Z117 ASC Correspondence and Information

• Chest and Full Body Harness Concerns Letter 12/15/03
  
• REZ117 Letter To ASME 2/02
  
• Z117 Letter to OSHA 5/03 (word doc)

Due to the new revision of the Z117.1 Standard, there have been a whole series of questions addressing how government agencies such as OSHA have referenced voluntary national consensus standards such as Z117.1.

Please review the links below for some examples:

• General industry with OSHA
  http://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=INTERPRETATIONS&p_id=21281
  &p_text_version=FALSE
  
• A decision from the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, which cites the Z117.1 Standard:
  http://www.oshrc.gov/decisions/html_1999/97-1133.html
  
• Construction with OSHA
  http://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=INTERPRETATIONS&p_id=21334
  &p_text_version=FALSE
  
• The Department of Energy
  http://tis.eh.doe.gov/rl/unpres/d93-08-008.htm