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Demolition Safety
How demolition work is planned and controlled so a structure comes down deliberately instead of collapsing on someone: the engineering survey a competent person…
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Demolition Safety
What you’ll learn
By the end of this course.
Describe the engineering survey a competent person must make of a structure before demolition begins, and the written record of it — 1926.850(a)
Explain locating, shutting off, capping, or controlling all utilities before demolition starts — 1926.850(c)
Recognize hazardous materials in demolition (asbestos, lead, crystalline silica) and the testing, purging, and control requirements — 1926.850(e), 1926.1101, 1926.1153
Describe safe access and enclosed material chutes, and guarded floor openings for removing debris — 1926.851, 1926.852, 1926.853
Explain safeguards against unplanned structural collapse when removing walls, masonry, and floors — 1926.854, 1926.855
Describe the worker-exclusion and control rules for mechanical and explosive demolition — 1926.859, 1926.860
References & standards
Grounded in the source material.
- 29 CFR 1926 Subpart T — Demolition
- 1926.850 — Preparatory operations (engineering survey, utilities, hazardous materials)
- 1926.852 — Chutes
- 1926.853 — Removal of materials through floor openings
- 1926.854 — Removal of walls, masonry sections, and chimneys
- 1926.859 — Mechanical demolition
This is awareness training. It supports your program; it is not a substitute for site-specific procedures or hands-on competency where a standard requires it.
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