A92.9 and A92.10 standards to undergo changes

Lindsey Anderson Editor, Access, Lift & Handlers

05 April 2024

The Scaffold & Access Industry Association (SAIA) has announced that the A92 Main Committee has approved the splitting of A92.9 and A92.10 into two parts – Design and Safe Use/Training. The news comes just one year following the final approval of the new standards, which went into effect on March 1.

The changes will impact the ANSI/SAIA A92.9-2023 for Mast-Climbing Work Platforms Standard by splitting into A92.9A Establishing Design, Calculations, Safety Requirements and Test Methods for Mast Climbing Work Platforms (MCWPs), and A92.9B Safe Use and Establishing Training Content and Administrative Requirements for MCWPs.

New ASC A92 Chairs appointed

Three new A92 Chairmen have been appointed, the SAIA announced.

Greg Janda, Alimak Group USA, Inc., will lead A92.9A and A92.10A, Sam Ingber, Service Scaffold Company, Inc. will Chair A92.9B, and Don Allen, Bee Access will head the A92.10B.

For more than 35 years, the SAIA has been developing safety guides for the aerial platform industry. The SAIA serves as the Secretariat for the A92 series of standards and is responsible for adhering to the policies and procedures outlined in the ANSI Essential Requirements, which govern the consensus development process.

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The SAIA A92.9A Establishing Design, Calculations, Safety Requirements and Test Methods for Mast Climbing Work Platforms (MCWPs) specifies safety requirements and preventive measures, and the means for their verification for MCWPs intended to position personnel, along with their necessary tools and materials, to perform their work. It contains the structural design calculations and stability criteria, construction, safety examinations and tests that shall be applied before a MCWP is first put into service.

SAIA A92.9B Safe Use and Establishing Training Content and Administrative Requirements for Mast Climbing Work Platforms (MCWPs) specifies requirements for application, installation, dismantling, inspection, training, maintenance, repair and safe operation of MCWPs. This standard also provides methods and guidelines to prepare MCWP training materials, defines administrative criteria, and delivers elements required for proper training and familiarization. It applies to all types and sizes of MCWPs, as specified in ANSI/SAIA A92.9A Design, Calculations, Safety Requirements and Test Methods, that are intended to position personnel along with their necessary tools and materials at work locations.

Stakeholders for both include: Manufacturers, remanufacturers, engineers, designers, dealers, owners, operators, users, supervisors, lessors, lessees, and brokers of MCWPs.

Additionally, the ANSI/SAIA A92.10-2023 for Transport Platforms standard will be splitting into two and changing the name from Transport Platforms to Mast Climbing Transport Platforms (MCTPs) to consistent with the ISO and CSA standards. These two proposed standards will be A92.10A Establishing Design, Calculations, Safety Requirements and Test Methods for Mast Climbing Transport Platforms (MCTPs) and A92.10B Safe Use and Establishing Training Content and Administrative Requirements for MCTPs will also look to be portioned into from its current ANS into two ANS, Design and Safe Use/Training.

The A92.10A Establishing Design, Calculations, Safety Requirements and Test Methods for Mast Climbing Transport Platforms (MCTPs) specifies safety requirements and preventive measures, and the means for their verification, for Mast Climbing Transport Platforms (MCTPs), that are primarily used as a tool of the trade to vertically transport authorized persons, along with materials and necessary tools, to various access levels on a building or structure for construction, renovation, maintenance, or other types of work. It contains the structural design calculations and stability criteria, construction, safety examinations and tests that shall be applied before a MCTP is first put into service.

Stakeholders include: Manufacturers, remanufacturers, engineers and designers of MCTPs.

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A92.10B Safe Use and Establishing Training Content and Administrative Requirements for MCTPs specifies requirements for application, installation, dismantling, inspection, training, maintenance, repair and safe operation of Mast Climbing Transport Platforms (hereafter known as MCTPs). This Standard also provides methods and guidelines to prepare MCTP training materials, defines administrative criteria, and delivers elements required for proper training and familiarization. It applies to all types and sizes of MCTPs, as specified in ANSI/SAIA A92.10 A Design, Calculations, Safety Requirements and Test Methods, that are primarily used as a tool of the trade to vertically transport authorized persons, along with materials and necessary tools, to various access levels on a building or structure for construction, renovation, maintenance, or other types of work.

Stakeholders include: Dealers, owners, operators, users, supervisors, lessors, lessees, and brokers of MCTPs.

The project initiation will appear in ANSI Standards Action on April 12 with a PINS response end date of May 12 with a Call for Members (ANS Consensus Bodies) notice for directly and materially affected parties who are interested in participating as a member of an ANS consensus body.

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