Comments Submitted by: Andrew A. Horton

My name is Andrew Horton And I am the Safety and Training Coordinator of the Window Cleaning Division of Local 32BJ Thomas Shortman Training Fund.I believe very strongly in this Standard.When enforced the result is a safer working environment for Scaffold workers and the public.Working in the construction industry is an inherently danderous endeavor.Even under the safest of circumstances,accidents can happen.In today's world "Safety First"have been reduced to a mere slogan rather than a routinely pratice jobsite philosophy.Contractors routinely and deliberately ignore federal,state,and city safety regulations and training requirements.I strongly believe that this standard MUST STAY in tack,any lessening of the Fereral Requirements will dilute this Regulation.If this standard is lessended in any way I feel that the workers lives will be in danger. Andrew Horton, Local 32BJ Thomas Shortman Training Fund