Background, Updates, Impacts, Nuances and Making EM 385- 1-1 Work for You and Safe Production

摘要

Over 30 years before the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published their first set of safety standards, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) developed their Requirements Engineering Manual, EM 385-1-1. While initially intended for USACE projects, the EM 385-1-1 has evolved as the standard requirement for federal construction projects for the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC), the Air Force Civil Engineer Center (HQ AFCEC) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The most recent version of the EM 385-1-1 contains a multitude of references to OSHA's federal regulations as well as many parallel requirements, but there are several nuances that contractors need to examine and prepare for before work begins on a federal construction project. This presentation will briefly identify what and who is the USACE, updates to EM 385-1, impacts on your safety planning, around the nuisances of the Corp standards and making EM 385-1-1 work for your organization.