Safety Consultant Says Iron “Shinning” Unsafe

A San Diego safety consultant has formally voiced opposition to a petition asking for regulatory recognition of the practice of "shinning" up skeletal steel by ironworkers. J. Robert Harrell, president of Safety Management Services, wrote to the Cal/OSH Standards Board after COR reported on a petition submitted by Randy Shipman, field superintendent for Mid-State Steel Erectors.Shinning is a longtime practice within the ir