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Construction Industry Digest (OSHA 2202)

Pocket digest of the most frequently used OSHA construction standards; a handy class reference.

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· 79 of 80 pages · by U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA

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    Construction

    • Industry Digest
    • OSHA 2202-09R 2015
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    Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970

    • “To assure safe and healthful working conditions for working men and women; by authorizing enforcement of the standards developed under the Act; by assisting and encouraging the States in their efforts to assure safe and healthful working conditions; by providing for research, information, education, and training in the field of…
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    Construction Industry Digest

    • U.S. Department of Labor
    • Occupational Safety and Health Administration
    • OSHA 2202-09R
    • 2015
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    Contents

    • Foreword
    • General
    • OSHA Worksite Investigations
    • Frequently Used Standards in Construction
    • Access to Medical and Exposure Records
    • Aerial Lifts
    • Air Tools
    • Asbestos
    • Belt Sanding Machines
    • Chains (See Wire Ropes, Chains, and Ropes)
    • Chemicals (See Gases, Vapors, Fumes, Dusts, and Mists; Asbestos; Lead; Silica; and Hazard Communication)
    • Compressed Air, Use of
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    Fire Protection

    • Flaggers
    • Flammable and Combustible Liquids
    • Forklifts (See Powered Industrial Trucks)
    • Gases, Vapors, Fumes, Dusts, and Mists
    • General Duty Clause
    • Grinding
    • Hand Tools
    • Hazard Communication
    • Hazardous Waste Operations
    • Head Protection
    • Hearing Protection
    • Heating Devices, Temporary
    • Highway Work Zones (See Flaggers; Signs, Signals, and Barricades)
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    Power Transmission, Mechanical

    • Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals
    • Radiation, Ionizing
    • Railings
    • Recordkeeping: Recording and Reporting Requirements
    • Reinforced Steel
    • Respiratory Protection
    • Rollover Protective Structures (ROPS)
    • Safety Nets
    • Saws
    • Band
    • Portable Circular
    • Radial
    • Swing or Sliding Cut-Off Table
    • Scaffolds, General Requirements
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    Underground Construction

    • Washing Facilities
    • Water, Working Over or Near
    • Welding, Cutting, and Heating
    • Wire Ropes, Chains, and Ropes
    • Woodworking Machinery
    • Workplace Complaints:
    • Workers’ Rights
    • OSHA Assistance, Services and Programs
    • NIOSH Health Hazard
    • Evaluation Program
    • How to Contact OSHA
    • OSHA Regional Offices
    • OSHA-Approved State Plans
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    Foreword

    • The Construction Industry Digest contains summaries of the most frequently used standards in the construction industry. The standards are presented alphabetically followed by the reference to the appropriate regulation. With few exceptions, standards in this digest are from Title 29 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Part 1926.
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    General

    • Employers have the responsibility to provide a safe workplace. Employers MUST provide their employees with a workplace that does not have serious hazards and follow all relevant OSHA safety and health standards.
    • Employers must comply with specific standards. All employers in the construction industry must also have injury and illness prevention programs. …
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    Frequently Used Standards in Construction

    • Inspections are conducted without employers knowing when or where they will occur. The employer is not informed in advance that there will be an inspection, regardless of whether it is in response to a complaint or is a programmed inspection.
    • Access to Medical and Exposure Records
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    When operating aerial lifts, employers must ensure that employees are

    • Trained,
    • Authorized,
    • Setting brakes,
    • Positioning outriggers on pads or a solid surface, Not exceeding boom and basket load limits,
    • Attached to the boom or basket with a restraint device or personal fall arrest system,
    • Standing firmly on the floor of the basket,
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    • Employers also must ensure that no employee is exposed to an airborne concentration of asbestos in excess of 0.1 fiber per cubic centimeter of air (f/ cc) as an 8-hour time-weighted average (TWA). 1926.1101(c)(1)
    • In addition, employers must ensure that no employee is exposed to an airborne concentration of asbestos in excess of 1 f/cc as averaged over a sampling period of 30…
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    Belt Sanding Machines

    • Belt sanding machines shall be provided with guards at each nip point where the sanding belt runs onto a pulley. 1926.304(f), incorporated from ANSI 01.1-1961, Section 4.9.4
    • The unused run of the sanding belt shall be guarded against accidental contact. 1926.304(f), incorporated from ANSI 01.1-1961, Section 4.9.4
    • Chains (See Wire Ropes, Chains, and Ropes)
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    • When this is impractical, fire-resistant shields shall be provided. Cylinders shall be placed where they cannot become part of an electrical circuit. 1926.350(b)(1) through (2)
    • Oxygen and fuel gas pressure regulators, including their related gauges, shall be in proper working order while in use. 1926.350(h)
    • Concrete and Masonry Construction
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    • to indicate the concrete compressive strength, and the test results indicate that the concrete has gained sufficient strength to support its weight and superimposed loads. (ASTM, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, West Conshohocken, PA 19428; (610) 832-9585). 1926.703(e)(1)(i) through (ii)
    • A limited access zone shall be established whenever a masonry wall is being constructed. …
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    • The employer shall comply with any specific regulations that apply to work in dangerous or potentially dangerous areas. Confined or enclosed spaces include, but are not limited to, storage tanks, process vessels, bins, boilers, ventilation or exhaust ducts, sewers, underground utility vaults, tunnels, pipelines, and open top spaces more than 4 feet deep (1.2 meters) such as…
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    • Where available, hoisting routes that minimize the exposure of employees to hoisted loads must be used, to the extent consistent with public safety. 1926.1425(a)
    • The employer must ensure that, prior to operating any equipment covered under Subpart CC, the person operating the equipment is qualified or certified to operate the equipment. …
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    • When debris is dropped through holes in the floor without the use of chutes, the area where the material is dropped shall be enclosed with barricades not less than 42 inches high (106.7 centimeters) and not less than 6 feet (1.8 meters) back from the projected edges of the opening above. Warning signs of the hazard of falling material shall be posted at each level. 1926.252(b)
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    Drinking Water

    • An adequate supply of potable water shall be provided in all places of employment. 1926.51(a)(1)
    • Portable drinking water containers shall be capable of being tightly closed and equipped with a tap. 1926.51(a)(2)
    • Using a common drinking cup is prohibited. 1926.51(a)(4)
    • Where single service cups (to be used but once) are supplied, both a sanitary container for…
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    • Equipment that does not meet the above requirements may not be used,
    • Required tests shall be recorded. 1926.404(b)(1)
    • (i) through (iii)(e)
    • Light bulbs for general illumination must be protected from breakage, and metal shell sockets must be grounded. 1926.405(a)(2)(ii)(E)
    • Temporary lights must not be suspended by their cords, unless they are so designed. 1926.405(a)(2) (ii)(F)
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    • hand tools that may contact the lines must be protected by insulating gloves. 1926.416(a)(2)
    • Barriers or other means of guarding must be used to ensure that workspace for electrical equipment will not be used as a passageway during periods when energized parts of equipment are exposed. 1926.416(b)(1)
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    • When excavation operations approach the estimated location of underground installations, the exact location of the installations shall be determined by safe and acceptable means. While the excavation is open, underground installations shall be protected, supported, or removed, as necessary, to safeguard employees. 1926.651(b)(3) through (4)
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    • Where a competent person finds evidence of a situation that could result in a possible cave-in, indications of failure of protective systems, hazardous atmospheres, or other hazardous conditions, exposed employees shall be removed from the hazardous area until the necessary precautions have been taken to ensure their safety. 1926.651(k)(2)
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    Eye and Face Protection

    • Eye and face protection shall be provided when machines or operations present potential for eye or face injury. 1926.102(a)(1)
    • Eye and face protective equipment shall meet the requirements of ANSI Z87.1-1968, Practice for Occupational and Educational Eye and Face Protection. 1926.102(a)(2)
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    Fall Protection

    • Employers are required to assess the workplace to determine if the walking/working surface on which employees are to work have the strength and structural integrity to safely support workers. Employees are not permitted to work on those surfaces until it has been determined that the surfaces have the requisite strength and structural integrity to support the…
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    • Each employee at the edge of an excavation 6 feet deep (1.8 meters) or more in depth shall be protected from falling by guardrail systems, fences, barricades when the excavations are not readily seen because of a visual barrier. 1926.501(b)(7)(i)
    • Each employee at the edge of a well, pit, shaft, and similar excavation 6 feet (1.8 meters) or more in depth shall be protected from…
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    Fall Protection, Falling Objects

    • When an employee is exposed to falling objects, the employer must ensure that each employee wear a hard hat and erect toeboards, screens, or guardrail systems; or erect a canopy structure and keep potential fall objects far enough from the edge of the higher level; or barricade the area to which objects could fall. 1926.501(c)(1) and (2)
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    • The employer shall establish an alarm system at the worksite so that employees and the local fire department can be alerted for an emergency. 1926.150(e)(1)
    • Flaggers
    • High-visibility clothing
    • For daytime work, the flagger’s vest, shirt, or jacket shall be orange, yellow, strong yellowgreen or fluorescent versions of these colors. …
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    • To Alert or Slow Traffic – The flagger shall face traffic with the SLOW sign paddle held in a stationary position with the arm extended horizontally away from the body. The flagger may motion up and down with the free hand, palm down, indicating that the vehicle should slow down.
    • The following methods of signaling with a flag should be used:
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    • six air changes within the room per hour, and electrical wiring and equipment approved for Class 1, Division 1 locations. 1926.152(b)(4)
    • Storage in containers outside buildings shall not exceed 1,100 gallons (4,169 liters) in any one pile or area. The storage area shall be graded to divert possible spills away from buildings or other exposures, or shall be surrounded by a curb…
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    General Duty Clause

    • Hazardous conditions or practices not covered in an OSHA standard may be covered under Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health
    • Act of 1970, which states: “Each employer shall furnish to each of his employees employment and a place of employment which are free from recognized hazards that are causing or are likely to cause death or serious…
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    Hand Tools

    • All hand and power tools and similar equipment, whether furnished by the employer or employee, shall be maintained in a safe condition. Employers shall not issue or permit the use of unsafe hand tools. 1926.300(a) and 1926.301(a)
    • Wrenches shall not be used when jaws are sprung to the point that slippage occurs. Impact tools shall be kept free of mushroomed heads. …
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    • Appropriate hazard warnings, or alternatively, words, pictures, symbols, or combination thereof, which provide at least general information regarding the hazards of the chemicals, and which, in conjunction with the other information immediately available to employees under the hazard communication program, will provide employees with specific information regarding the physical…
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    • of any precautionary measures for the protection of employees; and the methods the employer will use to inform the other employer(s) of the labeling system used in the workplace. 1910.1200(e)(2) made applicable to construction by 1926.59
    • Hazardous Waste Operations
    • Employers must develop and implement a written safety and health program for employees involved in hazardous waste…
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    Hearing Protection

    • Feasible engineering or administrative controls shall be utilized to protect employees against sound levels in excess of those shown in Table D-2.
    • When engineering or administrative controls fail to reduce sound levels within the limits of Table D-2, ear protective devices shall be provided and used. 1926.52(b) and .101(a)
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    Table D-2 – Permissible Noise Exposures – 1926.52(d)(1)

    • Duration per day, hours:
    • Sound Level/dBA slow response
    • 1 1/2
    • 1/4 or less
    • Exposure to impulsive or impact noise should not exceed 140 dB peak sound pressure level. 1926.52(e)
    • Heating Devices, Temporary
    • When heating devices are used, fresh air shall be supplied in sufficient quantities to maintain the health and safety of…
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    • Hoistway doors or gates of personnel hoists shall be not less than 6 feet 6 inches (198.1 meters) high and shall be protected with mechanical locks that cannot be operated from the landing side and that are accessible only to persons on the car. 1926.552(c)(4)
    • Overhead protective coverings shall be provided on the top of the hoist cage or platform. 1926.552(b)(3) and (c)(7)
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    Table D-3 – Minimum Illumination Intensities in Footcandles

    • Footcandles: Area of Operation
    • 5 … General construction area lighting
    • 3 … General construction areas, concrete placement, excavation, waste areas, accessways, active storage areas, loading platforms, refueling, and field maintenance areas
    • 5 … Indoor warehouses, corridors, hallways, and exitways
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    Ladders

    • A ladder (or stairway) must be provided at all work points of access where there is a break in elevation of 19 inches (48.2 centimeters) or more except if a suitable ramp, runway, embankment, or personnel hoist is provided to give safe access to all elevations. 1926.1051(a)
    • Portable and fixed ladders with structural defects – such as broken or missing rungs, cleats or…
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    • Fixed ladders must be used at a pitch no greater than 90 degrees from the horizontal, measured from the back side of the ladder. 1926.1053(b)(5)(iii)
    • Ladders must be used only on stable and level surfaces unless secured to prevent accidental movement. 1926.1053(b)(6)
    • Ladders must not be used on slippery surfaces unless secured or provided with slip-resistant feet to prevent…
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    • Employees shall wear proper (antilaser) eye protection when working in areas where there is a potential exposure to direct or reflected laser light greater than 0.005 watts (5 milliwatts). 1926.54(c)
    • Beam shutters or caps shall be utilized, or the laser turned off, when laser transmission is not actually required. …
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    • Training shall be provided in accordance with the Hazard Communication standard and additional training shall be provided for employees exposed at or above the action level. 1926.62(1)
    • Prior to the start of the job, each employer shall establish and implement a written compliance program. 1926.62(e)(2)(i)
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    • blocking devices, which will provide positive connection between the lifting rods and attachments and will prevent components from disengaging during lifting operations. 1926.705(p)
    • Liquefied Petroleum Gas
    • Each system shall have containers, valves, connectors, manifold valve assemblies, and regulators of an approved type. 1926.153(a)(1)
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    • In areas where 911 is not available, the telephone numbers of the physicians, hospitals, or ambulances shall be conspicuously posted. 1926.50(f)
    • Motor Vehicles and Mechanized Equipment
    • All vehicles in use shall be checked at the beginning of each shift to ensure that all parts, equipment, and accessories that affect safe operation are in proper operating condition and free…
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    • OSHA requires employers to provide and for employees to use specific types of personal protective equipment in specific standards throughout 29 CFR 1926. These standards include, but are not limited to:
    • Foot protection. 1926.96
    • Head protection. 1926.100
    • Hearing protection. 1926.101
    • Eye and face protection. 1926.102
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    • energized lines and equipment, condition of poles, and the location of circuits and equipment including power and communications, cable television, and fire-alarm circuits. 1926.950(b)(1)
    • Electric equipment and lines shall be considered energized until determined otherwise by testing or until grounding. 1926.950(b)(2) and .954(a)
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    • employees or otherwise constitute a hazard. Guarding shall meet the requirement of ANSI B15.1-1953 (R 1958), Safety Code for Mechanical Power Transmission Apparatus. 1926.300(b)(2)
    • Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals
    • Employers shall develop a written plan of action regarding employee participation and consult with employees and their representatives on the…
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    • be performed by competent persons specially trained in the proper and safe operation of such equipment. 1926.53(b)
    • Railings
    • Top edge height of top rails or equivalent guardrail system members shall have a vertical height of approximately 42 inches (106.6 centimeters), plus or minus 3 inches (7.6 centimeters) above the walking/working level. 1926.502(b)(1)
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    • unless OSHA or the Bureau of Labor Statistics informs you in writing that you must keep these records. 1904.1(a)(1)
    • Each recordable injury or illness must be entered on the OSHA Forms 300 and 301 within 7 days of receiving the information. 1904.29(b)(3)
    • OSHA injury and illness records must be kept for all projects. If the project is 1 year or longer a separate OSHA 300 log…
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    Respiratory Protection

    • In emergencies, or when feasible engineering or administrative controls are not effective in controlling toxic substances, appropriate respiratory protective equipment shall be provided by the employer and shall be used. 1910.134(a)(1) made applicable to construction by 1926.103
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    • more than 30 feet (9.14 meters) below such level. When nets are used on bridges, the potential fall area from the walking/working surface to the net shall be unobstructed. 1926.502(c)(1)
    • Safety nets and their installations must be capable of absorbing an impact force equal to that produced by the drop test. 1926.502(c)(4)
    • Saws
    • Band Saws
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    • Radial saws used for ripping shall have nonkickback fingers or dogs. ANSI 01.1-1961, incorporated by reference to construction by 1926.304(f)
    • Radial saws shall be installed so that the cutting head will return to the starting position when released by the operator. ANSI 01.1-1961, incorporated by reference to construction by 1926.304(f)
    • Swing or Sliding Cut-Off Saws
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    • apply when grooving, dadoing, or rabbiting. ANSI 01.1-1961, incorporated by reference to construction by 1926.304(f)
    • Circular table saws used for ripping shall have nonkickback fingers or dogs. ANSI 01.1-1961, incorporated by reference to construction by 1926.304(f)
    • Feeder attachments shall have the feed rolls or other moving parts covered or guarded so as to protect the…
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    • intended load. Scaffolds and scaffold components shall not be loaded in excess of their maximum intended loads or rated capacities, whichever is less. 1926.451(a)(1), (a)(4), (f)(1)
    • The scaffold platform shall be planked or decked as fully as possible. 1926.451(b)(1)
    • The platform shall not deflect more than 1/60 of the span when loaded. 1926.451(f)(16)
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    Scaffold, Fall Arrest Systems

    • A personal fall arrest system consists of an anchorage, connectors, a body harness, a lanyard, and may include a deceleration device. Anchorages used for attachment shall be capable of supporting at least 5,000 pounds (22.2 kN) per employee attached or shall be designed, installed, and used under the supervision of a qualified person as part of a…
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    • The toprail for scaffolds must be 38 inches (0.97 meters) to 45 inches (1.2 meters) from the platform. Midrails are to be installed approximately halfway between the toprail and the platform surface. 1926.451(g)(4)(ii) and (iii)
    • Toeboards or other barriers are to be used to protect employees working below. 1926.451(h)
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    • by the manufacturer or a lumber grading association or inspection agency. Tables showing maximum permissible spans, rated load capacity, nominal thickness, etc., are in Appendix A of Subpart L (1)(b) and (c). 1926.451(a)(1)
    • Scaffolds, Supported
    • Supported scaffolds are platforms supported by legs, outrigger beams, brackets, poles, uprights, posts, frames, or similar rigid…
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    • Each employee 10 feet (3.1 meters) above a lower level shall be protected from falling by a personal fall arrest system when working from a boatswain’s chair, ladder jack, needle beam, float, or catenary scaffolds. 1926.451(g)(1)(i)
    • Lifelines shall be independent of support lines and suspension ropes and not attached to the same anchorage point as the support or suspension…
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    Signs, Signals, and Barricades (See Flaggers)

    • Construction areas shall be posted with legible traffic signs at points of hazard. 1926.200 (g)(1)
    • Barricades for protection of employees shall conform to Part 6 of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices. 1926.202
    • Silica
    • Appropriate engineering controls, personal protective equipment, respirators, and work practices shall be…
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    • begin work that requires them to use stairways or ladders and their respective fall protection systems. 1926.1051(b)
    • Stairways that will not be a permanent part of the structure on which construction work is performed must have landings at least 30 inches deep and 22 inches wide (76.2 x 55.9 centimeters) at every 12 feet (3.6 meters) or less of vertical rise. 1926.1052(a)(1)
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    • The height of handrails must not be more than 37 inches (93.9 centimeters) nor less than 30 inches (76.2 centimeters) from the upper surface of the handrail to the surface of the tread in line with face of riser at forward edge of tread. 1926.1052(c)(6)
    • When the top edge of a stairrail system also serves as a handrail, the height of the top edge must not be more than 37 inches…
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    • Training shall be provided for all employees exposed to fall hazards. Special training shall be provided to connectors, workers in controlled decking zones, and those rigging for multiple lifts. 1926.761(c)
    • Steel erection begins when written notification that the concrete in the footings, piers, and walls or the mortar in the masonry piers and walls has attained the strength…
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    Storage

    • All materials stored in tiers shall be secured to prevent sliding, falling, or collapsing. 1926.250(a)(1)
    • Aisles and passageways shall be kept clear and in good repair. 1926.250(a)(3)
    • Storage of materials shall not obstruct exits. 1926.151(d)(1)
    • Materials shall be stored with due regard to their fire characteristics. 1926.151(d)(2)
    • Tire Cages
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    • This requirement does not apply to mobile crews having transportation readily available to nearby toilet facilities. 1926.51(c)(4)
    • Training and Inspections
    • The employer shall initiate and maintain such programs as may be necessary to provide for frequent and regular inspections of the job site, materials, and equipment by designated competent persons. 1926.20(b)(1) through (2)
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    • Unless underground facilities are sufficiently completed so that the permanent environmental controls are effective and the remaining construction activity will not cause any environmental hazard or structural failure within the facilities, the employer shall maintain a check-in/check-out procedure that will ensure that aboveground designated personnel can determine an…
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    Welding, Cutting, and Heating

    • Employers shall instruct employees in the safe use of welding equipment. 1926.350(d) and 1926.351(d)
    • Proper precautions (isolating welding and cutting, removing fire hazards from the vicinity, providing a fire watch) for fire prevention shall be taken in areas where welding or other “hot work” is being done. …
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    • General mechanical ventilation, local exhaust ventilation, air line respirators, and other protection shall be provided, as required, when welding, cutting or heating:
    • Zinc, lead, cadmium, chromium, mercury, or materials bearing, based, or coated with beryllium in enclosed spaces,
    • Stainless steel with inert-gas equipment,
    • In confined spaces, and
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    Table H-2 – Number and Spacing of U-Bolt Wire Rope Clips – 1926.251(c)(5)

    • Improved plow steel, rope diameter
    • (inches)
    • 1/2 (1.27 cm)
    • Number of clips Drop
    • Other forged material
    • Minimum spacing
    • (inches)
    • 3 (7.62 cm)
    • 5/8 (.625 cm)
    • 3-3/4 (8.37 cm)
    • 3/4 (.75 cm)
    • 4-1/2 (11.43 cm)
    • 7/8 (.875 cm)
    • 5-1/4 (12.95 cm)
    • 1 (2.54 cm)
    • 6 (15.24 cm)
    • 1-1/8 (2.665 cm)
    • 6-3/4 (15.99 cm)
    • 1-1/4 (2.79 cm)
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    • names not be revealed to their employers. It is also against the law for an employer to fire, demote, transfer, or retaliate in any way against a worker for filing a complaint or using other OSHA rights.
    • If a workplace has unsafe or unhealthful working conditions, workers may want to file a complaint. Often the best and fastest way to get a hazard corrected is to notify a…
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    Establishing an Injury and Illness Prevention Program

    • The key to a safe and healthful work environment is a comprehensive injury and illness prevention program.
    • Injury and illness prevention programs are systems that can substantially reduce the number and severity of workplace injuries and illnesses, while reducing costs to employers. …
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    • with priority given to high-hazard worksites.
    • Each year, responding to requests from small employers looking to create or improve their safety and health management programs, OSHA’s On-site Consultation Program conducts over 29,000 visits to small business worksites covering over 1.5 million workers across the nation.
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    Strategic Partnerships and Alliances

    • The OSHA Strategic Partnerships (OSP) provide the opportunity for OSHA to partner with employers, workers, professional or trade associations, labor organizations, and/or other interested stakeholders. OSHA Partnerships are formalized through unique agreements designed to encourage, assist, and recognize partner efforts to eliminate serious…
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    OSHA Educational Materials

    • OSHA has many types of educational materials in English, Spanish, Vietnamese and other languages available in print or online. These include:
    • Brochures;
    • Fact Sheets;
    • Guidance documents that provide detailed examinations of specific safety and health issues;
    • Online Safety and Health Topics pages;
    • Posters;
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    NIOSH Health Hazard Evaluation Program

    • Getting Help with Health Hazards
    • The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is a federal agency that conducts scientific and medical research on workers’ safety and health. At no cost to employers or workers, NIOSH can help identify health hazards and recommend ways to reduce or eliminate those hazards in the…
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    OSHA Regional Offices

    • Region I
    • Boston Regional Office
    • (CT*, ME*, MA, NH, RI, VT*)
    • JFK Federal Building, Room E340 Boston, MA 02203
    • (617) 565-9860 (617) 565-9827 Fax
    • Region II
    • New York Regional Office
    • (NJ*, NY*, PR*, VI*)
    • 201 Varick Street, Room 670
    • New York, NY 10014
    • (212) 337-2378 (212) 337-2371 Fax
    • Region III
    • Philadelphia Regional Office
    • (DE, DC, MD*, PA, VA*, WV)
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    Dallas, TX 75202

    • (972) 850-4145 (972) 850-4149 Fax (972) 850-4150 FSO Fax
    • Region VII
    • Kansas City Regional Office
    • (IA*, KS, MO, NE)
    • Two Pershing Square Building 2300 Main Street, Suite 1010 Kansas City, MO 64108-2416
    • (816) 283-8745 (816) 283-0547 Fax
    • Region VIII
    • Denver Regional Office
    • (CO, MT, ND, SD, UT*, WY*) Cesar Chavez Memorial Building 1244 Speer Boulevard, Suite 551…
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    OSHA-Approved State Plans

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    (800) 321-OSHA (6742)

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    U.S. Department of Labor

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