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    William Treharne is the director of engineering and administration for Midwest Steel Inc. and chair of the A10.13 subcommittee for steel erection standards. As chair, he leads efforts to periodically revise the standard to reflect new safety strategies and technologies. The revised A10.13 standard includes changes like better defining equipment, emphasizing preconstruction planning, and adding more decking requirements. A challenge was getting the full committee to agree to allow specially trained workers to ride the "headache ball" in limited circumstances. Treharne considers emphasizing preplanning and building safety into steel structure construction to be the most important revision, as it leads to safer jobsites and having the right equipment and training in place

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    William Treharne is the director of engineering and administration for Midwest Steel Inc. and chair of the A10.13 subcommittee for steel erection standards. As chair, he leads efforts to periodically revise the standard to reflect new safety strategies and technologies. The revised A10.13 standard includes changes like better defining equipment, emphasizing preconstruction planning, and adding more decking requirements. A challenge was getting the full committee to agree to allow specially trained workers to ride the "headache ball" in limited circumstances. Treharne considers emphasizing preplanning and building safety into steel structure construction to be the most important revision, as it leads to safer jobsites and having the right equipment and training in place

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    William Treharne is the director of engineering and administration for Midwest Steel Inc. and chair of the A10.13 subcommittee for steel erection standards. As chair, he leads efforts to periodically revise the standard to reflect new safety strategies and technologies. The revised A10.13 standard includes changes like better defining equipment, emphasizing preconstruction planning, and adding more decking requirements. A challenge was getting the full committee to agree to allow specially trained workers to ride the "headache ball" in limited circumstances. Treharne considers emphasizing preplanning and building safety into steel structure construction to be the most important revision, as it leads to safer jobsites and having the right equipment and training in place

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    org JUNE 2011 ProfessionalSafety 63


    PS: Describe your professional back-
    ground and your position as director of
    engineering and administration for Mid-
    west Steel Inc.
    William: I am responsible for safety compliance,
    estimating, engineering, quality compliance and
    overall administration. I have more than 40 years
    safety experience and hold a B.S. in Civil Engi-
    neering from Michigan State University.
    PS: What is your role on the A10.13 stan-
    dard subcommittee for steel erection?
    William: As chair, I lead the A10.13 subcom-
    mittees efforts to develop a revised standard
    periodically to keep it current with the latest
    technological advancements and safety strategies.
    I submit the efforts to the full A10 committee for
    ballot and work through all negative ballots for f-
    nal publication of the standard. I also obtain input
    from the committee on any interpretation issues
    and report it to the A10 committee secretary.
    PS: What SH&E hazards can workers en-
    counter during the handling and disman-
    tling of structural steel?
    William: Erecting structural steel creates many
    safety issues. Fall protection is the biggest chal-
    lenge, but there are many ways to get hurt. Site
    conditions also present major challenges as only
    stable ground conditions can support equipment
    and steel members set on the ground until they
    can be raised into the air. Electrical wires in the
    erection area also can be a hazard if they cannot
    be shut down.
    PS: On average, how many of the occupa-
    tional injuries that occur in the construc-
    tion industry each year are related to
    working with structural steel? What types
    of injuries are most common?
    William: No real reliable data exist on the num-
    ber of injuries or fatalities in steel erection, and
    any available data are many years old. In 2001,
    OSHA estimated that 35 ironworkers are killed
    each year and that another 2,300 suffered lost
    workday injuries.
    Since that time, I hope we are doing a much
    better job, but I always question any published
    data due to a poor data collection system. Falls
    generally cause the most severe injuries fol-
    lowed by caught-in-between-type injuries, such
    as getting limbs caught in between man-baskets
    and steel, and beams rolling over due to unstable
    ground conditions. Strains are also an issue,
    as iron work is similar to an athletic endeavor
    where one must push or pull to get something in
    place when the ironworkers body is in a diffcult
    position. Eyes and hands are a concern when
    one pounds on something and it slips or breaks.
    Walking and working surfaces cause their share
    of injuries (e.g., slips or strained knees, backs),
    especially during inclement weather conditions,
    such as rain or snow.
    PS: The A10.13 standard, Safety Require-
    ments for Steel Erection, was recently re-
    vised. What new changes does the revised
    standard include?
    William: Most of the changes were related to
    best safety practices, such as defning equipment
    used in steel erection, emphasizing better precon-
    struction planning and elimination of concrete
    and anchor rod problems that result in severe in-
    juries, use of both the English and metric systems,
    adding more decking requirements, such as wind
    tacking, and upgrading the language to refect
    current safety terms and ideas.
    PS: What challenges did the A10.13 sub-
    committee encounter during the revision
    process and how did it resolve them?
    William: Part of the
    subcommittee wanted
    to allow specially trained
    steel connectors to ride
    the headache ball under
    very limited and controlled
    circumstances. We fnally
    got the subcommittee to
    go along with it but then
    did not sell this to the full
    committee.
    The headache ball is a
    round ball of steel located
    just above the hook on a
    crane. Ironworkers often
    stand on it, allowing the
    crane operator to raise
    them to the steel in the air.
    It was outlawed because
    there were no rules and
    sometimes several work-
    ers would climb on the
    ball, which creates a dangerous situation.
    Riding the headache ball is allowed in Michi-
    gan, again under some very limited and controlled
    Safety Requirements for Steel Erection
    Standards Insider
    William H. Treharne
    William H. Treharne, P.E., is director of engineering and administration for Midwest Steel Inc. and chair of the A10.13 stan-
    dard subcommittee for steel erection. Throughout his career, William has held the positions of structural engineer, chief
    engineer, erection manager, general manager (fabrication division), general manager (construction division), chief estima-
    tor and vice president of operations. He also has experience in structural steel erection, steel and aluminum mill building,
    design and build projects, structural alterations to industrial plants, bridge erection and repairs, material handling system
    installation, including extensive experience in crane runway repairs and alterations and automated storage and retrieval
    system rack building design and build projects. He holds a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Michigan State University.
    Hotlinks
    AISC American Institute of Steel
    Construction www.aisc.org
    ANSI American National Standards
    Institute www.a.org
    Ironworkers International Association
    of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and
    Reinforcing Iron Workers
    www.ironworkers.org
    MW Steel Inc. Midwest Steel Inc.
    www.midweststeel.com
    64 ProfessionalSafety JUNE 2011 www.asse.org
    circumstances. It is a safe procedure
    when used properly and will prevent
    injuries and fatalities. But this is a
    consensus document, and other people
    prevailed.
    PS: What do you consider
    to be the most impor-
    tant revision made to the
    A10.13 standard and why?
    William: The emphasis on
    preplanning or building safety
    into the construction of steel
    structures will result in safer
    jobs and jobsites. This leads to
    having the equipment on the
    job when it is needed, and it leads to
    training and communicating to people
    on the specifc task they perform at that
    time.
    PS: How will the A10.13 subcom-
    mittee work to have the revised
    standard recognized by govern-
    ment agencies?
    William: This task is way above the
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    concentrates on the technical aspects of
    the standard. The full A10 committee
    relies on the secretariats expertise to
    market and sell the standard. This stan-
    dard covers much more than OSHA
    Subpart R on Steel Erection.
    PS: How can the revised A10.13
    standard best be incorporated
    into construction SH&E practic-
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    William: The A10.13 standard is
    written and developed for companies
    and craftspeople so that they may erect
    steel structures and metal deck in a safe
    and effective manner. When
    used, it can prevent injuries and
    fatalities. Effective, safe erection
    methods must be planned. All
    equipment and personnel safety
    protection systems should be
    issued and used properly by
    trained and skilled craftspeople
    with safe behaviors.
    PS: What are your long-
    term expectations for the
    revised A10.13 standard?
    William: The industry continues to
    improve with better equipment and
    safety systems and the craftspeople are
    getting better trained and educated (at
    least in the union sector, with which
    I am familiar), so I see a continuously
    evolving standard that refects current
    safety thinking and new technology.
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    The craftspeople are getting bet-
    ter trained and educated, so I see
    a continuously evolving standard
    that refects current safety
    thinking and new technology.

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