effectiveNove mbe r 8, 20 . Dep art men t of Lab (800 ) 32 1-O SHAFor morecomplete in for ma tion :DOC 10/2 01 0 Thi s is one in a seriesof informationalfa ct she et s highlightingOSHA programs, poli cies orsta ndar ds.
6 It doe s not imposeany new compliancerequirements. For a com prehensivelist ofcom pli ancerequirements of OSHAsta ndardsor re gulations,referto Tit le 29 of the Codeof FederalRegul s information will be madeava ilableto se voi ce phoneis (202) 69 3-1 999 ; teletypewrite r (TTY)num ber: (877 ) 889-5627.
