[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 156 (Thursday, August 13, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 43399]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-21711]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) of 
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Announces the 
Following Meeting

    Name: Scaffolding as an Anchorage Point for Fall-Arrest Systems.
    Time and date: 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m., September 22, 1998.
    Place: Pittsburgh Airport Marriott, Coraopolis, Finley and Moore 
Rooms, 100 Aten Road, Coraopolis, Pennsylvania 15108.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by space available. The 
meeting room accommodates approximately 100 people, seating will be 
limited to approximately 70 people.
    Purpose: To request public assistance in identifying useful, 
practical research design concepts to aid in determining under what 
conditions, if any, scaffolding can be used as a safe anchorage point 
for fall-arrest systems during erection and dismantling.
    NIOSH is developing a research plan to investigate the use of 
scaffolding as a fall protection anchorage during scaffold erection and 
dismantling. This research will aid in determining under what 
circumstances, if any, it is advisable to use scaffolding as a fall 
protection anchorage. NIOSH is seeking individual input from scaffold 
and fall protection equipment manufacturers, scaffold erectors and 
users, regulatory agencies, and others on factors to be considered 
during the design of the research protocol.
    The research will provide the public with information on the 
stability of scaffolding and the forces applied to scaffolding as a 
fall is arrested, for the cases tested. NIOSH researchers recognize 
that not all scaffold types and configurations, fall protection 
equipment, anchorage types and locations, and fall scenarios can be 
tested at one time. The research plan currently being developed will 
evaluate specific cases. It is anticipated that continuing research 
will evaluate additional cases. To make the research results as useful 
as possible, NIOSH researchers want to consider scaffold types and 
configurations, fall protection equipment, anchorage types and 
locations, and fall scenarios, that are or could be representative of 
practical scaffold use and any other input offered by the public that 
could improve the design of this research.
    Contact person for additional information: Karl Snyder, NIOSH, CDC, 
M/S P119, 1095 Willowdale Road, Morgantown, West Virginia 26505, 
telephone 304/285-5898.

    Dated: August 6, 1998.
Carolyn J. Russell,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 98-21711 Filed 8-12-98; 8:45 am]
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