(ASSE: Des Plaines, Illinois) -- The American Society of Safety Engineers recently approved of the new American National Standard Institute/ASSE A10.4-2007 standard “Safety Requirements for Personal Hoists and Employee Elevators in Construction and Demolition Operations” that sets minimum requirements to provide for the safety of workers engaged in occupations that require the use of personnel hoists or employee elevators.The ANSI/ASSE A10.4-2007 standard is one of a series of standards that focus on construction and demolition operations. It was approved by ANSI on May 3, 2007. The standard applies to the design, construction, installation, operation, inspection, testing, maintenance, alterations, and repair of hoists and elevators that are not a vital part of buildings; are installed inside or outside buildings or structures during construction, alteration, demolition, or operations; and are used to raise and lower workers and other personnel connected with or related to the structure. These personnel hoists and employee elevators may also be used for transporting materials under specific circumstances defined in this standard.

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