Setting the Record Straight on Concrete Pumping Stability
To the editor:
Regarding the story, “Sudden Concrete Pump Truck Shifts Hurt Workers,” ENR 9/05, p. 18, about the OSHA penalty proposed against Roy Rock LLC, we found it curious that the story didn’t mention the ASME B30.27 Safety Standard for the Material Placing Systems and only mentioned the American Concrete Pumping Institute’s bulletins. The OSHA Review Commission judge mentions both but misreads or misinterprets them and unfortunately fails to follow the ASME standard in making his decision.