Confirm the OSHA 1926.850 engineering survey is completed and documented before starting demolition operations
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Steps
Read 29 CFR 1926.850(a): before permitting employees to start demolition, a competent person must perform an engineering survey of the structure covering framing, floors, walls, and potential for unplanned collapse
Extend the survey to any adjacent structure where employees could be exposed to hazards from the demolition
Obtain and retain written evidence that the survey was performed — OSHA requires the employer to document the survey, not just perform it verbally
Use the survey findings to determine the safe sequence of demolition operations, including utility disconnects and any known hazardous locations, before work begins
Reference OSHA's Demolition standards page and Technical Manual Section V Chapter 1 for interpretation guidance on borderline cases (e.g., partial-structure demolition, unknown construction type)
Known gotchas
A verbal walkthrough by a supervisor does not satisfy 1926.850 — OSHA requires written documentary evidence that a competent person's engineering survey occurred; missing paperwork is cited even when the survey itself was reasonable
Demolition preparatory-operations violations (including missing/inadequate engineering surveys) are consistently among the most frequently cited items on demolition sites — treat this as a hard gate before mobilization, not a formality
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