{"name":"HazComFast OSHA standards reference","count":182,"standards":[{"cfr":"29 CFR 1910.22","title":"General Requirements for Walking-Working Surfaces","shortTitle":"Walking-Working Surfaces","slug":"1910-22-general-walking-working-surfaces","scope":"general","category":"walking_working","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1910-22-general-walking-working-surfaces","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1910.22 sets the general requirements for walking-working surfaces in general industry: all surfaces must be kept clean, orderly, and sanitary, maintained in good repair, and kept free of hazards such as spills, protruding objects, and debris, so that slip, trip, and fall hazards are controlled.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1910.22(a)(1)","text":"All places of employment, passageways, storerooms, service rooms, and walking-working surfaces are kept in a clean, orderly, and sanitary condition.","kind":"summary"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1910.23","title":"Ladders (General Industry)","shortTitle":"Ladders (GI)","slug":"1910-23-ladders","scope":"general","category":"fall_protection","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1910-23-ladders","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1910.23 sets the requirements for portable and fixed ladders in general industry: ladders must be inspected before use, used only for their designed purpose, kept on stable footing, and removed from service when defective. It pairs with the construction ladder standard (1926.1053) as the general-industry rulebook for safe ladder use.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1910.23(b)(1)","text":"The employer must ensure: (1) Ladder rungs, steps, and cleats are parallel, level, and uniformly spaced when the ladder is in position for use;","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1910.25","title":"Stairways (General Industry)","shortTitle":"Stairways (GI)","slug":"1910-25-stairways","scope":"general","category":"walking_working","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1910-25-stairways","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1910.25 sets the requirements for stairways in general industry: stairs must have uniform riser heights and tread depths between landings, adequate strength to carry their loads, minimum clearances, and handrails and stair rail systems, so workers can use them without tripping or falling.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1910.25(b)(3)","text":"Stairs have uniform riser heights and tread depths between landings;","kind":"summary"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1910.26","title":"Dockboards","shortTitle":"Dockboards","slug":"1910-26-docking-facilities","scope":"general","category":"walking_working","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1910-26-docking-facilities","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1910.26 is the dockboards standard. Dockboards, bridge plates or dock plates, span the gap between a loading dock and a truck or railcar so material-handling equipment can cross. The standard requires each dockboard to have enough capacity for the load, to be secured or equipped so it does not move out of position while in use, and to have measures (such as run-off guards or curbs) that keep powered trucks from running off the edge.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1910.26(a)","text":"The employer must ensure that each dockboard used meets the requirements of this section.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1910.27","title":"Scaffolds and Rope Descent Systems (GI)","shortTitle":"Scaffolds & Rope Descent (GI)","slug":"1910-27-scaffolds-rope-descent-systems","scope":"general","category":"scaffolding","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1910-27-scaffolds-rope-descent-systems","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1910.27 covers scaffolds and rope descent systems (RDS) in general industry: used for building maintenance such as window washing. Before a rope descent system is used, the building owner must inform the employer in writing that each anchorage has been identified, tested, certified, and maintained to support at least 5,000 pounds per worker, and RDS use is capped at 300 feet.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1910.27(b)(1)(i)","text":"Before any rope descent system is used, the building owner must inform the employer, in writing that the building owner has identified, tested, certified, and maintained each anchorage so it is capable of supporting at least 5,000 pounds (2,268 kg), in any direction, for each employee attached.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1910.28","title":"Duty to Have Fall Protection (GI)","shortTitle":"Fall Protection Duty (GI)","slug":"1910-28-duty-fall-protection","scope":"general","category":"fall_protection","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1910-28-duty-fall-protection","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1910.28 is the general-industry duty to provide fall protection: employers must protect each worker on a walking-working surface with an unprotected edge 4 feet or more above a lower level, using guardrails, safety nets, or a personal fall protection system. The 4-foot trigger is lower than construction's 6 feet: the point most often confused.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1910.28(b)(1)(i)","text":"Except as provided elsewhere in this section, the employer must ensure that each employee on a walking-working surface with an unprotected side or edge that is 4 feet (1.2 m) or more above a lower level is protected from falling by one or more of the following: (A) Guardrail systems; (B) Safety net systems; or (C) Personal fall protection systems, such as personal fall arrest, travel restraint, or positioning systems.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1910.29","title":"Fall Protection Systems and Falling Object Protection","shortTitle":"Fall Protection Systems (GI)","slug":"1910-29-fall-protection-systems","scope":"general","category":"fall_protection","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1910-29-fall-protection-systems","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1910.29 sets the criteria that general-industry fall-protection systems must meet: guardrail top rails at 42 inches (plus or minus 3) able to withstand a 200-pound force, safety nets no more than 30 feet below the surface, and personal fall arrest anchorages rated for 5,000 pounds per worker, or designed to a safety factor of at least two under a qualified person, 1910.140(c)(13) allows either. It is the 'how' to the 1910.28 duty.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1910.29(b)(1)","text":"The top edge height of top rails, or equivalent guardrail system members, are 42 inches (107 cm), plus or minus 3 inches (8 cm), above the walking-working surface.","kind":"summary"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1910.30","title":"Training Requirements for Fall Protection (GI)","shortTitle":"Fall Protection Training (GI)","slug":"1910-30-fall-protection-training","scope":"general","category":"training","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1910-30-fall-protection-training","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1910.30 requires a qualified person to train general-industry workers, before they are exposed to a fall hazard, on the nature of the hazards and the correct use, inspection, and limitations of fall-protection systems, plus the hazards of equipment such as dockboards and rope descent systems. Retraining is required when skills lapse. It mirrors construction's 1926.503.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1910.30(a)(1)","text":"Before any employee is exposed to a fall hazard, the employer must provide training for each employee who uses personal fall protection systems or who is required to be trained as specified elsewhere in this subpart.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1910.36","title":"Design and Construction Requirements for Exit Routes","shortTitle":"Exit Route Design","slug":"1910-36-exit-routes-design","scope":"general","category":"emergency","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1910-36-exit-routes-design","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1910.36 sets how exit routes must be designed and built: they must be permanent parts of the building, normally at least two separate exits located far enough apart to stay usable if one is blocked, of adequate width and height, fire-resistance-rated, and discharging to a safe area outside.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1910.36(b)(1)","text":"At least two exit routes must be available in a workplace to permit prompt evacuation of employees and other building occupants during an emergency, except as allowed in paragraph (b)(3) of this section. The exit routes must be located as far away as practical from each other so that if one exit route is blocked by fire or smoke, employees can evacuate using the second exit route.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1910.37","title":"Maintenance, Safeguards, and Operational Features for Exit Routes","shortTitle":"Exit Route Maintenance","slug":"1910-37-exit-route-maintenance","scope":"general","category":"emergency","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1910-37-exit-route-maintenance","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1910.37 requires employers to keep exit routes usable at all times: free of obstructions and combustibles, adequately lit, and marked with illuminated EXIT signs, so workers can evacuate quickly in an emergency. The companion rule that exit doors open from the inside is 1910.36(d), not this section.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1910.37(a)(3)","text":"Exit routes must be free and unobstructed. No materials or equipment may be placed, either permanently or temporarily, within the exit route. The exit access must not go through a room that can be locked, such as a bathroom, to reach an exit or exit discharge, nor may it lead into a dead-end corridor.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1910.38","title":"Emergency Action Plans","shortTitle":"Emergency Action Plans","slug":"1910-38-emergency-action-plans","scope":"general","category":"emergency","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1910-38-emergency-action-plans","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1910.38 requires an emergency action plan wherever another OSHA standard mandates one: it must cover evacuation procedures and routes, how employees are accounted for after evacuation, the alarm system, and the rescue and medical duties of assigned employees. Employers with 10 or fewer employees may communicate it orally.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1910.38(b)","text":"An emergency action plan must be in writing, kept in the workplace, and available to employees for review. However, an employer with 10 or fewer employees may communicate the plan orally to employees.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1910.39","title":"Fire Prevention Plans","shortTitle":"Fire Prevention Plans","slug":"1910-39-fire-prevention-plans","scope":"general","category":"fire_protection","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1910-39-fire-prevention-plans","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1910.39 requires a fire prevention plan where another standard mandates one: it must list the major fire hazards, the procedures for handling and storing flammable materials, the controls on ignition sources, and who maintains the fire-prevention equipment. It focuses on stopping fires before they start, complementing the emergency action plan.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1910.39(b)","text":"A fire prevention plan must be in writing, be kept in the workplace, and be made available to employees for review. However, an employer with 10 or fewer employees may communicate the plan orally to employees.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1910.101","title":"Compressed Gases (General Requirements)","shortTitle":"Compressed Gases","slug":"1910-101-compressed-gases","scope":"general","category":"hazardous_materials","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1910-101-compressed-gases","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1910.101 sets the general requirements for compressed gases in general industry: each employer must determine that cylinders under its control are in safe condition by visual inspection, and follow the Compressed Gas Association practices for safe handling, cylinders secured upright, valve caps in place, and oxygen separated from fuel gases.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1910.101(a)","text":"Each employer shall determine that compressed gas cylinders under his control are in a safe condition to the extent that this can be determined by visual inspection.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1910.106","title":"Flammable Liquids","shortTitle":"Flammable Liquids","slug":"1910-106-flammable-liquids","scope":"general","category":"hazardous_materials","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1910-106-flammable-liquids","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1910.106 governs the storage and handling of flammable liquids in general industry: liquids are classified by flash point, stored in approved containers and flammable-storage cabinets with quantity limits, kept away from ignition sources, and bonded and grounded during transfer to prevent static ignition. It is the core standard for solvents, fuels, and paints.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1910.106(d)(3)(i)","text":"Not more than 60 gallons of Category 1, 2 or 3 flammable liquids, nor more than 120 gallons of Category 4 flammable liquids may be stored in a storage cabinet.","kind":"summary"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1910.107","title":"Spray Finishing Using Flammable and Combustible Materials","shortTitle":"Spray Finishing","slug":"1910-107-spray-finishing","scope":"general","category":"hazardous_materials","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1910-107-spray-finishing","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1910.107 governs spray finishing using flammable and combustible materials: spraying must be done in approved, adequately ventilated spray booths, electrical equipment in the spray area must be explosion-proof, ignition sources are prohibited, and fire protection must be provided. It controls the explosive atmosphere that spray painting creates.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1910.107(c)(2)","text":"There shall be no open flame or spark producing equipment in any spraying area nor within 20 feet thereof, unless separated by a partition.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1910.109","title":"Explosives and Blasting Agents","shortTitle":"Explosives & Blasting","slug":"1910-109-explosives-blasting-agents","scope":"general","category":"hazardous_materials","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1910-109-explosives-blasting-agents","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1910.109 governs explosives and blasting agents in general industry. It requires that explosives be stored in approved magazines that meet the standard's construction and location requirements, and it sets rules for the safe handling, transportation, and use of explosives, blasting agents, and related materials, with the goal of preventing the accidental initiation, fire, and detonation hazards these materials present.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1910.109(c)(1)(i)","text":"All Class A, Class B, Class C explosives, and special industrial explosives, and any newly developed and unclassified explosives, shall be kept in magazines which meet the requirements of this paragraph.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1910.110","title":"Storage and Handling of Liquefied Petroleum Gases","shortTitle":"LP-Gas Storage","slug":"1910-110-lp-gas-storage","scope":"general","category":"hazardous_materials","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1910-110-lp-gas-storage","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1910.110 governs the storage and handling of liquefied petroleum gases (propane and similar fuels): LP-gas must be effectively odorized so a leak is detectable by smell, and containers, valves, regulators, and piping must be approved, properly located, and protected against overpressure, leaks, and ignition sources.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1910.110(b)(1)(i)","text":"All liquefied petroleum gases shall be effectively odorized by an approved agent of such character as to indicate positively, by distinct odor, the presence of gas down to concentration in air of not over one-fifth the lower limit of flammability.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1910.119","title":"Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals","shortTitle":"Process Safety Management (PSM)","slug":"1910-119-process-safety-management","scope":"general","category":"hazardous_materials","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1910-119-process-safety-management","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1910.119, Process Safety Management (PSM), is OSHA's rule for preventing catastrophic chemical releases: it applies when a process holds a listed highly hazardous chemical at or above its threshold, or 10,000 pounds of a flammable, and requires a 14-element program including process hazard analysis, mechanical integrity, and management of change.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1910.119(e)(1)","text":"The employer shall perform an initial process hazard analysis (hazard evaluation) on processes covered by this standard. The process hazard analysis shall be appropriate to the complexity of the process and shall identify, evaluate, and control the hazards involved in the process.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1910.120","title":"Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER)","shortTitle":"HAZWOPER","slug":"1910-120-hazwoper","scope":"general","category":"hazardous_materials","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1910-120-hazwoper","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1910.120, HAZWOPER, protects workers in hazardous waste cleanup, at treatment, storage and disposal (TSD) facilities, and in emergency response to releases of hazardous substances. Construction work falls under its twin, 29 CFR 1926.65, which repeats it paragraph for paragraph and points to the construction standards instead. Both require a written safety and health program, training set by the job, medical surveillance and decontamination.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1910.120(b)(1)(i)","text":"Employers shall develop and implement a written safety and health program for their employees involved in hazardous waste operations. The program shall be designed to identify, evaluate, and control safety and health hazards, and provide for emergency response for hazardous waste operations.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":"2026-09-30"},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1910.132","title":"General Requirements for PPE","shortTitle":"PPE General Requirements","slug":"1910-132-ppe-general-requirements","scope":"general","category":"ppe","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1910-132-ppe-general-requirements","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1910.132 is OSHA's general PPE standard for general industry: employers must assess the workplace for hazards in writing, select and provide appropriate PPE at no cost to workers, and train them on its use. PPE is the last line of defense, applied after engineering and work-practice controls.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1)","text":"The employer shall assess the workplace to determine if hazards are present, or are likely to be present, which necessitate the use of personal protective equipment (PPE). If such hazards are present, or likely to be present, the employer shall: (i) Select, and have each affected employee use, the types of PPE that will protect the affected employee from the hazards identified in the hazard assessment; (ii) Communicate selection decisions to each affected employee; and, (iii) Select PPE that properly fits each affected employee.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1910.133","title":"Eye and Face Protection","shortTitle":"Eye & Face Protection","slug":"1910-133-eye-face-protection","scope":"general","category":"ppe","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1910-133-eye-face-protection","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1910.133 requires ANSI Z87.1-compliant eye and face protection for general-industry workers exposed to flying particles, molten metal, liquid chemicals, gases or vapors, or injurious light. The specific hazard picks the device (safety glasses with side shields, chemical goggles, or a face shield with the correct filter shade) not one universal pair.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1910.133(a)(1)","text":"The employer shall ensure that each affected employee uses appropriate eye or face protection when exposed to eye or face hazards from flying particles, molten metal, liquid chemicals, acids or caustic liquids, chemical gases or vapors, or potentially injurious light radiation.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1910.135","title":"Head Protection","shortTitle":"Head Protection","slug":"1910-135-head-protection","scope":"general","category":"ppe","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1910-135-head-protection","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1910.135 requires general-industry workers to wear ANSI Z89.1-compliant head protection wherever falling objects or exposed electrical conductors could injure the head. The helmet's electrical class must match the hazard: Class G to 2,200 volts, Class E to 20,000 volts, and Class C offering no electrical protection at all.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1910.135(a)(1)","text":"The employer shall ensure that each affected employee wears a protective helmet when working in areas where there is a potential for injury to the head from falling objects.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1910.136","title":"Foot Protection","shortTitle":"Foot Protection","slug":"1910-136-foot-protection","scope":"general","category":"ppe","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1910-136-foot-protection","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1910.136 requires general-industry workers to use ASTM F2412/F2413-rated protective footwear where there is a danger of foot injury from falling or rolling objects, sole punctures, or residual electrical hazards. The electrical ratings are opposites (electrical-hazard footwear insulates, while conductive footwear drains static) so the rating must match the hazard.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1910.136(a)","text":"The employer shall ensure that each affected employee uses protective footwear when working in areas where there is a danger of foot injuries due to falling or rolling objects, or objects piercing the sole, or when the use of protective footwear will protect the affected employee from an electrical hazard, such as a static-discharge or electric-shock hazard, that remains after the employer takes other necessary protective measures.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1910.137","title":"Electrical Protective Equipment","shortTitle":"Electrical PPE","slug":"1910-137-electrical-protective-equipment","scope":"general","category":"electrical","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1910-137-electrical-protective-equipment","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1910.137 sets the design, testing, and in-service care requirements for electrical protective equipment: the rubber insulating gloves, sleeves, blankets, and covers that guard against shock. Equipment is classed by voltage, must be inspected for damage before each day's use, and rubber gloves must be electrically retested at least every six months.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1910.137(c)(2)(ii)","text":"Insulating equipment shall be inspected for damage before each day's use and immediately following any incident that can reasonably be suspected of causing damage.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1910.138","title":"Hand Protection","shortTitle":"Hand Protection","slug":"1910-138-hand-protection","scope":"general","category":"ppe","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1910-138-hand-protection","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1910.138 requires employers to select and require hand protection matched to the specific hazard: skin absorption, cuts, punctures, chemical or thermal burns, or temperature extremes. Because no glove does everything, chemical gloves are chosen by permeation breakthrough time (from SDS Section 8) and cut gloves by their ANSI/ISEA 105 level.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1910.138(a)","text":"Employers shall select and require employees to use appropriate hand protection when employees' hands are exposed to hazards such as those from skin absorption of harmful substances; severe cuts or lacerations; severe abrasions; punctures; chemical burns; thermal burns; and harmful temperature extremes.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1910.141","title":"Sanitation","shortTitle":"Sanitation","slug":"1910-141-sanitation","scope":"general","category":"general","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1910-141-sanitation","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1910.141 sets basic workplace sanitation requirements: employers must provide potable drinking water, toilet facilities scaled to the number of employees, washing facilities, and clean areas for eating, and must control vermin and dispose of waste properly. It protects the everyday health of the workforce.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1910.141(b)(1)(i)","text":"Potable water shall be provided in all places of employment, for drinking, washing of the person, cooking, washing of foods, washing of cooking or eating utensils, washing of food preparation or processing premises, and personal service rooms.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1910.142","title":"Temporary Labor Camps","shortTitle":"Temporary Labor Camps","slug":"1910-142-temporary-labor-camps","scope":"general","category":"general","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1910-142-temporary-labor-camps","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1910.142 sets the basic health and sanitation standards for temporary labor camps: employer-provided housing for workers, common in agriculture and some remote operations. It covers site selection and drainage, adequate shelter, a safe drinking-water supply, toilet and washing facilities, sewage disposal, garbage handling, food service, and insect and rodent control, so that housing provided to workers does not become a source of disease.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1910.142(a)(1)","text":"All sites used for camps shall be adequately drained. They shall not be subject to periodic flooding, nor located within 200 feet of swamps, pools, sink holes, or other surface collections of water unless such quiescent water surfaces can be subjected to mosquito control measures.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1910.144","title":"Safety Color Code for Marking Physical Hazards","shortTitle":"Safety Color Code","slug":"1910-144-safety-color-code","scope":"general","category":"general","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1910-144-safety-color-code","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1910.144 establishes the OSHA safety color code for marking physical hazards. Red is the basic color for identifying fire-protection equipment, danger, and stop (including emergency stop devices); yellow is the basic color for designating caution and marking physical hazards such as striking against, stumbling, falling, tripping, and caught-in-between. Consistent colors let workers instantly recognize hazards and safety equipment.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1910.144(a)(3)","text":"Yellow shall be the basic color for designating caution and for marking physical hazards such as: Striking against, stumbling, falling, tripping, and \"caught in between.\"","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1910.145","title":"Specifications for Accident Prevention Signs and Tags","shortTitle":"Safety Signs & Tags","slug":"1910-145-accident-prevention-signs","scope":"general","category":"general","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1910-145-accident-prevention-signs","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1910.145 standardizes the design and use of workplace safety signs and tags so their color and signal word carry a consistent meaning: DANGER signs (red) for immediate hazards, CAUTION signs (yellow) for potential hazards, safety-instruction signs for general guidance, and accident-prevention tags for temporary hazards such as out-of-service equipment.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1910.145(c)(1)(ii)","text":"All employees shall be instructed that danger signs indicate immediate danger and that special precautions are necessary.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1910.146","title":"Permit-Required Confined Spaces","shortTitle":"Confined Spaces","slug":"1910-146-confined-spaces","scope":"general","category":"confined_space","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1910-146-confined-spaces","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1910.146 governs permit-required confined spaces in general industry: employers must evaluate their spaces, and for those with atmospheric or other serious hazards, use a permit system with atmospheric testing, an attendant, an entry supervisor, and rescue arrangements before anyone enters. Not every confined space is permit-required, but every one must be evaluated.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1910.146(c)(1)","text":"The employer shall evaluate the workplace to determine if any spaces are permit-required confined spaces.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1910.147","title":"The Control of Hazardous Energy (Lockout/Tagout)","shortTitle":"Lockout/Tagout (LOTO)","slug":"1910-147-lockout-tagout","scope":"general","category":"lockout_tagout","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1910-147-lockout-tagout","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1910.147, the Control of Hazardous Energy (Lockout/Tagout), requires an energy-control program (machine-specific written procedures, employee training, and at-least-annual periodic inspections) so machines are isolated and their stored energy released and verified before servicing. It covers every energy form, not just electricity, and excludes construction.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1)","text":"The employer shall establish a program consisting of energy control procedures, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performs any servicing or maintenance on a machine or equipment where the unexpected energizing, start up or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment shall be isolated from the energy source, and rendered inoperative.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1910.151","title":"Medical Services and First Aid","shortTitle":"Medical & First Aid","slug":"1910-151-medical-first-aid","scope":"general","category":"medical","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1910-151-medical-first-aid","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1910.151 requires that, where no infirmary, clinic, or hospital is in near proximity, a trained first-aid provider and adequate first-aid supplies be available, and that quick-drenching or flushing facilities (eyewash and safety showers) be provided wherever workers may be exposed to injurious corrosive materials.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1910.151(b)","text":"In the absence of an infirmary, clinic, or hospital in near proximity to the workplace which is used for the treatment of all injured employees, a person or persons shall be adequately trained to render first aid. Adequate first aid supplies shall be readily available.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1910.155","title":"Fire Protection – Scope, Application, and Definitions","shortTitle":"Fire Protection Scope","slug":"1910-155-fire-protection-scope","scope":"general","category":"fire_protection","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1910-155-fire-protection-scope","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1910.155 is the scope, application, and definitions section for Subpart L: OSHA's general-industry fire-protection standards. Subpart L contains requirements for fire brigades and for all portable and fixed fire-suppression equipment, fire-detection systems, and fire or employee alarm systems installed to meet the fire-protection requirements of 29 CFR 1910. This section defines the terms used across those requirements.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1910.155(a)","text":"This subpart contains requirements for fire brigades, and all portable and fixed fire suppression equipment, fire detection systems, and fire or employee alarm systems installed to meet the fire protection requirements of 29 CFR part 1910.","kind":"summary"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1910.157","title":"Portable Fire Extinguishers","shortTitle":"Fire Extinguishers","slug":"1910-157-portable-fire-extinguishers","scope":"general","category":"fire_protection","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1910-157-portable-fire-extinguishers","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1910.157 governs portable fire extinguishers provided for employee use: they must be the right type for the hazard, mounted and accessible, visually inspected monthly, and maintained annually. Crucially, the moment an employer provides extinguishers for employees to use, it must train those employees on their use and on the hazards of early-stage firefighting.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1910.157(c)(1)","text":"The employer shall provide portable fire extinguishers and shall mount, locate and identify them so that they are readily accessible to employees without subjecting the employees to possible injury.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1910.160","title":"Fixed Extinguishing Systems – General","shortTitle":"Fixed Suppression Systems","slug":"1910-160-fixed-suppression-systems","scope":"general","category":"fire_protection","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1910-160-fixed-suppression-systems","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1910.160 sets the general requirements for fixed extinguishing systems: the built-in fire-suppression systems (such as CO2, dry chemical, foam, and gaseous agent systems) installed to protect specific hazards or areas. It applies to all fixed extinguishing systems installed to meet a particular OSHA standard, except automatic sprinkler systems (which are covered by 1910.159), and requires alarms, discharge warnings where the agent is hazardous, inspection, and maintenance.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1910.160(a)(1)","text":"This section applies to all fixed extinguishing systems installed to meet a particular OSHA standard except for automatic sprinkler systems which are covered by § 1910.159.","kind":"summary"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1910.176","title":"Handling Materials – General","shortTitle":"Materials Handling","slug":"1910-176-materials-handling","scope":"general","category":"general","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1910-176-materials-handling","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1910.176 governs the handling and storage of materials in general industry: aisles and passageways must be kept clear and in good repair, stored materials must be stacked, blocked, or interlocked so they cannot slide or collapse, and mechanical handling must keep safe clearances. It addresses the everyday hazards of warehouses and storage areas.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1910.176(b)","text":"Storage of material shall not create a hazard. Bags, containers, bundles, etc., stored in tiers shall be stacked, blocked, interlocked and limited in height so that they are stable and secure against sliding or collapse.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1910.178","title":"Powered Industrial Trucks (Forklifts)","shortTitle":"Forklifts","slug":"1910-178-powered-industrial-trucks","scope":"general","category":"general","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1910-178-powered-industrial-trucks","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1910.178 governs powered industrial trucks (forklifts): operators must be trained, evaluated, and certified for the specific truck and workplace before operating, with a re-evaluation at least every three years. There is no portable 'forklift license': certification is tied to the employer and the equipment.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(i)","text":"The employer shall ensure that each powered industrial truck operator is competent to operate a powered industrial truck safely, as demonstrated by the successful completion of the training and evaluation specified in this paragraph (l).","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1910.212","title":"General Requirements for All Machines","shortTitle":"Machine Guarding","slug":"1910-212-machine-guarding","scope":"general","category":"machine_guarding","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1910-212-machine-guarding","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1910.212 is OSHA's general machine-guarding standard: employers must guard machine hazards (points of operation, ingoing nip points, rotating parts, and flying chips or sparks) to protect the operator and other workers in the area. It is one of OSHA's most-cited standards and a leading source of amputation citations.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1)","text":"One or more methods of machine guarding shall be provided to protect the operator and other employees in the machine area from hazards such as those created by point of operation, ingoing nip points, rotating parts, flying chips and sparks.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1910.213","title":"Woodworking Machinery Requirements","shortTitle":"Woodworking Machinery","slug":"1910-213-woodworking-machinery","scope":"general","category":"machine_guarding","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1910-213-woodworking-machinery","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1910.213 governs woodworking machinery such as table saws, band saws, and jointers: circular saws must be guarded by a hood that completely encloses the blade above the table and equipped with a spreader and anti-kickback fingers, so operators are protected from blade contact and from kickback of the workpiece.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1910.213(c)(1)","text":"Each circular hand-fed ripsaw shall be guarded by a hood which shall completely enclose that portion of the saw above the table and that portion of the saw above the material being cut.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1910.215","title":"Abrasive Wheel Machinery","shortTitle":"Abrasive Wheels","slug":"1910-215-abrasive-wheel-machinery","scope":"general","category":"machine_guarding","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1910-215-abrasive-wheel-machinery","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1910.215 governs abrasive-wheel machinery such as bench and pedestal grinders: wheels must have a safety guard, the work rest must stay within 1/8 inch of the wheel, the adjustable tongue guard within 1/4 inch, and wheels must be ring-tested for cracks before mounting. Those two small clearances are what OSHA actually cites.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1910.215(a)(4)","text":"Work rests shall be kept adjusted closely to the wheel with a maximum opening of one-eighth inch to prevent the work from being jammed between the wheel and the rest, which may cause wheel breakage.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1910.217","title":"Mechanical Power Presses","shortTitle":"Power Presses","slug":"1910-217-mechanical-power-presses","scope":"general","category":"machine_guarding","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1910-217-mechanical-power-presses","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1910.217 governs mechanical power presses: the employer must provide and ensure the use of a point-of-operation guard or a properly applied point-of-operation device on every press operation, so a worker's hands cannot enter the die. It also requires safeguarding of the controls, brake monitoring, and reporting of point-of-operation injuries to OSHA.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1910.217(c)(1)(i)","text":"It shall be the responsibility of the employer to provide and insure the usage of \"point of operation guards\" or properly applied and adjusted point of operation devices on every operation performed on a mechanical power press.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1910.219","title":"Mechanical Power-Transmission Apparatus","shortTitle":"Power Transmission","slug":"1910-219-mechanical-power-transmission","scope":"general","category":"machine_guarding","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1910-219-mechanical-power-transmission","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1910.219 requires guarding of mechanical power-transmission apparatus: belts, pulleys, shafts, couplings, gears, sprockets, chains and flywheels must be enclosed or guarded. The trigger differs by component: pulleys and horizontal shafting are caught when any part sits seven feet or less from the floor or working platform (1910.219(d)(1) and (c)(2)(i)), while gears must be guarded whatever their height (1910.219(f)(1)); sprockets and chains, by contrast, are enclosed under (f)(3) unless they sit more than seven feet above the floor or platform.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1910.219(c)(2)(i)","text":"All exposed parts of horizontal shafting seven (7) feet or less from floor or working platform, excepting runways used exclusively for oiling, or running adjustments, shall be protected by a stationary casing enclosing shafting completely or by a trough enclosing sides and top or sides and bottom of shafting as location requires.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1910.242","title":"Hand and Portable Powered Tools and Equipment – General","shortTitle":"Hand & Power Tools","slug":"1910-242-hand-portable-tools","scope":"general","category":"general","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1910-242-hand-portable-tools","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1910.242 sets the general requirements for hand and portable powered tools in general industry: the employer is responsible for the safe condition of all tools used by employees, including those the employees furnish, and compressed air used for cleaning must be reduced to less than 30 psi and used with chip guarding and PPE.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1910.242(a)","text":"Each employer shall be responsible for the safe condition of tools and equipment used by employees, including tools and equipment which may be furnished by employees.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1910.243","title":"Guarding of Portable Powered Tools","shortTitle":"Portable Tool Guarding","slug":"1910-243-guarding-portable-power-tools","scope":"general","category":"machine_guarding","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1910-243-guarding-portable-power-tools","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1910.243 sets guarding requirements for portable powered tools in general industry. It requires guards on the hazardous parts of handheld tools, for example, portable circular saws with a blade over 2 inches must have guards above and below the base plate, abrasive grinders need wheel guards, and belt sanders must be guarded, so the moving blade, wheel, or belt cannot contact the operator.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1910.243(a)(1)(i)","text":"All portable, power-driven circular saws having a blade diameter greater than 2 in. shall be equipped with guards above and below the base plate or shoe.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1910.244","title":"Other Portable Tools and Equipment","shortTitle":"Other Portable Tools","slug":"1910-244-other-portable-tools","scope":"general","category":"general","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1910-244-other-portable-tools","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1910.244 covers \"other portable tools and equipment\" not addressed by the portable-power-tool guarding standard: principally jacks (lever, ratchet, screw, and hydraulic) and abrasive blasting operations. For jacks, it requires that the operator ensure the jack has a rating sufficient for the load, that the rated load be marked on the jack, and that jacks be used and maintained safely; it also addresses abrasive blasting equipment.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1910.244(a)(1)(i)","text":"The operator shall make sure that the jack used has a rating sufficient to lift and sustain the load.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1910.252","title":"General Requirements for Welding, Cutting, and Brazing","shortTitle":"Welding General Requirements","slug":"1910-252-welding-general","scope":"general","category":"welding","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1910-252-welding-general","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1910.252 sets the general requirements for welding, cutting, and brazing: fire prevention and hot-work precautions (a fire watch, moving or shielding combustibles), ventilation or respiratory protection against fumes, and protection from arc radiation and hot metal. It underlies the process-specific arc and gas welding standards.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1910.252(a)(2)(iii)(A)–(B): Fire watch","text":"Fire watchers shall be required whenever welding or cutting is performed in locations where other than a minor fire might develop, or any of the following conditions exist: … A fire watch shall be maintained for at least a half hour after completion of welding or cutting operations to detect and extinguish possible smoldering fires.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1910.253","title":"Oxygen-Fuel Gas Welding and Cutting","shortTitle":"Oxy-Fuel Welding","slug":"1910-253-oxygen-fuel-gas-welding","scope":"general","category":"welding","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1910-253-oxygen-fuel-gas-welding","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1910.253 governs oxygen-fuel gas welding and cutting: compressed-gas cylinders must be stored upright and secured, oxygen and fuel-gas cylinders kept separated (by 20 feet or a firewall), regulators and hoses maintained, and cylinders handled to prevent leaks and impact. It controls the storage and handling hazards of oxy-acetylene work.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1910.253(b)(4)(iii)","text":"Oxygen cylinders in storage shall be separated from fuel-gas cylinders or combustible materials (especially oil or grease), a minimum distance of 20 feet (6.1 m) or by a noncombustible barrier at least 5 feet (1.5 m) high having a fire-resistance rating of at least one-half hour.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1910.254","title":"Arc Welding and Cutting","shortTitle":"Arc Welding","slug":"1910-254-arc-welding","scope":"general","category":"welding","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1910-254-arc-welding","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1910.254 sets the safety requirements for arc welding and cutting in general industry. It covers selecting welding equipment of a safe, approved design, installing and grounding it safely, maintaining electrode holders and cables in good condition, and operating safely, with the operator required to report any equipment defect or safety hazard and stop using the equipment until it is made safe.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1910.254(d)","text":"The operator should report any equipment defect or safety hazard to his supervisor and the use of the equipment shall be discontinued until its safety has been assured.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1910.261","title":"Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Mills","shortTitle":"Pulp & Paper Mills","slug":"1910-261-pulp-paper-mills","scope":"general","category":"general","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1910-261-pulp-paper-mills","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1910.261 is the vertical safety standard for pulp, paper, and paperboard mills. It applies to establishments where pulp, paper, and paperboard are manufactured and converted, and it covers the industry's characteristic hazards: machine guarding on rolls and calenders, chemical exposures (chlorine, chlorine dioxide, digester liquors), steam and pressure, and confined spaces like digesters and tanks.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1910.261(a)(1)","text":"This section applies to establishments where pulp, paper, and paperboard are manufactured and converted. This section does not apply to logging and the transportation of logs to pulp, paper, and paperboard mills.","kind":"summary"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1910.263","title":"Bakery Equipment","shortTitle":"Bakery Equipment","slug":"1910-263-bakery-equipment","scope":"general","category":"machine_guarding","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1910-263-bakery-equipment","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1910.263 is the special-industry standard for bakery equipment. It applies to the design, installation, operation, and maintenance of machinery and equipment used within a bakery (including mixers, dough brakes and sheeters, dividers, moulders, and ovens) and requires guarding and safeguards to protect workers from the amputation, burn, and caught-in hazards of that machinery.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1910.263(a)(1)","text":"The requirements of this section shall apply to the design, installation, operation and maintenance of machinery and equipment used within a bakery.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1910.265","title":"Sawmills","shortTitle":"Sawmills","slug":"1910-265-sawmills","scope":"general","category":"general","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1910-265-sawmills","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1910.265 is the special-industry standard for sawmills. It requires that buildings, docks, tramways, walkways, log dumps, and other structures be designed and maintained to carry their loads with a safety factor, and it sets requirements for guarding saws and machinery, safe log and lumber handling, and the layout of the mill: addressing the crushing, struck-by, and amputation hazards of sawmill work.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1910.265(c)(1)","text":"All buildings, docks, tramways, walkways, log dumps, and other structures shall be designed, constructed and maintained so as to support the imposed load in accordance with a safety factor.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1910.266","title":"Logging Operations","shortTitle":"Logging Operations","slug":"1910-266-logging-operations","scope":"general","category":"general","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1910-266-logging-operations","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1910.266 is the logging standard, establishing safety practices, means, methods, and operations for all types of logging regardless of the end use of the wood. It covers manual and mechanical felling, limbing, bucking, and yarding, and requires personal protective equipment (including leg protection and head, eye, and hearing protection for chainsaw operators), first-aid provisions, and training for a job that is consistently among the most dangerous in the country.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1910.266(b)(1)","text":"This standard establishes safety practices, means, methods and operations for all types of logging, regardless of the end use of the wood.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1910.268","title":"Telecommunications","shortTitle":"Telecommunications","slug":"1910-268-telecommunications","scope":"general","category":"electrical","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1910-268-telecommunications","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1910.268 sets the safety and health standards for telecommunications work: the conditions, practices, methods, and operations at telecommunications centers and field installations. It covers the industry's characteristic hazards: climbing and working aloft on poles and structures, entering manholes and other confined spaces, working with cables and pressurized lines, and electrical hazards including contact with power lines.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1910.268(a)(1)","text":"This section sets forth safety and health standards that apply to the work conditions, practices, means, methods, operations, installations and processes performed at telecommunications centers and at telecommunications field installations, which are located outdoors or in building spaces used for such field installations.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1910.269","title":"Electric Power Generation, Transmission, and Distribution","shortTitle":"Electric Power Operations","slug":"1910-269-electric-power-generation","scope":"general","category":"electrical","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1910-269-electric-power-generation","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1910.269 covers the operation and maintenance of electric power generation, control, transformation, transmission, and distribution lines and equipment. It sets the safety rules for utility electrical workers: de-energizing and grounding, minimum approach distances to energized parts, protection from electric arcs (arc-flash), work on or near live lines, and the training and procedures for high-voltage work.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1910.269(a)(1)(i)","text":"This section covers the operation and maintenance of electric power generation, control, transformation, transmission, and distribution lines and equipment.","kind":"summary"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1910.303","title":"Electrical – General Requirements","shortTitle":"Electrical General","slug":"1910-303-electrical-general","scope":"general","category":"electrical","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1910-303-electrical-general","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1910.303 sets the general electrical requirements for general industry: electrical equipment must be approved (listed or labeled by a nationally recognized testing laboratory), installed and used per its listing, and live parts operating at 50 volts or more must be guarded against accidental contact. 'Approved' is a term of art, not a judgment call.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1910.303(a)","text":"The conductors and equipment required or permitted by this subpart shall be acceptable only if approved, as defined in § 1910.399.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1910.304","title":"Wiring Design and Protection","shortTitle":"Wiring Design","slug":"1910-304-wiring-design","scope":"general","category":"electrical","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1910-304-wiring-design","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1910.304 sets the wiring design and protection requirements for general industry: the path to ground from circuits, equipment, and enclosures must be permanent, continuous, and effective, receptacles in higher-risk locations such as bathrooms and rooftops must have ground-fault circuit interrupter (GFCI) protection, and circuits must have proper overcurrent protection.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1910.304(g)(5)","text":"The path to ground from circuits, equipment, and enclosures shall be permanent, continuous, and effective.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1910.305","title":"Wiring Methods, Components, and Equipment","shortTitle":"Electrical Wiring Methods","slug":"1910-305-electrical-wiring","scope":"general","category":"electrical","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1910-305-electrical-wiring","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1910.305 governs wiring methods, components, and equipment in general industry: flexible cords may not substitute for fixed wiring, conductors must be spliced and enclosed in approved boxes, and equipment must be properly grounded. It is where OSHA cites the everyday extension-cord and open-box hazards.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1910.305(g)(1)(iv)","text":"Unless specifically permitted otherwise..., flexible cords and cables may not be used: (A) As a substitute for the fixed wiring of a structure; (B) Where run through holes in walls, ceilings, or floors; (C) Where run through doorways, windows, or similar openings; (D) Where attached to building surfaces; [or] (E) Where concealed behind building walls, ceilings, or floors.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1910.331","title":"Electrical Safety-Related Work Practices – Scope","shortTitle":"Electrical Work Practices","slug":"1910-331-electrical-safety-work-practices","scope":"general","category":"electrical","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1910-331-electrical-safety-work-practices","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1910.331 is the scope section for OSHA's general-industry electrical safety-related work practices (1910.331 through 1910.335). It establishes that those rules cover both qualified persons (trained to avoid electrical hazards near exposed energized parts) and unqualified persons (with little or no such training) who work on, near, or with electrical installations: the foundation for the de-energizing, lockout, and safe-practice requirements that follow.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1910.331(a)","text":"The provisions of §§1910.331 through 1910.335 cover electrical safety-related work practices for both qualified persons (those who have training in avoiding the electrical hazards of working on or near exposed energized parts) and unqualified persons (those with little or no such training) working on, near, or with the following installations:","kind":"summary"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1910.332","title":"Electrical Safety Training","shortTitle":"Electrical Safety Training","slug":"1910-332-electrical-training","scope":"general","category":"training","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1910-332-electrical-training","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1910.332 requires employers to train workers who face a risk of electric shock in the safety-related work practices of 1910.331 through 1910.335. Both qualified persons (who work on or near exposed energized parts) and certain unqualified persons must be trained in the practices that pertain to their specific job assignments.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1910.332(b)(1)","text":"Employees shall be trained in and familiar with the safety-related work practices required by §§ 1910.331 through 1910.335 that pertain to their respective job assignments.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1910.333","title":"Selection and Use of Work Practices","shortTitle":"Electrical Work Practice Selection","slug":"1910-333-selection-use-work-practices","scope":"general","category":"electrical","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1910-333-selection-use-work-practices","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1910.333 sets the safety-related work practices for electrical work: conductors and parts must be de-energized before work unless de-energizing introduces a greater hazard or is infeasible, and de-energized parts must be locked out and verified dead. Working live is the exception, not the norm, and requires specific precautions.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1910.333(a)(1)","text":"Live parts to which an employee may be exposed shall be deenergized before the employee works on or near them, unless the employer can demonstrate that deenergizing introduces additional or increased hazards or is infeasible due to equipment design or operational limitations.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1910.334","title":"Use of Equipment","shortTitle":"Electrical Equipment Use","slug":"1910-334-electrical-equipment-use","scope":"general","category":"electrical","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1910-334-electrical-equipment-use","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1910.334 sets safe work practices for using electrical equipment: portable cord-and-plug equipment must be visually inspected for damage before use, defective equipment must be removed from service, and workers must not use damaged cords, overload circuits, or handle energized equipment with wet hands. It covers the everyday use of tools and cords.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1910.334(a)(2)(i)","text":"Portable cord- and plug-connected equipment and flexible cord sets (extension cords) shall be visually inspected before use on any shift for external defects (such as loose parts, deformed and missing pins, or damage to outer jacket or insulation) and for evidence of possible internal damage (such as pinched or crushed outer jacket).","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1910.1000","title":"Air Contaminants (PEL Tables)","shortTitle":"Air Contaminants / PELs","slug":"1910-1000-air-contaminants","scope":"general","category":"health_hazards","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1910-1000-air-contaminants","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1910.1000 caps general-industry exposure to hundreds of air contaminants at the permissible exposure limits in its Z-Tables, and requires feasible engineering and work-practice controls to achieve those limits before respirators. Many of these PELs date to 1971 and are the legal floor, not a guarantee of safety.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1910.1000(a)","text":"An employee's exposure to any substance listed in Tables Z-1, Z-2, or Z-3 of this section shall be limited in accordance with the requirements of the following paragraphs of this section.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1910.1001","title":"Asbestos (General Industry)","shortTitle":"Asbestos (GI)","slug":"1910-1001-asbestos","scope":"general","category":"health_hazards","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1910-1001-asbestos","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1910.1001 protects general-industry workers from asbestos, a confirmed carcinogen, capping exposure at a 0.1 fiber/cc 8-hour TWA with a 1 f/cc 30-minute excursion limit. It requires exposure monitoring, regulated areas, engineering controls, respirators, and medical surveillance, and the PEL is a legal ceiling, not a safe level.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1910.1001(c)(1)","text":"The employer shall ensure that no employee is exposed to an airborne concentration of asbestos in excess of 0.1 fiber per cubic centimeter of air as an eight (8)-hour time-weighted average (TWA).","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1910.1003","title":"13 Carcinogens (4-Nitrobiphenyl, etc.)","shortTitle":"OSHA 13 Carcinogens","slug":"1910-1003-carcinogens","scope":"general","category":"health_hazards","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1910-1003-carcinogens","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1910.1003 regulates 13 specific chemical carcinogens (including 4-nitrobiphenyl, alpha- and beta-naphthylamine, benzidine, and bis-chloromethyl ether) that are so hazardous the standard controls them not with an exposure limit but by confining them to regulated areas, requiring closed systems or strict controls, restricting access, and setting decontamination, labeling, and reporting rules.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1910.1003(a)(1)","text":"This section applies to any area in which the 13 carcinogens addressed by this section are manufactured, processed, repackaged, released, handled, or stored, but shall not apply to transshipment in sealed containers, except for the labeling requirements under paragraphs (e)(2), (3) and (4) of this section.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1910.1018","title":"Inorganic Arsenic","shortTitle":"Inorganic Arsenic","slug":"1910-1018-inorganic-arsenic","scope":"general","category":"health_hazards","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1910-1018-inorganic-arsenic","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1910.1018 protects general-industry workers from inorganic arsenic, a carcinogen linked to lung and skin cancer found in copper smelting, glass, semiconductor, and pesticide and wood-treating operations. It caps exposure at 10 µg/m³ as an 8-hour TWA with a 5 µg/m³ action level, requiring monitoring, engineering controls, regulated areas, and medical surveillance.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1910.1018(c)","text":"The employer shall assure that no employee is exposed to inorganic arsenic at concentrations greater than 10 micrograms per cubic meter of air (10 µg/m3), averaged over any 8-hour period.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1910.1020","title":"Access to Employee Exposure and Medical Records","shortTitle":"Exposure & Medical Records","slug":"1910-1020-exposure-records","scope":"general","category":"recordkeeping","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1910-1020-exposure-records","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1910.1020 gives workers and their representatives the right to access their exposure and medical records, and sets how long those records must be kept: employee exposure records for at least 30 years, and medical records for the duration of employment plus 30 years. It is the retention backbone behind every substance-specific health standard.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1910.1020(d)(1)(ii)","text":"Each employee exposure record shall be preserved and maintained for at least thirty (30) years...","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1910.1025","title":"Lead (General Industry)","shortTitle":"Lead (GI)","slug":"1910-1025-lead","scope":"general","category":"health_hazards","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1910-1025-lead","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1910.1025 protects general-industry workers from lead, capping airborne exposure at a 50 µg/m³ 8-hour TWA with a 30 µg/m³ action level. It requires exposure monitoring, engineering controls, medical surveillance with blood-lead testing, and medical removal protection for workers whose blood-lead rises too high.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1910.1025(c)(1)","text":"The employer shall assure that no employee is exposed to lead at concentrations greater than fifty micrograms per cubic meter of air (50 µg/m3) averaged over an 8-hour period.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1910.1026","title":"Chromium (VI) (Hexavalent Chromium)","shortTitle":"Hexavalent Chromium","slug":"1910-1026-chromium-vi","scope":"general","category":"health_hazards","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1910-1026-chromium-vi","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1910.1026 protects general-industry workers from hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI)), a lung carcinogen, capping exposure at 5 µg/m³ as an 8-hour TWA with a 2.5 µg/m³ action level. Cr(VI) is often generated by welding or cutting stainless steel, not just handled as a chemical, so process operations must be assessed.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1910.1026(c)","text":"The employer shall ensure that no employee is exposed to an airborne concentration of chromium (VI) in excess of 5 micrograms per cubic meter of air (5 µg/m3), calculated as an 8-hour time-weighted average (TWA).","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1910.1027","title":"Cadmium (General Industry)","shortTitle":"Cadmium (GI)","slug":"1910-1027-cadmium","scope":"general","category":"health_hazards","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1910-1027-cadmium","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1910.1027 protects general-industry workers from cadmium, a kidney toxin and carcinogen, capping exposure at 5 µg/m³ as an 8-hour TWA with a 2.5 µg/m³ action level. Unusually, it tracks the body directly, biological monitoring of cadmium in blood and urine, and removes workers whose levels climb too high.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1910.1027(c)","text":"The employer shall assure that no employee is exposed to an airborne concentration of cadmium in excess of five micrograms per cubic meter of air (5 µg/m3), calculated as an eight-hour time-weighted average exposure (TWA).","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1910.1028","title":"Benzene","shortTitle":"Benzene","slug":"1910-1028-benzene","scope":"general","category":"health_hazards","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1910-1028-benzene","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1910.1028 protects general-industry workers from benzene, a carcinogen that causes leukemia, with three limits: a 1 ppm 8-hour TWA, a 5 ppm 15-minute STEL, and a 0.5 ppm action level. Medical surveillance built around the complete blood count is required above the action level.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1910.1028(c)(1)","text":"The employer shall assure that no employee is exposed to an airborne concentration of benzene in excess of one part of benzene per million parts of air (1 ppm) as an 8-hour time-weighted average.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1910.1029","title":"Coke Oven Emissions","shortTitle":"Coke Oven Emissions","slug":"1910-1029-coke-oven-emissions","scope":"general","category":"health_hazards","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1910-1029-coke-oven-emissions","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1910.1029 protects steel-industry workers from coke oven emissions: the complex mixture of gases, vapors, and particulates released when coal is baked into coke. The emissions are carcinogenic (lung and kidney cancer). The standard caps exposure at 150 µg/m³ as an 8-hour TWA for workers in the regulated area, requiring engineering controls, monitoring, protective equipment, and medical surveillance.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1910.1029(c)","text":"The employer shall assure that no employee in the regulated area is exposed to coke oven emissions at concentrations greater than 150 micrograms per cubic meter of air (150 µg/m3), averaged over any 8-hour period.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1910.1030","title":"Bloodborne Pathogens","shortTitle":"Bloodborne Pathogens","slug":"1910-1030-bloodborne-pathogens","scope":"general","category":"health_hazards","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1910-1030-bloodborne-pathogens","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1910.1030 protects workers with occupational exposure to blood or other potentially infectious material from bloodborne pathogens such as HIV and hepatitis B and C. It requires a written exposure control plan, universal precautions, engineering and work-practice controls, free hepatitis B vaccination, and post-exposure evaluation and follow-up.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1910.1030(b): Occupational Exposure","text":"Occupational Exposure means reasonably anticipated skin, eye, mucous membrane, or parenteral contact with blood or other potentially infectious materials that may result from the performance of an employee's duties.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1910.1043","title":"Cotton Dust","shortTitle":"Cotton Dust","slug":"1910-1043-cotton-dust","scope":"general","category":"health_hazards","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1910-1043-cotton-dust","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1910.1043 protects textile workers from cotton dust, which causes byssinosis (brown lung): a disabling respiratory disease. For yarn manufacturing it caps exposure at 200 µg/m³ of lint-free respirable cotton dust as an 8-hour TWA (higher limits apply to slashing and weaving and to waste processing), requiring monitoring, engineering controls, respirators, and medical surveillance with pulmonary function testing.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1910.1043(c)(1)(i)","text":"The employer shall assure that no employee who is exposed to cotton dust in yarn manufacturing and cotton washing operations is exposed to airborne concentrations of lint-free respirable cotton dust greater than 200 µg/m3 mean concentration, averaged over an eight-hour period, as measured be [sic] a vertical elutriator or an equivalent instrument.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1910.1044","title":"1,2-dibromo-3-chloropropane (DBCP)","shortTitle":"DBCP","slug":"1910-1044-dbcp","scope":"general","category":"health_hazards","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1910-1044-dbcp","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1910.1044 protects general-industry workers from 1,2-dibromo-3-chloropropane (DBCP), a former pesticide that is a carcinogen and a reproductive toxin known to cause male sterility. It caps exposure at 1 ppb as an 8-hour TWA, requiring monitoring, engineering controls, regulated areas, protective equipment, and medical surveillance including reproductive evaluation.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1910.1044(c)(1)","text":"The employer shall assure that no employee is exposed to an airborne concentration of DBCP in excess of 1 part DBCP per billion parts of air (ppb) as an 8-hour time-weighted average.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1910.1045","title":"Acrylonitrile","shortTitle":"Acrylonitrile","slug":"1910-1045-acrylonitrile","scope":"general","category":"health_hazards","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1910-1045-acrylonitrile","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1910.1045 protects general-industry workers from acrylonitrile (AN, or vinyl cyanide), a carcinogen used to make acrylic fibers, ABS and SAN plastics, and nitrile rubber. It caps exposure at 2 ppm as an 8-hour TWA with a 10 ppm 15-minute ceiling and a 1 ppm action level, requiring monitoring, controls, regulated areas, and medical surveillance.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1910.1045(c)(1)","text":"The employer shall assure that no employee is exposed to an airborne concentration of acrylonitrile in excess of two (2) parts acrylonitrile per million parts of air (2 ppm) as an eight (8)-hour time-weighted average.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1910.1047","title":"Ethylene Oxide","shortTitle":"Ethylene Oxide (EtO)","slug":"1910-1047-ethylene-oxide","scope":"general","category":"health_hazards","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1910-1047-ethylene-oxide","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1910.1047 protects general-industry workers from ethylene oxide (EtO), a carcinogenic and reproductive-hazard gas used to sterilize medical devices and in chemical manufacturing. It caps exposure at 1 ppm as an 8-hour TWA with a 5 ppm 15-minute excursion limit and a 0.5 ppm action level, requiring monitoring, controls, regulated areas, and medical surveillance.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1910.1047(c)(1)","text":"The employer shall ensure that no employee is exposed to an airborne concentration of EtO in excess of one (1) part EtO per million parts of air (1 ppm) as an 8-hour time-weighted average (8-hour TWA).","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1910.1048","title":"Formaldehyde","shortTitle":"Formaldehyde","slug":"1910-1048-formaldehyde","scope":"general","category":"health_hazards","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1910-1048-formaldehyde","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1910.1048 protects general-industry workers from formaldehyde, both a carcinogen and a respiratory and skin sensitizer, with a 0.75 ppm 8-hour TWA, a 2 ppm STEL, and a 0.5 ppm action level. Exposure often comes from formalin solutions and resins, not just pure gas.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1910.1048(c)(1)","text":"The employer shall assure that no employee is exposed to an airborne concentration of formaldehyde which exceeds 0.75 parts formaldehyde per million parts of air (0.75 ppm) as an 8-hour TWA.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1910.1050","title":"Methylenedianiline (MDA)","shortTitle":"MDA","slug":"1910-1050-methylenedianiline","scope":"general","category":"health_hazards","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1910-1050-methylenedianiline","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1910.1050 protects general-industry workers from 4,4'-methylenedianiline (MDA), a curing agent in epoxy resins and a carcinogen and liver toxin that is readily absorbed through the skin. It caps exposure at 10 ppb as an 8-hour TWA with a 100 ppb 15-minute STEL and a 5 ppb action level, requiring monitoring, controls, skin protection, and medical surveillance.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1910.1050(c)","text":"The employer shall assure that no employee is exposed to an airborne concentration of MDA in excess of ten parts per billion (10 ppb) as an 8-hour time-weighted average or a STEL of 100 ppb.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1910.1051","title":"1,3-Butadiene","shortTitle":"Butadiene","slug":"1910-1051-butadiene","scope":"general","category":"health_hazards","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1910-1051-butadiene","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1910.1051 protects general-industry workers from 1,3-butadiene (BD), a gas used to make synthetic rubber and plastics and a carcinogen linked to leukemia. It caps exposure at 1 ppm as an 8-hour TWA with a 5 ppm 15-minute STEL and a 0.5 ppm action level, requiring monitoring, controls, regulated areas, and medical surveillance.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1910.1051(c)(1)","text":"The employer shall ensure that no employee is exposed to an airborne concentration of BD in excess of one (1) part BD per million parts of air (ppm) measured as an eight (8)-hour time-weighted average.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1910.1052","title":"Methylene Chloride","shortTitle":"Methylene Chloride","slug":"1910-1052-methylene-chloride","scope":"general","category":"health_hazards","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1910-1052-methylene-chloride","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1910.1052 protects general-industry workers from methylene chloride (dichloromethane, or MC), a solvent that is a carcinogen and metabolizes to carbon monoxide, stressing the heart. It caps exposure at 25 ppm as an 8-hour TWA with a 125 ppm 15-minute STEL and a 12.5 ppm action level, requiring monitoring, controls, and medical surveillance.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1910.1052(c)(1)","text":"The employer shall ensure that no employee is exposed to an airborne concentration of MC in excess of twenty-five parts of MC per million parts of air (25 ppm) as an 8-hour TWA.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1910.1053","title":"Respirable Crystalline Silica (General Industry)","shortTitle":"Silica (General Industry)","slug":"1910-1053-silica-general-industry","scope":"general","category":"silica","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1910-1053-silica-general-industry","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1910.1053 protects general-industry and maritime workers from respirable crystalline silica, capping exposure at 50 µg/m³ as an 8-hour TWA with a 25 µg/m³ action level. Unlike construction, it has no Table 1: employers must assess each worker's exposure and control it to the PEL, with medical surveillance above the action level.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1910.1053(c)","text":"The employer shall ensure that no employee is exposed to an airborne concentration of respirable crystalline silica in excess of 50 µg/m3, calculated as an 8-hour TWA.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1910.1200","title":"Hazard Communication Standard (HazCom)","shortTitle":"HazCom / GHS","slug":"1910-1200-hazard-communication","scope":"general","category":"hazcom","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1910-1200-hazard-communication","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1910.1200, the Hazard Communication Standard (HazCom), is OSHA's chemical right-to-know rule: employers must classify the hazards of the chemicals they use and communicate them through a written program, GHS-aligned container labels, Safety Data Sheets, and worker training. It was second on OSHA's list of most-cited standards for FY2025.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)","text":"Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also includes the following: (i) A list of the hazardous chemicals known to be present using a product identifier that is referenced on the appropriate safety data sheet (the list may be compiled for the workplace as a whole or for individual work areas); and, (ii) The methods the employer will use to inform employees of the hazards of non-routine tasks (for example, the cleaning of reactor vessels), and the hazards associated with chemicals contained in unlabeled pipes in their work areas.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1910.95","title":"Occupational Noise Exposure","shortTitle":"Noise Exposure","slug":"1910-95-occupational-noise-exposure","scope":"general","category":"noise","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1910-95-occupational-noise-exposure","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1910.95 limits occupational noise to a 90 dBA permissible exposure limit as an 8-hour time-weighted average, and requires a hearing conservation program (noise monitoring, annual audiograms, hearing protectors, and training) for workers exposed at or above an 85 dBA action level.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1910.95(a)","text":"Protection against the effects of noise exposure shall be provided when the sound levels exceed those shown in Table G-16 when measured on the A scale of a standard sound level meter at slow response.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1904.4","title":"Recording Criteria for Cases","shortTitle":"Recording Criteria","slug":"1904-4-recording-criteria","scope":"general","category":"recordkeeping","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1904-4-recording-criteria","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1904.4 is the gateway rule for OSHA injury and illness recordkeeping: an employer that must keep records has to record every case that is (1) work-related, (2) a new case, and (3) meets the general recording criteria of §1904.7 or the specific-case rules of §§1904.8–1904.12. If all three are true, the case goes on the OSHA 300 Log.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1904.4(a)","text":"Each employer required by this part to keep records of fatalities, injuries, and illnesses must record each fatality, injury and illness that: (1) Is work-related; and (2) Is a new case; and (3) Meets one or more of the general recording criteria of §1904.7 or the application to specific cases of §§1904.8 through 1904.12.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1904.5","title":"Determination of Work-Relatedness","shortTitle":"Work-Relatedness","slug":"1904-5-work-relatedness","scope":"general","category":"recordkeeping","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1904-5-work-relatedness","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1904.5 defines when an injury or illness counts as work-related for OSHA recordkeeping. It is work-related if an event or exposure in the work environment caused or contributed to the condition, or significantly aggravated a pre-existing one. Work-relatedness is presumed for anything arising in the work environment unless one of the specific exceptions in §1904.5(b)(2) applies.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1904.5(a)","text":"You must consider an injury or illness to be work-related if an event or exposure in the work environment either caused or contributed to the resulting condition or significantly aggravated a pre-existing injury or illness. Work-relatedness is presumed for injuries and illnesses resulting from events or exposures occurring in the work environment, unless an exception in §1904.5(b)(2) specifically applies.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1904.7","title":"General Recording Criteria for Cases","shortTitle":"General Recording Criteria","slug":"1904-7-general-recording-criteria","scope":"general","category":"recordkeeping","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1904-7-general-recording-criteria","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1904.7 sets the general recording criteria: the \"what happened?\" prong of recordability. A work-related, new case is recordable if it results in death, days away from work, restricted work or transfer to another job, medical treatment beyond first aid, or loss of consciousness, or if it is a significant injury or illness diagnosed by a physician or other licensed health care professional.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1904.7(a)","text":"You must consider an injury or illness to meet the general recording criteria, and therefore to be recordable, if it results in any of the following: death, days away from work, restricted work or transfer to another job, medical treatment beyond first aid, or loss of consciousness. You must also consider a case to meet the general recording criteria if it involves a significant injury or illness diagnosed by a physician or other licensed health care professional, even if it does not result in death, days away from work, restricted work or job transfer, medical treatment beyond first aid, or loss of consciousness.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1904.29","title":"OSHA Forms 300, 300A, and 301","shortTitle":"OSHA Injury Forms","slug":"1904-29-forms","scope":"general","category":"recordkeeping","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1904-29-forms","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1904.29 specifies the forms of the recordkeeping system: employers must use the OSHA 300 Log of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses, the 300-A annual summary, and the 301 Incident Report, or equivalent forms. It sets a 7-calendar-day deadline to enter a recordable case and creates \"privacy concern case\" rules that keep certain employees' names off the shared Log.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1904.29(a)","text":"You must use OSHA 300, 300-A, and 301 forms, or equivalent forms, for recordable injuries and illnesses.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1904.30","title":"Multiple Business Establishments","shortTitle":"Multiple Establishments","slug":"1904-30-multiple-business-establishments","scope":"general","category":"recordkeeping","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1904-30-multiple-business-establishments","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1904.30 tells an employer with more than one establishment which OSHA 300 Log each case goes on. An establishment expected to operate for a year or longer keeps its own log. Short-term establishments still keep records but can share one log, and every employee is linked to one establishment so no case falls between logs.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1904.30(a)","text":"You must keep a separate OSHA 300 Log for each establishment that is expected to be in operation for one year or longer.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":"2026-09-30"},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1904.32","title":"Annual Summary (OSHA 300A)","shortTitle":"Annual Summary 300A","slug":"1904-32-annual-summary","scope":"general","category":"recordkeeping","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1904-32-annual-summary","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1904.32 governs the year-end 300-A summary. At the end of each calendar year an employer must review the OSHA 300 Log for accuracy, create the 300-A annual summary of that year's cases, have a company executive certify it, and post the 300-A where notices are usually posted, from February 1 through April 30 of the following year.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1904.32(a)","text":"At the end of each calendar year, you must: (1) Review the OSHA 300 Log to verify that the entries are complete and accurate, and correct any deficiencies identified; (2) Create an annual summary of injuries and illnesses recorded on the OSHA 300 Log; (3) Certify the summary; and (4) Post the annual summary.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1904.33","title":"Retention and Updating of Records","shortTitle":"Record Retention","slug":"1904-33-employee-retention-records","scope":"general","category":"recordkeeping","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1904-33-employee-retention-records","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1904.33 sets how long injury records must be kept and updated. Employers must retain the OSHA 300 Log, the privacy case list, the 300-A annual summary, and the 301 Incident Reports for five years after the end of the calendar year the records cover, and must update the stored 300 Log (though not the 300-A or 301) if they later learn of a new recordable case or a change to a recorded one.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1904.33(a)","text":"You must save the OSHA 300 Log, the privacy case list (if one exists), the annual summary, and the OSHA 301 Incident Report forms for five (5) years following the end of the calendar year that these records cover.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1904.35","title":"Employee Involvement","shortTitle":"Employee Involvement","slug":"1904-35-employee-involvement","scope":"general","category":"recordkeeping","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1904-35-employee-involvement","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1904.35 brings employees into the injury records in two ways. You must have a reasonable procedure for reporting work-related injuries and illnesses, tell every employee about it and about their right to report, and never retaliate for a report. And employees, former employees and their representatives can get a copy of the OSHA 300 Log by the end of the next business day.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1904.35(b)(1)(i)","text":"You must establish a reasonable procedure for employees to report work-related injuries and illnesses promptly and accurately. A procedure is not reasonable if it would deter or discourage a reasonable employee from accurately reporting a workplace injury or illness","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":"2026-09-30"},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1904.41","title":"Electronic Submission of Injury and Illness Data (ITA)","shortTitle":"Electronic Submission (ITA)","slug":"1904-41-electronic-reporting","scope":"general","category":"recordkeeping","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1904-41-electronic-reporting","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1904.41 requires certain employers to electronically submit their injury and illness records to OSHA through the Injury Tracking Application (ITA). Establishments with 250 or more employees, and those with 20–249 employees in designated higher-hazard industries, must submit their OSHA Form 300A summary data by March 2 each year; the largest high-hazard establishments must also submit their 300 Log and 301 Incident Report data.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1904.41(a)(1)(ii)","text":"If your establishment had 250 or more employees at any time during the previous calendar year, and this part requires your establishment to keep records, then you must electronically submit information from OSHA Form 300A.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1904.40","title":"Providing Records to Government Representatives","shortTitle":"Records Access","slug":"1904-40-employee-access","scope":"general","category":"recordkeeping","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1904-40-employee-access","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1904.40 requires employers to give an authorized government representative copies of the records they keep under Part 1904 within four business hours of the request. The representatives are OSHA, HHS including NIOSH, and a State Plan agency.","cfrQuote":null,"verifiedOn":"2026-09-30"},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1926.20","title":"General Safety and Health Provisions (Construction)","shortTitle":"General Safety (Construction)","slug":"1926-20-general-safety-health","scope":"construction","category":"general","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1926-20-general-safety-health","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1926.20 sets the general safety and health provisions for construction: employers must initiate and maintain an accident-prevention program that includes frequent and regular inspections of the jobsite, materials, and equipment by a competent person, and must let only trained, qualified workers operate equipment. It is the umbrella duty behind the specific 1926 standards.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2)","text":"Such programs shall provide for frequent and regular inspections of the job sites, materials, and equipment to be made by competent persons designated by the employers.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1926.21","title":"Safety Training and Education (Construction)","shortTitle":"Safety Training (Construction)","slug":"1926-21-safety-training-education","scope":"construction","category":"training","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1926-21-safety-training-education","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1926.21 is the general construction safety-training requirement: the employer must instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and in the regulations applicable to their work environment, and must train workers who handle hazardous substances or enter hazardous areas in the specific precautions involved.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2)","text":"The employer shall instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to his work environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1926.28","title":"Personal Protective Equipment (Construction)","shortTitle":"PPE (Construction)","slug":"1926-28-ppe-construction","scope":"construction","category":"ppe","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1926-28-ppe-construction","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1926.28 is the general personal protective equipment requirement for construction. It makes the employer responsible for requiring the wearing of appropriate PPE in all operations where there is an exposure to hazardous conditions, or where Part 1926 indicates the need for it to reduce hazards to employees. It is the umbrella duty behind the specific PPE standards in Subpart E.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1926.28(a)","text":"The employer is responsible for requiring the wearing of appropriate personal protective equipment in all operations where there is an exposure to hazardous conditions or where this part indicates the need for using such equipment to reduce the hazards to the employees.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1926.32","title":"Definitions (Construction)","shortTitle":"Definitions (Construction)","slug":"1926-32-definitions-construction","scope":"construction","category":"general","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1926-32-definitions-construction","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1926.32 provides the definitions of terms used throughout OSHA's construction standards (Part 1926). It fixes the meaning of foundational terms (most importantly \"competent person\" and \"qualified person,\" which trigger specific duties across the construction standards) as well as \"employer,\" \"construction work,\" \"authorized person,\" and others. These definitions determine who must do what across all of Part 1926.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1926.32(f)","text":"Competent person means one who is capable of identifying existing and predictable hazards in the surroundings or working conditions which are unsanitary, hazardous, or dangerous to employees, and who has authorization to take prompt corrective measures to eliminate them.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1926.50","title":"Medical Services and First Aid (Construction)","shortTitle":"First Aid (Construction)","slug":"1926-50-medical-first-aid-construction","scope":"construction","category":"medical","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1926-50-medical-first-aid-construction","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1926.50 requires that, where an infirmary, clinic, hospital, or physician is not reasonably accessible to the construction worksite, a person holding a valid first-aid certificate be available on site to render first aid. It also requires first-aid supplies, provisions for injured-worker transport, and quick-drench facilities where corrosive materials are used.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1926.50(c)","text":"In the absence of an infirmary, clinic, hospital, or physician, that is reasonably accessible in terms of time and distance to the worksite, which is available for the treatment of injured employees, a person who has a valid certificate in first-aid training from the U.S. Bureau of Mines, the American Red Cross, or equivalent training that can be verified by documentary evidence, shall be available at the worksite to render first aid.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1926.51","title":"Sanitation (Construction)","shortTitle":"Sanitation (Construction)","slug":"1926-51-sanitation-construction","scope":"construction","category":"general","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1926-51-sanitation-construction","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1926.51 sets the sanitation requirements for construction sites: an adequate supply of potable drinking water, toilet facilities scaled to the number of workers, washing facilities, and strict separation of potable from non-potable water, so workers have clean water and hygiene on the jobsite.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1926.51(a)(1)","text":"An adequate supply of potable water shall be provided in all places of employment.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1926.52","title":"Occupational Noise Exposure (Construction)","shortTitle":"Noise (Construction)","slug":"1926-52-noise-construction","scope":"construction","category":"noise","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1926-52-noise-construction","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1926.52 limits construction workers' noise exposure to a 90 dBA permissible level as an 8-hour time-weighted average (Table D-2). When sound levels exceed the limits, feasible administrative or engineering controls must be used first, and hearing protection provided for the exposure those controls do not eliminate.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1926.52(b)","text":"When employees are subjected to sound levels exceeding those listed in Table D-2 of this section, feasible administrative or engineering controls shall be utilized.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1926.55","title":"Gases, Vapors, Fumes, Dusts, and Mists (Construction)","shortTitle":"Air Contaminants (Construction)","slug":"1926-55-gases-vapors-construction","scope":"construction","category":"health_hazards","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1926-55-gases-vapors-construction","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1926.55 caps construction workers' exposure to gases, vapors, fumes, dusts, and mists at the permissible exposure limits in its Table 1 and Table 2, and requires feasible administrative or engineering controls before respirators. It is the construction counterpart to general industry's 1910.1000, and most of its limits date to 1970.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1926.55(a)(2)","text":"An employee's exposure, as determined from breathing-zone air samples, to any substance in Table 1 or 2 of this section with a permissible exposure limit not preceded by (C) must not exceed the limit specified for that substance measured as an 8-hour time-weighted average in any work shift.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1926.57","title":"Ventilation (Construction)","shortTitle":"Ventilation (Construction)","slug":"1926-57-ventilation-construction","scope":"construction","category":"health_hazards","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1926-57-ventilation-construction","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1926.57 sets the ventilation requirements for construction. Whenever hazardous substances (dusts, fumes, mists, vapors, or gases) exist or are produced during construction work, their concentrations must not exceed the exposure limits in 1926.55(a), and where ventilation is used as an engineering control, the system must be properly installed and operated. The standard includes specific requirements for abrasive blasting, grinding, and other high-exposure operations.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1926.57(a)","text":"Whenever hazardous substances such as dusts, fumes, mists, vapors, or gases exist or are produced in the course of construction work, their concentrations shall not exceed the limits specified in § 1926.55(a). When ventilation is used as an engineering control method, the system shall be installed and operated according to the requirements of this section.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1926.59","title":"Hazard Communication (Construction)","shortTitle":"HazCom (Construction)","slug":"1926-59-hazcom-construction","scope":"construction","category":"hazcom","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1926-59-hazcom-construction","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1926.59 is a single note: the hazard communication requirements for construction work are identical to those in 29 CFR 1910.1200. There is no separate construction text, and citations follow suit. In federal construction inspections in fiscal year 2025, OSHA cited 1910.1200 698 times and 1926.59 14 times (HazComFast count from Labor Department enforcement data). A jobsite HazCom program is built to 1910.1200.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1926.59","text":"The requirements applicable to construction work under this section are identical to those set forth at § 1910.1200 of this chapter.","kind":"summary"},"verifiedOn":"2026-09-30"},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1926.61","title":"Retention of DOT Markings, Placards and Labels (Construction)","shortTitle":"DOT Markings (Construction)","slug":"1926-61-retention-of-dot-markings","scope":"construction","category":"hazcom","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1926-61-retention-of-dot-markings","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1926.61 makes the rule of 1910.1201 apply to construction work. A package, freight container or vehicle that arrives marked, labeled or placarded under the DOT Hazardous Materials Regulations keeps those markings until the hazard is gone. For a non-bulk package that won't be reshipped, a label under the Hazard Communication Standard meets the rule.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1910.1201(a)","text":"Any employer who receives a package of hazardous material which is required to be marked, labeled or placarded in accordance with the U. S. Department of Transportation's Hazardous Materials Regulations (49 CFR Parts 171 through 180) shall retain those markings, labels and placards on the package until the packaging is sufficiently cleaned of residue and purged of vapors to remove any potential hazards.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":"2026-09-30"},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1926.62","title":"Lead Exposure in Construction","shortTitle":"Lead (Construction)","slug":"1926-62-lead-in-construction","scope":"construction","category":"health_hazards","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1926-62-lead-in-construction","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1926.62 protects construction workers from lead, capping airborne exposure at a 50 µg/m³ 8-hour TWA with a 30 µg/m³ action level. Because certain 'trigger tasks' such as abrasive blasting, torch cutting, and welding on coated steel are presumed to overexpose, workers must be protected first and monitored to prove otherwise.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1926.62(c)(1)","text":"The employer shall assure that no employee is exposed to lead at concentrations greater than fifty micrograms per cubic meter of air (50 µg/m3) averaged over an 8-hour period.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1926.95","title":"Criteria for PPE (Construction)","shortTitle":"PPE Criteria (Construction)","slug":"1926-95-ppe-criteria","scope":"construction","category":"ppe","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1926-95-ppe-criteria","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1926.95 is the general PPE standard for construction: protective equipment for the eyes, face, head, extremities, body, and respiratory system must be provided, used, and maintained wherever hazards make it necessary. Since a 2024 amendment, that PPE must also properly fit each affected worker: ill-fitting PPE is now itself a violation.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1926.95(a)","text":"Protective equipment, including personal protective equipment for eyes, face, head, and extremities, protective clothing, respiratory devices, and protective shields and barriers, shall be provided, used, and maintained in a sanitary and reliable condition wherever it is necessary by reason of hazards of processes or environment, chemical hazards, radiological hazards, or mechanical irritants encountered in a manner capable of causing injury or impairment in the function of any part of the body through absorption, inhalation or physical contact.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1926.100","title":"Head Protection (Construction)","shortTitle":"Head Protection (Construction)","slug":"1926-100-head-protection-construction","scope":"construction","category":"ppe","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1926-100-head-protection-construction","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1926.100 requires construction workers to wear ANSI Z89.1-compliant head protection wherever there is a danger of head injury from falling or flying objects or from electrical contact. The helmet's class must match the hazard: a conductive Class C hard hat provides no electrical protection.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1926.100(a)","text":"Employees working in areas where there is a possible danger of head injury from impact, or from falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, shall be protected by protective helmets.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1926.102","title":"Eye and Face Protection (Construction)","shortTitle":"Eye & Face Protection (Construction)","slug":"1926-102-eye-face-protection-construction","scope":"construction","category":"ppe","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1926-102-eye-face-protection-construction","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1926.102 requires ANSI Z87.1-compliant eye and face protection for construction workers exposed to flying particles, molten metal, liquid chemicals, gases or vapors, or injurious light. The specific hazard picks the device: safety glasses with side shields, chemical goggles, or a face shield with the correct filter shade.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1)","text":"The employer shall ensure that each affected employee uses appropriate eye or face protection when exposed to eye or face hazards from flying particles, molten metal, liquid chemicals, acids or caustic liquids, chemical gases or vapors, or potentially injurious light radiation.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1926.150","title":"Fire Protection (Construction)","shortTitle":"Fire Protection (Construction)","slug":"1926-150-fire-protection-construction","scope":"construction","category":"fire_protection","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1926-150-fire-protection-construction","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1926.150 requires each employer to develop a fire protection program followed throughout all phases of construction and demolition work, and to provide firefighting equipment, fire extinguishers and a water supply, as specified, without delay as fire hazards appear. It is the umbrella fire-safety duty for the jobsite.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1926.150(a)(1)","text":"The employer shall be responsible for the development of a fire protection program to be followed throughout all phases of the construction and demolition work, and he shall provide for the firefighting equipment as specified in this subpart. As fire hazards occur, there shall be no delay in providing the necessary equipment.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1926.152","title":"Flammable Liquids (Construction)","shortTitle":"Flammable Liquids (Construction)","slug":"1926-152-flammable-liquids-construction","scope":"construction","category":"hazardous_materials","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1926-152-flammable-liquids-construction","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1926.152 governs flammable liquids on construction sites: they must be kept in approved safety cans or containers, storage quantities are limited, indoor storage and dispensing areas must be ventilated and free of ignition sources, and transfers must control static. It is the construction counterpart to general industry's 1910.106.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1926.152(a)(1)","text":"Only approved containers and portable tanks shall be used for storage and handling of flammable liquids. Approved safety cans or Department of Transportation approved containers shall be used for the handling and use of flammable liquids in quantities of 5 gallons or less...","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1926.153","title":"Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Construction)","shortTitle":"LP-Gas (Construction)","slug":"1926-153-lp-gas-construction","scope":"construction","category":"hazardous_materials","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1926-153-lp-gas-construction","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1926.153 governs liquefied petroleum gas (LP-gas, or propane) used on construction sites, for temporary heating, torches, and equipment. It requires that containers, valves, connectors, manifold assemblies, and regulators be of an approved type, and it sets rules for safe storage, container placement, protection from damage, and prevention of leaks and fire from this heavier-than-air, flammable gas.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1926.153(a)(1)","text":"Each system shall have containers, valves, connectors, manifold valve assemblies, and regulators of an approved type.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1926.200","title":"Accident Prevention Signs and Tags (Construction)","shortTitle":"Signs & Tags (Construction)","slug":"1926-200-signs-signals-construction","scope":"construction","category":"general","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1926-200-signs-signals-construction","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1926.200 governs the accident-prevention signs and signals used on construction sites: danger, caution, exit, safety-instruction, and traffic signs must be visible whenever the hazard they warn of is present, and removed or covered promptly when the hazard no longer exists, so warnings stay meaningful.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1926.200(a)","text":"Signs and symbols required by this subpart shall be visible at all times when work is being performed, and shall be removed or covered promptly when the hazards no longer exist.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1926.201","title":"Signaling (Construction)","shortTitle":"Signaling (Construction)","slug":"1926-201-signaling-construction","scope":"construction","category":"general","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1926-201-signaling-construction","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1926.201 covers signaling: the use of flaggers to control traffic in construction work zones. It requires that signaling by flaggers, and the warning garments they wear, conform to Part 6 of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD), the national standard for temporary traffic control that makes flagging consistent and visible.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1926.201(a)","text":"Signaling by flaggers and the use of flaggers, including warning garments worn by flaggers, shall conform to Part 6 of the MUTCD.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1926.202 (removed July 15, 2019)","title":"Barricades (Construction) — removed 2019, now 1926.200(g)","shortTitle":"Barricades (removed; see 1926.200(g))","slug":"1926-202-barricades-construction","scope":"construction","category":"general","removedFromCfr":{"effective":"2019-07-15","by":"84 FR 21416"},"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1926-202-barricades-construction","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1926.202 no longer exists as a standalone section. OSHA removed it, together with 1926.203, in the Standards Improvement Project-Phase IV final rule (84 FR 21416, May 14, 2019, effective July 15, 2019) because it duplicated the revised 1926.200(g). Today the rule that governs construction barricades is 29 CFR 1926.200(g): at points of hazard, construction areas must be posted with legible traffic control signs and protected by traffic control devices (g)(1), and the design and use of all traffic control devices (signs, signals, markings, barricades and other devices) for the protection of construction workers must conform to Part 6 of the MUTCD (g)(2). A citation written today names 1926.200(g), not 1926.202.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1926.200(g)(2)","text":"The design and use of all traffic control devices, including signs, signals, markings, barricades, and other devices, for protection of construction workers shall conform to Part 6 of the MUTCD (incorporated by reference, see § 1926.6).","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1926.250","title":"General Requirements for Storage (Construction)","shortTitle":"Materials Storage (Construction)","slug":"1926-250-materials-storage-construction","scope":"construction","category":"general","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1926-250-materials-storage-construction","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1926.250 sets the general requirements for storing, handling, and disposing of materials on construction sites: materials stored in tiers must be stacked, racked, blocked, interlocked, or otherwise secured to prevent sliding, falling, or collapse, aisles and passageways must be kept clear, and floor load limits must be observed and posted.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1926.250(a)(1)","text":"All materials stored in tiers shall be stacked, racked, blocked, interlocked, or otherwise secured to prevent sliding, falling or collapse.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1926.251","title":"Rigging Equipment for Material Handling (Construction)","shortTitle":"Rigging Equipment","slug":"1926-251-rigging-construction","scope":"construction","category":"cranes","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1926-251-rigging-construction","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1926.251 governs rigging equipment for material handling on construction sites: slings, chains, hooks, and shackles must be inspected before use on each shift and as needed during use, must be marked with their rated capacity, and defective rigging must be removed from service. It protects workers from dropped loads and rigging failure.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1926.251(a)(1)","text":"Rigging equipment for material handling shall be inspected prior to use on each shift and as necessary during its use to ensure that it is safe. Defective rigging equipment shall be removed from service.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1926.300","title":"General Requirements for Tools (Construction)","shortTitle":"Tools General (Construction)","slug":"1926-300-tools-general-construction","scope":"construction","category":"general","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1926-300-tools-general-construction","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1926.300 sets the general requirements for hand and power tools on construction sites: all tools, whether furnished by the employer or the worker, must be maintained in a safe condition, and machine guards protecting moving parts, rotating elements, and points of operation must be in place and used.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1926.300(a)","text":"All hand and power tools and similar equipment, whether furnished by the employer or the employee, shall be maintained in a safe condition.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1926.302","title":"Power-Operated Hand Tools (Construction)","shortTitle":"Power Hand Tools (Construction)","slug":"1926-302-power-tools-construction","scope":"construction","category":"general","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1926-302-power-tools-construction","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1926.302 sets the safety requirements for power-operated hand tools in construction. Electric power tools must be either of the approved double-insulated type or grounded in accordance with Subpart K; pneumatic tools must have their attachments secured to prevent accidental disconnection; fuel-powered tools have handling and refueling rules; and powder-actuated (explosive) tools must be tested before use and operated only by trained operators.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1926.302(a)(1)","text":"Electric power operated tools shall either be of the approved double-insulated type or grounded in accordance with subpart K of this part.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1926.304","title":"Woodworking Tools (Construction)","shortTitle":"Woodworking Tools (Construction)","slug":"1926-304-woodworking-tools-construction","scope":"construction","category":"machine_guarding","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1926-304-woodworking-tools-construction","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1926.304 sets the safety requirements for woodworking tools in construction. Every fixed power-driven woodworking tool must have a disconnect switch that can be locked or tagged in the off position, and the standard requires guarding of blades and cutting heads and safe operation of saws, jointers, and other woodworking machines: incorporating the ANSI woodworking-machinery safety standard.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1926.304(a)","text":"All fixed power driven woodworking tools shall be provided with a disconnect switch that can either be locked or tagged in the off position.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1926.350","title":"Gas Welding and Cutting (Construction)","shortTitle":"Gas Welding (Construction)","slug":"1926-350-gas-welding-cutting-construction","scope":"construction","category":"welding","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1926-350-gas-welding-cutting-construction","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1926.350 governs oxygen-fuel gas welding and cutting on construction sites: compressed-gas cylinders must be secured in an upright position, transported and stored with valve protection caps in place, kept away from heat and electrical circuits, and connected through proper regulators and hoses. It controls the cylinder and torch hazards of jobsite cutting.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1926.350(a)(9)","text":"Compressed gas cylinders shall be secured in an upright position at all times except, if necessary, for short periods of time while cylinders are actually being hoisted or carried.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1926.351","title":"Arc Welding and Cutting (Construction)","shortTitle":"Arc Welding (Construction)","slug":"1926-351-arc-welding-construction","scope":"construction","category":"welding","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1926-351-arc-welding-construction","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1926.351 governs arc welding and cutting on construction sites: electrode holders must be fully insulated and rated for the current, welding cables and connectors must be insulated and in good repair, and ground return cables must have a current-carrying capacity equal to or exceeding the welder's maximum output, protecting workers from electric shock and arc hazards.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1926.351(c)(1)","text":"A ground return cable shall have a safe current carrying capacity equal to or exceeding the specified maximum output capacity of the arc welding or cutting unit which it services.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1926.352","title":"Fire Prevention During Welding (Construction)","shortTitle":"Welding Fire Prevention (Construction)","slug":"1926-352-fire-prevention-welding-construction","scope":"construction","category":"welding","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1926-352-fire-prevention-welding-construction","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1926.352 sets the fire-prevention requirements for welding, cutting, and heating in construction. Before hot work, the objects must be moved to a safe location or, if they cannot be moved, nearby movable fire hazards must be relocated or shielded; suitable fire extinguishing equipment must be ready; and a fire watch is required where more than a minor fire could develop.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1926.352(a)","text":"When practical, objects to be welded, cut, or heated shall be moved to a designated safe location or, if the objects to be welded, cut, or heated cannot be readily moved, all movable fire hazards in the vicinity shall be taken to a safe place, or otherwise protected.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1926.404","title":"Wiring Design and Protection (Construction)","shortTitle":"Wiring Design (Construction)","slug":"1926-404-wiring-design-construction","scope":"construction","category":"electrical","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1926-404-wiring-design-construction","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1926.404 governs wiring design and protection on construction sites: employers must protect workers using electricity through either ground-fault circuit interrupters (GFCIs) on receptacles or a documented assured equipment grounding conductor program, plus proper overcurrent protection and grounding. It targets the temporary-power hazards unique to construction.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1926.404(b)(1)(ii)","text":"All 120-volt, single-phase, 15- and 20-ampere receptacle outlets on construction sites, which are not a part of the permanent wiring of the building or structure and which are in use by employees, shall have approved ground-fault circuit interrupters for personnel protection.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1926.405","title":"Wiring Methods, Components (Construction)","shortTitle":"Wiring Methods (Construction)","slug":"1926-405-wiring-methods-construction","scope":"construction","category":"electrical","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1926-405-wiring-methods-construction","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1926.405 governs wiring methods, components, and equipment on construction sites: flexible cords and cables may not be used as a substitute for the fixed wiring of a structure, conductors must be in approved boxes and properly spliced, and equipment must be grounded. It targets the temporary-power hazards of the jobsite.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1926.405(g)(1)(iii)","text":"Unless necessary for a use permitted in paragraph (g)(1)(i) of this section, flexible cords and cables shall not be used: (A) As a substitute for the fixed wiring of a structure; …","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1926.416","title":"Safety Requirements for Electrical Equipment (Construction)","shortTitle":"Electrical Safety (Construction)","slug":"1926-416-safety-electrical-construction","scope":"construction","category":"electrical","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1926-416-safety-electrical-construction","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1926.416 sets the general electrical safety requirements for construction: no employee may work near any part of an electric circuit unless it is de-energized and grounded or effectively guarded, and employers must warn workers of and protect them from energized parts and overhead power lines. Proximity to a live circuit is the core hazard it addresses.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1926.416(a)(1)","text":"No employer shall permit an employee to work in such proximity to any part of an electric power circuit that the employee could contact the electric power circuit in the course of work, unless the employee is protected against electric shock by deenergizing the circuit and grounding it or by guarding it effectively by insulation or other means.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1926.431","title":"Maintenance of Equipment (Construction)","shortTitle":"Electrical Maintenance (Construction)","slug":"1926-431-maintenance-equipment-construction","scope":"construction","category":"electrical","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1926-431-maintenance-equipment-construction","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1926.431 governs the maintenance of electrical equipment in hazardous (classified) locations on construction sites. It requires that all wiring components and utilization equipment in hazardous locations be maintained in a dust-tight, dust-ignition-proof, or explosion-proof condition, with no loose or missing screws, gaskets, threaded connections, seals, or other impairments to a tight condition, so the equipment cannot ignite a flammable or combustible atmosphere.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1926.431","text":"The employer shall ensure that all wiring components and utilization equipment in hazardous locations are maintained in a dust-tight, dust-ignition-proof, or explosion-proof condition, as appropriate. There shall be no loose or missing screws, gaskets, threaded connections, seals, or other impairments to a tight condition.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1926.451","title":"Scaffolding (Construction)","shortTitle":"Scaffolding","slug":"1926-451-scaffolding","scope":"construction","category":"scaffolding","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1926-451-scaffolding","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1926.451 sets the general requirements for construction scaffolds: each scaffold and component must support at least four times the maximum intended load, fall protection is required for workers more than 10 feet above a lower level, safe access must be provided, and a competent person must inspect the scaffold before each work shift. It was sixth on OSHA's list of most-cited standards for FY2025.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1926.451(a)(1)","text":"Except as provided in paragraphs (a)(2), (a)(3), (a)(4), (a)(5) and (g) of this section, each scaffold and scaffold component shall be capable of supporting, without failure, its own weight and at least 4 times the maximum intended load applied or transmitted to it.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1926.452","title":"Additional Requirements for Specific Types of Scaffolds","shortTitle":"Scaffold Types","slug":"1926-452-scaffold-types-construction","scope":"construction","category":"scaffolding","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1926-452-scaffold-types-construction","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1926.452 sets the additional requirements that apply to specific types of scaffolds: pole scaffolds, tube-and-coupler, fabricated frame, mobile, two-point (suspension/swing-stage), and many others. These type-specific rules apply ON TOP of the general scaffold requirements in 1926.451; scaffolds not specifically addressed by 1926.452, such as systems scaffolds, must meet the requirements of 1926.451.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1926.452","text":"In addition to the applicable requirements of § 1926.451, the following requirements apply to the specific types of scaffolds indicated. Scaffolds not specifically addressed by § 1926.452, such as but not limited to systems scaffolds, must meet the requirements of § 1926.451.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1926.453","title":"Aerial Lifts","shortTitle":"Aerial Lifts","slug":"1926-453-aerial-lifts","scope":"construction","category":"scaffolding","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1926-453-aerial-lifts","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1926.453 governs aerial lifts such as boom and bucket trucks in construction: only trained, authorized persons may operate them, workers in the basket must wear a body harness with a lanyard attached to the boom or basket, and controls must be tested daily. Belting off to an adjacent pole or structure is prohibited.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1926.453(b)(2)(v)","text":"A body belt shall be worn and a lanyard attached to the boom or basket when working from an aerial lift.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1926.454","title":"Training Requirements for Scaffolds","shortTitle":"Scaffold Training","slug":"1926-454-scaffold-training-construction","scope":"construction","category":"training","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1926-454-scaffold-training-construction","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1926.454 requires scaffold training: each employee who works on a scaffold must be trained by a person qualified in the subject to recognize the scaffold's hazards and the procedures to control them, and each employee who erects, moves, or dismantles scaffolds must be trained by a competent person. Retraining is required when conditions change.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1926.454(a)","text":"The employer shall have each employee who performs work while on a scaffold trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1926.500","title":"Fall Protection – Scope, Application, Definitions (Construction)","shortTitle":"Fall Protection Scope","slug":"1926-500-fall-protection-scope","scope":"construction","category":"fall_protection","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1926-500-fall-protection-scope","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1926.500 is the scope, application, and definitions section for Subpart M: OSHA's fall-protection standards in construction. It establishes that Subpart M covers fall protection for construction work under Part 1926, routes certain work (scaffolds, ladders, steel erection, cranes) to its own subpart, and defines the key terms (guardrail system, personal fall arrest system, safety net, leading edge, and more) used throughout 1926.501–1926.503.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1926.500(a)(1)","text":"This subpart sets forth requirements and criteria for fall protection in construction workplaces covered under 29 CFR part 1926.","kind":"summary"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1926.501","title":"Duty to Have Fall Protection (Construction)","shortTitle":"Fall Protection","slug":"1926-501-fall-protection","scope":"construction","category":"fall_protection","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1926-501-fall-protection","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1926.501 is OSHA's construction fall-protection duty standard: it requires employers to protect every worker on a walking or working surface 6 feet or more above a lower level with a guardrail system, a safety net system, or a personal fall arrest system. It is OSHA's single most-cited standard.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1926.501(b)(1)","text":"Each employee on a walking/working surface (horizontal and vertical surface) with an unprotected side or edge which is 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above a lower level shall be protected from falling by the use of guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1926.502","title":"Fall Protection Systems Criteria (Construction)","shortTitle":"Fall Protection Systems Criteria","slug":"1926-502-fall-protection-systems-construction","scope":"construction","category":"fall_protection","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1926-502-fall-protection-systems-construction","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1926.502 sets the criteria that construction fall-protection systems must meet: guardrail top rails at 42 inches (plus or minus 3), rails able to withstand a 200-pound force, personal fall arrest anchorages rated for 5,000 pounds per worker (or designed to a safety factor of at least two under a qualified person, 1926.502(d)(15) allows either) and arrest systems that limit free fall to 6 feet. It is the 'how' to 1926.501's 'where.'","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1926.502(b)(1)","text":"Top edge height of top rails, or equivalent guardrail system members, shall be 42 inches (1.1 m) plus or minus 3 inches (8 cm) above the walking/working level.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1926.503","title":"Training Requirements for Fall Protection (Construction)","shortTitle":"Fall Protection Training","slug":"1926-503-fall-protection-training","scope":"construction","category":"training","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1926-503-fall-protection-training","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1926.503 requires a competent person to train each construction worker who might be exposed to fall hazards (covering the nature of the hazards, the correct use and inspection of fall-protection systems, and their limitations) and to retrain workers when changes or lapses show the training did not hold. It completes the 501/502/503 fall-protection trio.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1)","text":"The employer shall provide a training program for each employee who might be exposed to fall hazards. The program shall enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and shall train each employee in the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1926.1436","title":"Derricks (Construction)","shortTitle":"Derricks","slug":"1926-1436-derricks-construction","scope":"construction","category":"cranes","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1926-1436-derricks-construction","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1926.1436 sets the supplemental requirements for derricks used in construction: powered lifting devices with a mast or equivalent member held in place by guys or braces, including A-frame, gin pole, guy, breast, Chicago boom, shearleg, and stiffleg derricks. These requirements apply IN ADDITION to the general crane and derrick rules of Subpart CC, covering the design, erection, anchorage, and safe use specific to derricks.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1926.1436(a)","text":"This section contains supplemental requirements for derricks, whether temporarily or permanently mounted; all sections of this subpart apply to derricks unless specified otherwise.","kind":"summary"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1926.1400","title":"Cranes and Derricks in Construction – Scope","shortTitle":"Crane Rule Scope","slug":"1926-1400-cranes-scope","scope":"construction","category":"cranes","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1926-1400-cranes-scope","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1926.1400 sets the scope and application of Subpart CC, OSHA's comprehensive construction cranes and derricks standard. It defines which power-operated equipment is covered and frames the subpart's core protections: power-line safety, qualified and certified operators, assembly and disassembly procedures, and keeping workers clear of suspended loads.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1926.1400(a)","text":"This standard applies to power-operated equipment, when used in construction, that can hoist, lower and horizontally move a suspended load.","kind":"summary"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1926.1404","title":"Assembly/Disassembly – General Requirements","shortTitle":"Crane Assembly/Disassembly","slug":"1926-1404-assembly-disassembly","scope":"construction","category":"cranes","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1926-1404-assembly-disassembly","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1926.1404 governs assembly and disassembly of cranes and derricks in construction. It requires that the work be directed by an \"A/D director\", a person who is both a competent person and a qualified person (or a competent person assisted by qualified persons), and be carried out following the manufacturer's procedures or procedures developed by a qualified engineer. It targets the crushing, tip-over, and struck-by hazards of rigging cranes up and down.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1926.1404(a)(1)","text":"Assembly/disassembly must be directed by a person who meets the criteria for both a competent person and a qualified person, or by a competent person who is assisted by one or more qualified persons (\"A/D director\").","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1926.1408","title":"Power Line Safety (Up to 350 kV) – Equipment Operations","shortTitle":"Crane Power Line Safety","slug":"1926-1408-power-line-safety","scope":"construction","category":"cranes","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1926-1408-power-line-safety","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1926.1408 governs power-line safety for cranes operating near lines up to 350 kV: before work, the employer must determine whether any part of the equipment or load could get within 20 feet of a power line, and if so, either de-energize and ground the line, maintain the 20-foot clearance, or follow the Table A minimum approach distances for the voltage.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1926.1408(a)(2)","text":"Determine if any part of the equipment, load line or load (including rigging and lifting accessories), if operated up to the equipment's maximum working radius in the work zone, could get closer than 20 feet to a power line.","kind":"summary"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1926.1416","title":"Operational Aids","shortTitle":"Crane Operational Aids","slug":"1926-1416-operational-aids","scope":"construction","category":"cranes","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1926-1416-operational-aids","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1926.1416 requires that \"operational aids\" on cranes (devices such as the anti-two-block warning device, boom hoist limiting device, boom angle or radius indicator, and load-moment (rated capacity) indicator or limiter) be present and functional on covered equipment. If a listed operational aid stops working, the standard sets time limits and temporary measures for continuing or halting operations until it is repaired.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1926.1416(a)","text":"The devices listed in this section (\"listed operational aids\") are required on all equipment covered by this subpart, unless otherwise specified.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1926.1417","title":"Operation (Cranes)","shortTitle":"Crane Operation","slug":"1926-1417-crane-operation","scope":"construction","category":"cranes","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1926-1417-crane-operation","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1926.1417 sets the rules for operating cranes and derricks in construction. The employer must comply with all manufacturer procedures for the equipment's operational functions, keep loads within the crane's rated capacity, ensure the operator does not leave the controls with a suspended load, and stop operations if there is any sign the equipment is unstable or a component is failing.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1926.1417(a)","text":"The employer must comply with all manufacturer procedures applicable to the operational functions of equipment, including its use with attachments.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1926.1424","title":"Work Area Control","shortTitle":"Crane Work Area Control","slug":"1926-1424-work-area-control","scope":"construction","category":"cranes","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1926-1424-work-area-control","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1926.1424 addresses the swing-radius hazard around a crane: the area where the rotating superstructure (the cab and counterweight) can strike a worker or pinch and crush them against another object. Where such accessible areas exist, the employer must train assigned employees on the hazard and erect and maintain control lines, warning lines, railings, or similar barriers to mark the hazard boundaries.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1926.1424(a)(1)","text":"The requirements in paragraph (a)(2) of this section apply where there are accessible areas in which the equipment's rotating superstructure (whether permanently or temporarily mounted) poses a reasonably foreseeable risk of: (i) Striking and injuring an employee; or (ii) Pinching/crushing an employee against another part of the equipment or another object.","kind":"summary"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1926.1425","title":"Keeping Clear of the Load","shortTitle":"Keeping Clear of Load","slug":"1926-1425-crane-keeping-clear","scope":"construction","category":"cranes","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1926-1425-crane-keeping-clear","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1926.1425 requires keeping employees clear of suspended and moving crane loads. Hoisting routes that minimize workers' exposure to loads must be used where available, and while a load is rigged and being lifted, workers must be kept out from under the load and out of the fall zone, with only narrow exceptions (such as employees engaged in hooking, unhooking, or guiding the load, or in the initial connection of a load to a component).","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1926.1425(a)","text":"Where available, hoisting routes that minimize the exposure of employees to hoisted loads must be used, to the extent consistent with public safety.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1926.1426","title":"Free Fall and Controlled Lowering","shortTitle":"Crane Free Fall","slug":"1926-1426-crane-free-fall","scope":"construction","category":"cranes","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1926-1426-crane-free-fall","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1926.1426 restricts free fall and requires controlled lowering on cranes. Using equipment in which the boom is designed to free fall (a \"live boom\") is prohibited in specified dangerous circumstances: such as when workers are in the fall zone, when personnel are being hoisted, or near power lines. The section also limits load-line free fall and requires controlled load lowering so loads and booms stay under powered control.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1926.1426(a)(1)","text":"The use of equipment in which the boom is designed to free fall (live boom) is prohibited in each of the following circumstances:","kind":"summary"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1926.1427","title":"Operator Qualification and Certification","shortTitle":"Crane Operator Certification","slug":"1926-1427-crane-operator-qualifications","scope":"construction","category":"cranes","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1926-1427-crane-operator-qualifications","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1926.1427 requires that construction crane operators be trained, certified or licensed, and evaluated before they operate equipment covered by Subpart CC. Certification alone is not enough: the employer must also evaluate the operator's ability to run the specific equipment safely for the assigned work.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1926.1427(a)","text":"The employer must ensure that each operator is trained, certified/licensed, and evaluated in accordance with this section before operating any equipment covered under subpart CC.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1926.1431","title":"Hoisting Personnel","shortTitle":"Personnel Hoisting","slug":"1926-1431-hoisting-personnel","scope":"construction","category":"cranes","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1926-1431-hoisting-personnel","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1926.1431 governs hoisting employees with a crane. It is prohibited except where the employer demonstrates that conventional means of reaching the worksite (a personnel hoist, ladder, stairway, aerial lift, elevating work platform, or scaffold) would be more hazardous or are not possible because of the project's design or worksite conditions. When personnel hoisting is allowed, it requires a proper personnel platform and a long list of strict safety controls.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1926.1431(a)","text":"The use of equipment to hoist employees is prohibited except where the employer demonstrates that the erection, use, and dismantling of conventional means of reaching the work area, such as a personnel hoist, ladder, stairway, aerial lift, elevating work platform, or scaffold, would be more hazardous, or is not possible because of the project's structural design or worksite conditions.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1926.600","title":"Equipment (Construction)","shortTitle":"Equipment (Construction)","slug":"1926-600-equipment-construction","scope":"construction","category":"general","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1926-600-equipment-construction","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1926.600 sets the general safety requirements for construction equipment (Subpart O). Among its rules: equipment left unattended at night near a highway or active construction area must be marked with appropriate lights, reflectors, or barricades; heavy machinery or parts suspended or held aloft must be substantially blocked before workers are permitted underneath; and equipment must be parked, secured, and operated safely.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1926.600(a)(1)","text":"All equipment left unattended at night, adjacent to a highway in normal use, or adjacent to construction areas where work is in progress, shall have appropriate lights or reflectors, or barricades equipped with appropriate lights or reflectors, to identify the location of the equipment.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1926.601","title":"Motor Vehicles (Construction)","shortTitle":"Motor Vehicles (Construction)","slug":"1926-601-motor-vehicles-construction","scope":"construction","category":"general","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1926-601-motor-vehicles-construction","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1926.601 governs motor vehicles used on construction sites: seat belts and anchorages must be installed in all motor vehicles, service, emergency, and parking brakes must work, lights and warning devices must function, and vehicles with obstructed rear views must not back up without a signal or reverse alarm.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1926.601(b)(9)","text":"Seat belts and anchorages meeting the requirements of 49 CFR part 571 (Department of Transportation, Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards) shall be installed in all motor vehicles.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1926.602","title":"Material Handling Equipment (Construction)","shortTitle":"Material Handling Equipment","slug":"1926-602-material-handling-equipment","scope":"construction","category":"general","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1926-602-material-handling-equipment","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1926.602 governs earthmoving and material-handling equipment on construction sites: loaders, dozers, scrapers, graders, and similar machines. It requires rollover protective structures (ROPS) and seat belts on covered equipment, and prohibits operating equipment with an obstructed rear view in reverse without a reverse-signal alarm or a spotter.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1926.602(a)(9)(ii)","text":"No employer shall permit earthmoving or compacting equipment which has an obstructed view to the rear to be used in reverse gear unless the equipment has in operation a reverse signal alarm distinguishable from the surrounding noise level or an employee signals that it is safe to do so.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1926.650","title":"Excavations – Scope, Application, and Definitions","shortTitle":"Excavation Scope","slug":"1926-650-excavation-scope","scope":"construction","category":"excavation","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1926-650-excavation-scope","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1926.650 is the scope, application, and definitions section for Subpart P: OSHA's excavation and trenching standard. It establishes that the subpart applies to ALL open excavations made in the earth's surface, with trenches specifically included, and it defines the key terms (competent person, protective system, sloping, benching, shoring, and trench) used in the substantive requirements in 1926.651 and 1926.652.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1926.650(a)","text":"This subpart applies to all open excavations made in the earth's surface. Excavations are defined to include trenches.","kind":"summary"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1926.651","title":"Specific Excavation Requirements","shortTitle":"Excavations","slug":"1926-651-excavations","scope":"construction","category":"excavation","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1926-651-excavations","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1926.651 sets the general requirements for construction excavations beyond cave-in protection: a safe means of egress within 25 feet of lateral travel in trenches 4 feet or deeper, atmospheric testing where hazardous air could exist, spoil kept back from the edge, and a daily inspection by a competent person. Cave-in protective systems themselves are covered by 1926.652.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1926.651(k)(1)","text":"Daily inspections of excavations, the adjacent areas, and protective systems shall be made by a competent person for evidence of a situation that could result in possible cave-ins, indications of failure of protective systems, hazardous atmospheres, or other hazardous conditions.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1926.652","title":"Requirements for Protective Systems (Excavations)","shortTitle":"Excavation Protective Systems","slug":"1926-652-protective-systems-excavation","scope":"construction","category":"excavation","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1926-652-protective-systems-excavation","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1926.652 requires that every worker in an excavation be protected from cave-ins by an adequate protective system (sloping, benching, shoring, or shielding) unless the excavation is in stable rock or under 5 feet deep with a competent person's finding of no cave-in potential. Systems for excavations over 20 feet deep must be designed by a registered professional engineer.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1926.652(a)(1)","text":"Each employee in an excavation shall be protected from cave-ins by an adequate protective system designed in accordance with paragraph (b) or (c) of this section except when: (i) Excavations are made entirely in stable rock; or (ii) Excavations are less than 5 feet (1.52m) in depth and examination of the ground by a competent person provides no indication of a potential cave-in.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1926.700","title":"Concrete and Masonry Construction – Scope","shortTitle":"Concrete & Masonry Scope","slug":"1926-700-concrete-masonry-scope","scope":"construction","category":"general","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1926-700-concrete-masonry-scope","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1926.700 is the scope, application, and definitions section for Subpart Q: OSHA's concrete and masonry construction standard. It sets forth requirements to protect all construction employees from the hazards of concrete and masonry operations, and notes that other relevant provisions in parts 1910 and 1926 also apply. The substantive rules follow in 1926.701 (general), 1926.703 (formwork and shoring), 1926.705 (lift-slab), and 1926.706 (masonry).","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1926.700(a)","text":"This subpart sets forth requirements to protect all construction employees from the hazards associated with concrete and masonry construction operations performed in workplaces covered under 29 CFR part 1926. In addition to the requirements in subpart Q, other relevant provisions in parts 1910 and 1926 apply to concrete and masonry construction operations.","kind":"summary"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1926.701","title":"General Requirements for Concrete (Construction)","shortTitle":"Concrete General","slug":"1926-701-concrete-general","scope":"construction","category":"general","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1926-701-concrete-general","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1926.701 sets the general requirements for concrete construction: no construction loads may be placed on a concrete structure until a person qualified in structural design confirms it can support them, protruding reinforcing steel must be guarded to prevent impalement, and workers must be kept clear of concrete buckets and placing equipment.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1926.701(a)","text":"No construction loads shall be placed on a concrete structure or portion of a concrete structure unless the employer determines, based on information received from a person who is qualified in structural design, that the structure or portion of the structure is capable of supporting the loads.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1926.702","title":"Requirements for Equipment and Tools (Concrete)","shortTitle":"Concrete Equipment","slug":"1926-702-concrete-equipment","scope":"construction","category":"general","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1926-702-concrete-equipment","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1926.702 sets safety requirements for concrete-placing equipment: bulk cement storage, concrete mixers, pumping systems, and concrete buckets. A defining rule is that concrete buckets with hydraulic or pneumatic gates must have positive safety latches to prevent premature or accidental dumping of the load onto workers below.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1926.702(f)(1)","text":"Concrete buckets equipped with hydraulic or pneumatic gates shall have positive safety latches or similar safety devices installed to prevent premature or accidental dumping.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1926.703","title":"Requirements for Cast-in-Place Concrete (Formwork)","shortTitle":"Formwork & Shoring","slug":"1926-703-formwork-shoring","scope":"construction","category":"general","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1926-703-formwork-shoring","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1926.703 governs formwork and shoring for cast-in-place concrete: formwork must be designed, fabricated, erected, supported, braced, and maintained so it can support without failure all vertical and lateral loads anticipated during the pour, with the drawings available at the jobsite and shoring erected and removed under a competent person's supervision.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1926.703(a)(1)","text":"Formwork shall be designed, fabricated, erected, supported, braced and maintained so that it will be capable of supporting without failure all vertical and lateral loads that may reasonably be anticipated to be applied to the formwork.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1926.706","title":"Requirements for Masonry Construction","shortTitle":"Masonry Construction","slug":"1926-706-masonry-construction","scope":"construction","category":"general","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1926-706-masonry-construction","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1926.706 governs masonry construction: a limited access zone must be established on the unscaffolded side whenever a masonry wall is being built, keeping unnecessary workers away, and masonry walls over 8 feet tall must be braced until they are permanently supported, because a fresh, unsupported wall can collapse and crush workers.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1926.706(a)","text":"A limited access zone shall be established whenever a masonry wall is being constructed.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1926.750","title":"Steel Erection – Scope","shortTitle":"Steel Erection Scope","slug":"1926-750-steel-erection-scope","scope":"construction","category":"fall_protection","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1926-750-steel-erection-scope","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1926.750 is the scope section for Subpart R: OSHA's steel erection standard. It sets forth requirements to protect employees from the hazards of steel erection activities in the construction, alteration, or repair of single- and multi-story buildings, bridges, and other structures where steel erection occurs. It excludes electrical transmission towers, communication and broadcast towers, and tanks, and the substantive rules follow in 1926.751–1926.761.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1926.750(a)","text":"This subpart sets forth requirements to protect employees from the hazards associated with steel erection activities involved in the construction, alteration, and/or repair of single and multi-story buildings, bridges, and other structures where steel erection occurs. The requirements of this subpart apply to employers engaged in steel erection unless otherwise specified. This subpart does not cover electrical transmission towers, communication and broadcast towers, or tanks.","kind":"summary"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1926.752","title":"Site Layout, Site-Specific Erection Plan, and Construction Sequence","shortTitle":"Steel Erection Site Layout","slug":"1926-752-site-layout","scope":"construction","category":"fall_protection","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1926-752-site-layout","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1926.752 governs site layout and the start of steel erection (Subpart R). Before steel erection begins, the controlling contractor must give the steel erector written notification that the concrete in the footings, piers, and walls has attained 75 percent of its intended minimum compressive design strength (or sufficient strength to support the loads), and the standard also addresses adequate access roads and firm, graded ground so cranes and equipment can operate safely.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1926.752(a)(1)","text":"The concrete in the footings, piers and walls and the mortar in the masonry piers and walls has attained, on the basis of an appropriate ASTM standard test method of field-cured samples, either 75 percent of the intended minimum compressive design strength or sufficient strength to support the loads imposed during steel erection.","kind":"summary"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1926.756","title":"Beams and Columns (Steel Erection)","shortTitle":"Beams & Columns","slug":"1926-756-beams-columns","scope":"construction","category":"fall_protection","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1926-756-beams-columns","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1926.756 sets the requirements for placing beams and columns during steel erection. During the final placing of solid web structural members, the load may not be released from the hoisting line until the member is secured with at least two bolts per connection (of the size and strength shown in the erection drawings), drawn up wrench-tight, and columns must be anchored with a minimum of four anchor rods. These rules keep members from shifting or collapsing during erection.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1926.756(a)(1)","text":"During the final placing of solid web structural members, the load shall not be released from the hoisting line until the members are secured with at least two bolts per connection, of the same size and strength as shown in the erection drawings, drawn up wrench-tight or the equivalent as specified by the project structural engineer of record, except as specified in paragraph (b) of this section.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1926.760","title":"Fall Protection (Steel Erection)","shortTitle":"Fall Protection (Steel)","slug":"1926-760-fall-protection-steel-erection","scope":"construction","category":"fall_protection","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1926-760-fall-protection-steel-erection","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1926.760 requires fall protection for workers engaged in steel erection who are more than 15 feet above a lower level: guardrails, safety nets, or personal fall arrest, positioning, or restraint systems. Its 15-foot trigger is higher than the general construction 6-foot rule, with special provisions for connectors and controlled decking zones.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1926.760(a)(1)","text":"Except as provided by paragraph (a)(3) of this section, each employee engaged in a steel erection activity who is on a walking/working surface with an unprotected side or edge more than 15 feet (4.6 m) above a lower level shall be protected from fall hazards by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, positioning device systems or fall restraint systems.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1926.800","title":"Underground Construction","shortTitle":"Underground Construction","slug":"1926-800-underground-construction","scope":"construction","category":"confined_space","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1926-800-underground-construction","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1926.800 governs underground construction: the building of tunnels, shafts, chambers, and passageways (and certain connected cut-and-cover work). It sets comprehensive requirements for controlling access and accounting for everyone underground, air monitoring and ventilation, ground support, protection against gassy conditions and fire, and emergency provisions such as rescue teams and self-rescuers.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1926.800(a)(1)","text":"This section applies to the construction of underground tunnels, shafts, chambers, and passageways. This section also applies to cut-and-cover excavations which are both physically connected to ongoing underground construction operations within the scope of this section, and covered in such a manner as to create conditions characteristic of underground construction.","kind":"summary"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1926.850","title":"Preparatory Operations (Demolition)","shortTitle":"Demolition Prep","slug":"1926-850-demolition-preparatory-operations","scope":"construction","category":"general","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1926-850-demolition-preparatory-operations","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1926.850 requires preparatory steps before any demolition begins: a competent person must make an engineering survey of the structure to determine the condition of the framing, floors, and walls and the possibility of unplanned collapse, utilities must be shut off or controlled, and the survey must be documented in writing.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1926.850(a)","text":"Prior to permitting employees to start demolition operations, an engineering survey shall be made, by a competent person, of the structure to determine the condition of the framing, floors, and walls, and possibility of unplanned collapse of any portion of the structure.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1926.859","title":"Mechanical Demolition","shortTitle":"Mechanical Demolition","slug":"1926-859-mechanical-demolition","scope":"construction","category":"general","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1926-859-mechanical-demolition","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1926.859 sets the safety requirements for mechanical demolition: using a crane with a wrecking ball (\"balling\") or a clamshell bucket (\"clamming\"), or other mechanical means, to demolish a structure. No workers may be in any area that can be adversely affected by the demolition when balling or clamming is being performed, and only necessary workers may be in the area at other times; the standard also controls debris, floor loading, and structural stability.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1926.859(a)","text":"No workers shall be permitted in any area, which can be adversely affected by demolition operations, when balling or clamming is being performed.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1926.900","title":"General Provisions for Blasting (Construction)","shortTitle":"Blasting (Construction)","slug":"1926-900-blasting-general","scope":"construction","category":"hazardous_materials","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1926-900-blasting-general","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1926.900 sets the general provisions for blasting and the use of explosives in construction (Subpart U). Its foundational rule is that only authorized and qualified persons may handle and use explosives, and it establishes the basic safe-practice requirements (controlling ignition sources, prohibiting smoking near explosives, protecting against stray current, and following safe procedures) that underpin the more specific construction blasting rules.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1926.900(a)","text":"The employer shall permit only authorized and qualified persons to handle and use explosives.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1926.950","title":"General Requirements for Power Transmission (Construction)","shortTitle":"Power Transmission (Construction)","slug":"1926-950-power-transmission-construction","scope":"construction","category":"electrical","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1926-950-power-transmission-construction","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1926.950 sets the general requirements for the construction of electric power transmission and distribution lines and equipment: the opening section of Subpart V, the construction counterpart to the general-industry 1910.269. It establishes the safety framework for building power lines: qualified workers, host and contract employer coordination, job briefings, and the de-energizing, grounding, and minimum-approach-distance protections applied throughout Subpart V.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1926.950(a)(1)(i)","text":"This subpart, except for paragraph (a)(3) of this section, covers the construction of electric power transmission and distribution lines and equipment.","kind":"summary"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1926.1050","title":"Scope, Application, and Definitions – Stairways and Ladders","shortTitle":"Stairways & Ladders Scope","slug":"1926-1050-stairways-ladders-scope","scope":"construction","category":"fall_protection","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1926-1050-stairways-ladders-scope","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1926.1050 is the scope, application, and definitions section for Subpart X, OSHA's stairway and ladder standard for construction. It establishes that Subpart X applies to all stairways and ladders used in construction, alteration, repair, painting, decorating, and demolition, and sets when they must be provided, with the specific requirements in 1926.1051–1926.1053 and training in 1926.1060.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1926.1050(a)","text":"This subpart applies to all stairways and ladders used in construction, alteration, repair (including painting and decorating), and demolition workplaces covered under 29 CFR part 1926, and also sets forth, in specified circumstances, when ladders and stairways are required to be provided.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1926.1051","title":"General Requirements – Stairways and Ladders","shortTitle":"Stairway & Ladder General","slug":"1926-1051-general-stairway-ladder-requirements","scope":"construction","category":"fall_protection","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1926-1051-general-stairway-ladder-requirements","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1926.1051 sets the general requirements of Subpart X: construction stairways and ladders. Its core rule is that a stairway or ladder must be provided at all personnel points of access where there is a break in elevation of 19 inches (48 cm) or more, and no ramp, runway, sloped embankment, or personnel hoist is provided. It also requires a second point of access where 25 or more employees use a point of access, or where a ladder serves simultaneous two-way traffic.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1926.1051(a)","text":"A stairway or ladder shall be provided at all personnel points of access where there is a break in elevation of 19 inches (48 cm) or more, and no ramp, runway, sloped embankment, or personnel hoist is provided.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1926.1052","title":"Stairways (Construction)","shortTitle":"Stairways (Construction)","slug":"1926-1052-stairways-construction","scope":"construction","category":"fall_protection","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1926-1052-stairways-construction","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1926.1052 sets the requirements for stairways used during construction: a stair rail and handrail are required on stairways with four or more risers or rising more than 30 inches, risers and treads must be uniform, and temporary stairs must be kept clear. It pairs with the ladder standard as the safe means of access between levels.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1926.1052(c)(1)","text":"Stairways having four or more risers or rising more than 30 inches (76 cm), whichever is less, shall be equipped with: (i) At least one handrail; and (ii) One stairrail system along each unprotected side or edge.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1926.1053","title":"Ladders (Construction)","shortTitle":"Ladders (Construction)","slug":"1926-1053-ladders-construction","scope":"construction","category":"fall_protection","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1926-1053-ladders-construction","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1926.1053 sets the construction requirements for ladders: side rails must extend at least 3 feet above the upper landing surface, ladders must be used only for their intended purpose, and damaged ladders must be removed from service. Ladder falls are common and preventable, which keeps this standard frequently cited.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1)","text":"When portable ladders are used for access to an upper landing surface, the ladder side rails shall extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface to which the ladder is used to gain access; or, when such an extension is not possible because of the ladder's length, then the ladder shall be secured at its top to a rigid support that will not deflect, and a grasping device, such as a grabrail, shall be provided to assist employees in mounting and dismounting the ladder.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1926.1060","title":"Training Requirements – Stairways and Ladders","shortTitle":"Stairway/Ladder Training","slug":"1926-1060-stairway-ladder-training","scope":"construction","category":"training","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1926-1060-stairway-ladder-training","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1926.1060 requires employers to provide a training program for each employee who uses ladders and stairways in construction. The program must enable each worker to recognize the hazards related to ladders and stairways and train them in the procedures to minimize those hazards. Retraining is required when a worker's performance or a change in conditions shows they lack the necessary understanding.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1926.1060(a)","text":"The employer shall provide a training program for each employee using ladders and stairways, as necessary. The program shall enable each employee to recognize hazards related to ladders and stairways, and shall train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize these hazards.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1926.1201","title":"Confined Spaces in Construction – Scope","shortTitle":"Confined Spaces (Construction) Scope","slug":"1926-1201-confined-spaces-construction-scope","scope":"construction","category":"confined_space","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1926-1201-confined-spaces-construction-scope","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1926.1201 is the scope section of Subpart AA: Confined Spaces in Construction. It establishes that the standard sets forth requirements to protect employees engaged in construction activities at a worksite with one or more confined spaces, subject to the exceptions in paragraph (b) (such as excavations and diving, which other standards cover). It is the doorway to the construction confined-space rules in 1926.1202 through 1926.1213.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1926.1201(a)","text":"This standard sets forth requirements for practices and procedures to protect employees engaged in construction activities at a worksite with one or more confined spaces, subject to the exceptions in paragraph (b) of this section.","kind":"summary"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1926.1203","title":"General Requirements for Confined Spaces in Construction","shortTitle":"Confined Spaces General (Construction)","slug":"1926-1203-confined-spaces-general-construction","scope":"construction","category":"confined_space","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1926-1203-confined-spaces-general-construction","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1926.1203 is the general requirement of Subpart AA, OSHA's construction confined-spaces standard: before work begins, a competent person must identify all confined spaces where workers may enter and determine which are permit-required confined spaces, so the site knows where the atmospheric, engulfment, and configuration hazards are.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1926.1203(a)","text":"Before it begins work at a worksite, each employer must ensure that a competent person identifies all confined spaces in which one or more of the employees it directs may work, and identifies each space that is a permit space, through consideration and evaluation of the elements of that space, including testing as necessary.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1926.1204","title":"Permit-Required Confined Spaces (Construction)","shortTitle":"Permit Spaces (Construction)","slug":"1926-1204-permit-required-confined-spaces-construction","scope":"construction","category":"confined_space","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1926-1204-permit-required-confined-spaces-construction","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1926.1204 is the core of Subpart AA: it requires each entry employer to develop and implement a written permit-required confined space program before workers enter a permit space on a construction site. The program must prevent unauthorized entry, identify and evaluate permit-space hazards, establish safe entry procedures, and provide testing and monitoring, attendants, rescue, and permits.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1926.1204","text":"Permit-required confined space program. Each entry employer must: (a) Implement the measures necessary to prevent unauthorized entry;","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1926.1207","title":"Training (Confined Spaces in Construction)","shortTitle":"Confined Space Training (Construction)","slug":"1926-1207-confined-space-training-construction","scope":"construction","category":"training","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1926-1207-confined-space-training-construction","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1926.1207 is the training requirement of Subpart AA. Employers must train every employee whose work is regulated by the confined-space standard (entrants, attendants, and entry supervisors) at no cost, so they have the understanding, knowledge, and skills to perform their duties safely. Training must be provided before initial assignment and again when duties or permit-space conditions change.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1926.1207(a)","text":"The employer must provide training to each employee whose work is regulated by this standard, at no cost to the employee, and ensure that the employee possesses the understanding, knowledge, and skills necessary for the safe performance of the duties assigned under this standard.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1926.1430","title":"Training (Cranes and Derricks in Construction)","shortTitle":"Crane Training","slug":"1926-1430-training-cranes","scope":"construction","category":"training","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1926-1430-training-cranes","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1926.1430 sets the training requirements for cranes and derricks in construction. The employer must provide role-based training so that each person involved in crane work (operators, signal persons, riggers, competent persons, qualified persons, and employees working around the equipment) is trained on the topics relevant to their assigned role and the hazards they face.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1926.1430(d)","text":"The employer must train each competent person and each qualified person regarding the requirements of this subpart applicable to their respective roles.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1926.1153","title":"Respirable Crystalline Silica (Construction)","shortTitle":"Silica (Construction)","slug":"1926-1153-silica-exposure","scope":"construction","category":"silica","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1926-1153-silica-exposure","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1926.1153 protects construction workers from respirable crystalline silica, capping exposure at a 50 µg/m³ 8-hour TWA with a 25 µg/m³ action level. Employers comply either by following Table 1's specified controls for a task or by assessing exposure and controlling to the PEL, plus a written exposure control plan and medical surveillance.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1926.1153(d)(1)","text":"The employer shall ensure that no employee is exposed to an airborne concentration of respirable crystalline silica in excess of 50 µg/m3, calculated as an 8-hour TWA.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1910.134","title":"Respiratory Protection","shortTitle":"Respiratory Protection","slug":"1910-134-respiratory-protection","scope":"general","category":"respiratory","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1910-134-respiratory-protection","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1910.134 requires a written respiratory protection program wherever respirators are needed to protect workers from airborne hazards or oxygen deficiency. It mandates a trained program administrator, hazard-based respirator selection, a medical evaluation before use, fit testing, training, and maintenance, because a respirator only protects if it is the right type, medically appropriate, and sealed.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1)","text":"In any workplace where respirators are necessary to protect the health of the employee or whenever respirators are required by the employer, the employer shall establish and implement a written respiratory protection program with worksite-specific procedures. The program shall be updated as necessary to reflect those changes in workplace conditions that affect respirator use.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1910.66","title":"Powered Platforms for Building Maintenance","shortTitle":"Powered Platforms","slug":"1910-66-powered-platforms","scope":"general","category":"fall_protection","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1910-66-powered-platforms","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1910.66 covers powered platform installations permanently dedicated to interior or exterior building maintenance: the suspended platforms used for tasks like window cleaning, caulking, and facade work on a specific building. It sets requirements for the platform and its suspension and support systems, fall protection for workers, inspection and testing, operator training, and emergency and rescue procedures.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1910.66(a)","text":"This section covers powered platform installations permanently dedicated to interior or exterior building maintenance of a specific structure or group of structures. This section does not apply to suspended scaffolds (swinging scaffolds) used to service buildings on a temporary basis and covered under subpart D of this part, nor to suspended scaffolds used for construction work and covered under subpart L of 29 CFR part 1926.","kind":"summary"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1910.68","title":"Manlifts","shortTitle":"Manlifts","slug":"1910-68-manlifts","scope":"general","category":"general","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1910-68-manlifts","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1910.68 covers manlifts: the powered devices with steps and handholds on a continuously moving vertical belt that carry workers between floors in some industrial buildings. It applies to the construction, maintenance, inspection, and operation of manlifts in relation to accident hazards, setting requirements for handholds and steps, brakes and limit stops, floor openings and guards, and periodic inspection.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1910.68(b)(1)","text":"This section applies to the construction, maintenance, inspection, and operation of manlifts in relation to accident hazards.","kind":"summary"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1910.111","title":"Storage and Handling of Anhydrous Ammonia","shortTitle":"Anhydrous Ammonia","slug":"1910-111-anhydrous-ammonia","scope":"general","category":"hazardous_materials","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1910-111-anhydrous-ammonia","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1910.111 governs the storage and handling of anhydrous ammonia: a corrosive, toxic gas stored as a liquid under pressure. It requires that ammonia systems be designed, constructed, located, installed, and operated per approved consensus standards, with the equipment, relief devices, and safeguards that contain this hazardous gas.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1910.111(a)(1)(i)","text":"This standard is intended to apply to the design, construction, location, installation, and operation of anhydrous ammonia systems including refrigerated ammonia storage systems.","kind":"summary"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1910.1096","title":"Ionizing Radiation","shortTitle":"Ionizing Radiation","slug":"1910-1096-ionizing-radiation","scope":"general","category":"health_hazards","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1910-1096-ionizing-radiation","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1910.1096 protects workers from ionizing radiation: X-rays, gamma rays, and particles from radioactive materials and radiation-producing machines. It limits the dose an individual in a restricted area may receive (1¼ rems per calendar quarter to the whole body) and requires radiation surveys, personnel monitoring (dosimetry), posting and labeling, and controls wherever radiation sources are used.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1910.1096(b)(1)","text":"Except as provided in paragraph (b)(2) of this section, no employer shall possess, use, or transfer sources of ionizing radiation in such a manner as to cause any individual in a restricted area to receive in any period of one calendar quarter from sources in the employer's possession or control a dose in excess of the limits specified in Table G-18:","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null},{"cfr":"29 CFR 1910.1450","title":"Occupational Exposure to Hazardous Chemicals in Laboratories","shortTitle":"Chemical Hygiene Plan (Labs)","slug":"1910-1450-chemical-hygiene-plan","scope":"general","category":"hazcom","removedFromCfr":false,"url":"https://hazcomfast.com/osha-standard/1910-1450-chemical-hygiene-plan","leadAnswer":"29 CFR 1910.1450, the OSHA Laboratory standard, protects workers who use hazardous chemicals in laboratories on a laboratory scale. Instead of the full HazCom and substance-specific rules, it requires each lab to develop and follow a written Chemical Hygiene Plan (CHP) that keeps exposures below OSHA limits, plus employee information and training, exposure determination where needed, and medical consultation.","cfrQuote":{"cite":"29 CFR 1910.1450(e)(1)","text":"Where hazardous chemicals as defined by this standard are used in the workplace, the employer shall develop and carry out the provisions of a written Chemical Hygiene Plan which is: (i) Capable of protecting employees from health hazards associated with hazardous chemicals in that laboratory and (ii) Capable of keeping exposures below the limits specified in paragraph (c) of this section.","kind":"verbatim"},"verifiedOn":null}],"meta":{"license":"Public reference content. 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