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Clarification of the terms street clothing and work clothing as used in the asbestos standard for construction work. - [1926.1101; 1926.1101(f); 1926.1101(f)(2); 1926.1101(i)(1); 1926.1101(j)(1); 1926.1101(j)(2)]
Use of smoke escape hoods meeting the ANSI-ISEA standard - [1910.134; 1910.134(c)(2); 1910.134(d)(2)(ii); 1910.134(k); 1910.134 App D]
Acceptable equivalent to control lines for a Controlled Decking Zone (CDZ) in steel erection activities. 29 CFR 1926.760(c)(3). - [1926.760; 1926.760(c)(3); 1926.502(f)(2)(iv)]
alternatives to control lines in steel erection
Whether OSHA prohibits the use of a double D-bend elbow ("Rams Horn") shut-off valve at the end of a concrete pumping hose
Whether OSHA prohibits the use of a double D-bend elbow ("Rams Horn") shut-off valve at the end of a concrete pumping hose. - [1926.702; 1926.702(e)]
English language proficiency at construction sites. - [1926.21(b)(2); 1926.503(a)(1)]
English language proficiency at construction sites.
human decompression requirements for use of pressurized tunnel boring machines
Standards for decompression chambers for use with pressurized face-tunnel boring machines. - [1926.803; 1926.803(e)(5); 1926.803(m)(3)]
Hand-held gas-powered cut-off saws. - [1926.303(d)]
use of handheld gas saws in piping work
The definitions of combustible and flammable liquids under 29 CFR 1926 and 29 CFR 1910. - [1910.106; 1910.106(a)(18); 1910.106(a)(19); 1926.155; 1926.155(c); 1926.155(h)]
Information Letter to Charles V. Stewart.
Whether, in the context of a collectively bargained multiemployer plan, plan expenses paid by a contributing employer and not reimbursed by the plan are required to be reported on the Schedule C (Service Provider Information) of the Form 5500 Annual Return/Report of Employee Benefit Plan (Form 5500).
Provides guidance to staff for adjudicating survivors' claims in certain circumstances
The purpose of this document is to announce the release and availability of an ETA quantitative evaluation report: Use of One-Stops by Social Security Disability Beneficiaries in Four States Implementing Disability Program Navigator (DPN) Initiatives.
Various interpretation questions regarding 1926.651(c).
Can a person who qualifies as a "competent" person under one section of support P also qualify as a competent designer of structural ramps under 1926.651(c)(1)(i)?. - [1926.650(b); 1926.651(c)(1)(i); 1926.652(b); 1926.652(b)(2); 1926.652(b)(4)]
FAQs providing clarifications about outpatient benefit sub-classifications under MHPAEA.
Additional guidance regarding whether employees who do not have a biological or legal relationship with a child may take FMLA leave for birth, bonding, and to care for the child.
To inform Office of Apprenticeship (OA), State Apprenticeship Agency staff (SAA), Registered Apprenticeship program sponsors and other Registered Apprenticeship partners as to the definition and provisions for the issuance of interim credentials.
CPL 02-00-149 [CPL 02-00-149] - National - Severe Violator Enforcement Program (SVEP) - 06/18/2010 - PDF
Clarification of OSHA requirements pertaining to winding stairway systems. - [1910.23; 1910.23(d)(1); 1910.23(e)(1); 1910.23(e)(2); 1910.24; 1910.24(e); 1910.24(h)]
To inform Office of Apprenticeship (OA), State Apprenticeship Agency (SAA) staff, Registered Apprenticeship Program Sponsors and other Registered Apprenticeship Partners of the procedure for transfer of an Apprentice between apprenticeship programs and within an apprenticeship program, as provided in Section 29.5 of revised Title 29, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 29, Labor Standards for Registration of Apprenticeship Programs.
Acceptability of rounding laboratory-reported percentages of bulk asbestos analyses by point-counting to the nearest whole-number percent. - [1910.1001; 1910.1001(j)(8)(ii)(B); 1926.1101; 1926.1101(k)(5)(ii)(B)]
translation of English
Buehrer, Betsy
Therapeutic exercise is considered medical treatment for recordkeeping purposes. - [1904.7; 1904.7(b)(5)(ii)(M)]
Multi-Employer obligations with respect to electrical cords. - [1903]
Whether use of personal protective equipment is mandatory when working under heat stress conditions. - [1910.132; 1910.137; 1910.335; 1910.335(a)]
Clarification on pre-existing conditions and recordable incidents - [1904.7; 1904.7(a); 1904.7(b)(3)(ii); 1904.7(b)(3)(iii); 1904.7(b)(4)(viii)]
Autin, Corby
Provides information for workers engaged in oil spill clean up activities.
Provides information for workers engaged in oil spill clean up activities.
worker safety card
truck with a cab containing an intergral falling object protective structure
Interpretation of "unattended" in 29 CFR 1926.351(d)(1) with regard to electrode holders.
CPL 02-01-048 [CPL 02-01-048] - National - Clarification of OSHA's enforcement policies relating to floors/nets and shear connectors; Cancellation of CPL 02-01-046 (Sept. 30, 2009). - 04/30/2010 - PDF
Clarification on controlled access zones for leading edge work. - [1926.501; 1926.501(b); 1926.501(b)(2)(i); 1926.502; 1926.502(g); 1926.502(k); 1926.502(k)(7)]
Does a truck with a cab containing an intergral falling object protective structure that was manufactured to meet the ISO 3449 standard conform to 29 CFR 1926.601(b)(6)? - [1926.601; 1926.601(b)(6)]
Interpretation of "unattended" in 29 CFR 1926.351(d)(1) with regard to electrode holders. - [1926.351; 1926.351(d)(1)]
Use of portable arc welding machines in inclement weather. - [1926.351; 1926.351(a); 1926.351(b); 1926.351(c); 1926.351(d); 1926.354; 1926.406; 1926.406(c)]
Whether #9 wire may be used to secure the toprails and midrails on tubular scaffolding; permissible method for setting transitional wood planks. - [1926.451; 1926.451(g)(4); 1926.451(b)(8)]
Whether empty compressed gas cylinders may be laid horizontally when stored. - [1926.350; 1926.350(a)(9)]
OSHA Training Standards Policy Statements - [1910.134(k); 1910.147(c); 1910.1030(g); 1910.1200(h); 1926.21]
Whether use of an artificial ear ISO 318 coupler complies with the noise standard. - [1910.95; 1910.95(h)(5); 1910.95(h)(5)(ii)]
Clarification on recordkeeping exemption for illness resulting from consuming food in the workplace. - [1904.5; 1904.5(b)(2)(iv)]
Goodwyne, James
Minimum distance required between guardrails on an industrial truck work platform. - [1926.451; 1926.451(g)(1)(vii); 1926.451(g)(4)(vi)]
Whether an employer can repair an extension cord under 29 CFR 1926, Subpart K. - [1926.405; 1926.405(g)(2)(iii); 1926.449]
Whether OSHA construction standards require a manhole cover to support at least twice a vehicle's applied axle load, regardless of the cover's size. - [1926.502; 1926.502(i); 1926.502(i)(1); 1926.502(i)(2)]
Whether extension cords may be repaired and returned to use. - [1926.403; 1926.403(a); 1926.404; 1926.404(b)(1)(iii)(C)]
taxi driver safety fact sheet
Padded slings/wire rope during steel erection. - [1926.251; 1926.251(c)(9); 1926.753; 1926.753(c)(2)]
Single-point suspension scaffold safety. - [1926.451; 1926.451(g)(1); 1926.451(g)(3)(iii); 1926.552; 1926.552(c)(7)]
Clarification on whether a visual rotating beacon or strobe light is an acceptable warning signal on a radio operated crane. - [1910.179; 1910.179(i)]
Use of toeboards across scaffold access points. - [1926.451; 1926.451(h)(2)]
Whether an employer is permitted to double wrap #9 gage steel wire in order to guy, tie or brace a scaffold. - [1926.451; 1926.451(a)(1); 1926.451(c)]
Administrator's interpretation that employees who perform the typical job duties of a mortgage loan officer do not qualify as bona fide administrative employees exempt under section 13(a)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. § 213(a)(1).
These FAQs have been updated to provide responses to the most common processing questions and submission errors. While most of these FAQs are not substantively different from the December 2009 FAQs, further clarifications and additional FAQs have been pr
Whether OSHA standards require employees to be tied off while working over water on an aerial lift. - [1926.453; 1926.453(b)(2)(v); 1926.1431(k)(10)(i)]
Enforcement Policy for Flame-Resistant Clothing in Oil and Gas Drilling, Well Servicing, and Production-Related Operations - [1910.132; 1910.132(a); 1910.132(d)]
Appropriate disinfectants for decontamination of blood or OPIM. - [1910.1030; 1910.1030(d)(4)(ii)(A)]
Restrictions on drilling within 50 feet of a hole loaded with explosives. - [1926.905; 1926.905(h); 1926.905(j); 1926.905(k)]
Whether a specific brand of plastic sheeting meets the Asbestos requirements - [1926.1101]
Whether the TIAA "Traditional Annuity" is a fully allocated contract for annual reporting purposes within the meaning of 29 C.F.R. § 2520.104-44(b)(2) and the Form 5500 Instructions.
Whether guardrails are required on a two-point adjustable scaffold while workers who are tied off are painting the undercarriage of a water storage tank. - [1926.451; 1926.451(b)(2)(ii); 1926.451(b)(3); 1926.451(g)(1)(ii)]
Fall protection requirements for employees working on an elevator car frame. - [1926.500(b); 1926.501(b)(1); 1926.502(d); 1926.502(d)(15)]
Fully Planked and Decked Scaffold - [1926.451; 1926.451(b)(1)]
Interpretation of OSHA Fall Protection Exemption (29 CFR 1926.500(a)(1)) during inspection, investigation, and assessment activities. - [1926.500; 1926.500(a)(1)]
Permissible methods of operating trucks in reverse on construction sites. - [1926.601; 1926.601(b)(4); 1926.602(a)(9)(ii)]
Storing Lunches in a Refrigerator at an Auto Collision Shop - [1910.141]
Whether an employer can use a controlled access zone during curtain wall installation. - [1926.500; 1926.500(a)(2)(iii); 1926.502; 1926.502(g); 1926.751; 1926.760; 1926.760(a)(1)]
Testing requirements for "lifting blinds" or "lifting covers" on pressure vessels. - [1926.251; 1926.251(a)(4); 1926.251(a)(5)]
Provides information for workers to protect them from injuries due to heavy lifting (sandbags).
The fact sheet provides an overview of the final regulation that requires that the administrator of a multiemployer pension plan, on the written request of any plan participant , beneficiary, employee representative, or any employer that has an obligation to contribute to the plan, to furnish copies of requested financial and actuarial reports of the plan.
Allocation of Costs of Assessing and Collecting Penalty and Interest under State Unemployment Compensation Laws
CPL 02-02-076 - National Emphasis Program - Hexavalent Chromium - 02/23/2010
CPL 02-01-047 [CPL 02-01-047] - National - OSHA Authority Over Vessels and Facilities on or Adjacent to U.S. Navigable Waters and the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) - 02/22/2010 - PDF
Clarification on whether the HAZWOPER standard applies to Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Teams responding to a terrorist incident. - [1910.120]
Hazards of using a crane's hydraulic system to compensate for inadequate brakes. - [1926.1433; 1926.1433(b)(5); 1926.1434; 1926.1434(a)(3)]
Guidance on annual reporting and ERISA coverage for 403(b) plans. It supplements FAB 2009-02 concerning the scope of and conditions for transition relief provided by FAB 2009-02 and responds to questions concerning the safe harbor regulation 2510.3-2(f).
Hayes, Scott
Clarification of assigned working hours when recording work-related injuires/illnesses. - [1904.5; 1904.5(b)(2)(v)]
Trainer qualifications under the HAZWOPER standard. - [1910.120]
Clarification of OSHA's position on preemption precluding state court findings with regard to defective NIOSH-certified respirators. - [1910.134]
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