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Inspection guidance for calculating the number of employees at an inspeciton site.
Respiratory protection, medical surveillance, and training requirements under HAZWOPER. - [1910.134(e); 1910.134(f); 1910.134; 1910.120; 1910.120(q)(6)(i); 1910.120(q)(6)(ii); 1910.120(q)(8)]
Labeling requirements for packages used to ship blood or OPIM. - [1910.1030(g)(1)(i); 1910.1030(d)(2)(xiii)]
Needle destruction device use as an engineering control for the Bloodbore Pathogens standard. - [1910.1030(d)(2)(i); 1910.1030(c)(1)(iv); 1910.1030(b)]
There are no specific OSHA standards or requirements applicable to overhead doors. - [1910.34; 1910.36; 1910.37; 1910; 1926; 1910.12]
Vapor areas must be limited; concentrations must remain below 25% of the substances' lower flammable limit. - [1910.124; 1910.124(b)(1); 1910.124(b)(4)(ii); 1910.123(d)]
Application of the "governmental plan" definition in section 3(32) of ERISA to the Port Authority PBA Welfare Fund for purposes of the coverage exclusion in section 4(b)(1) of ERISA.
Respiratory protection requirements for hospital staff decontaminating chemically contaminated patients. - [1910.120; 1910.134; 1910.134(c); 1910.132; 1910.132(d); 1910.132(d)(2); 1910.120(q); 1910.120(q)(3); 1910.120(q)(3)(iv)]
Whether Mentees at a summer job training program for local youths who spend program time as interns in workshops and perform entry-level administrative or clerical tasks for local businesses are employees under the FLSA.
Color is not the only prescribed factor for the standardization of LOTO devices. - [1910.147; 1910.147(c)(5)(ii)(B)]
Ruling letter signed by Admininstrator McCutchen opining that DBRA is applicable to a specific contract
Application of the asbestos standard to demolition of buildings with ACM in place. - [1926.1101(g)(1)(ii); 1926.1101(g)(6); 1926.1101(g)(8)(vi); 1926.1101(k)(8)(i); 1926.1101(k)(8)(iii); 1926.1101(k)(9); 1926.1101(l)(2); 1926.1101(o)(4)]
Application of the Asbestos Standard to the removal of ACM debris and intact material. - [1926.1101(b); 1926.1101(g)]
Information Letter to Honorable John W. Oxendine.
Whether and to what extent the State of Georgia may regulate the International Union of Industrial and Independent Workers Benefit Fund under section 514(b)(6)(A) of title I of ERISA.
Universal precautions application to elective surgeries. - [1910.1030; 1910.1030(d)(2)(xi)]
Whether indemnification and limitation of liability provisions in a plan's service provider contract would violate the fiduciary provisions of ERISA.
Acceptable use of an electronic medical questionnaire system to comply with 1910.134(e). - [1910.134(e); 1910.134 App C]
Clarification of steel erection joist field-bolting requirements in 29 CFR Part 1926 Subpart R. - [1926.757(a)(8); 1926.757(a)(8)(i); 1926.757(a)(8)(ii); 1926.757(b)(1); 1926.757(b)(2); 1926.757(c)(2)]
Rigging equipment for material handling; custom-designed accessories. - [1926.251(a)(4)]
Whether certain aspects of a proposed plan for utilizing “volunteer” firefighters on a regular basis in a municipal fire department in a rural town would comply with the FLSA. Aspects discussed include scheduling of 24-hour shifts, the compensability of sleep time, and payment of different rates for different work.
Applicable OSHA standards and safety considerations for microwave device use in a laboratory. - [1910.1450; 1910.1450(e)(3)(vii); 1910.97; 1910.303(b)(2); 1910.399; 1910.106; 1910.1000]
Use of liquid bandages on wounds is considered first aid. - [1904.7(b)(5)(ii)(D)]
Sall, Carl
Clarification of 1926.451(a)(6) requirements for scaffolds and bridge-painting projects. - [1926.451(a)(6); 1926.451(a)(1); 1926.451(a)(3); 1926.451(d)(12)(iv); 1926.451(f)(16); 1926.451(g)(1)(i); 1926.451(g)(1)(ii); 1926.451(g)(1)(iii); 1926.451(g)(1)(iv
Standards that apply to cotton gins. - [1928.21; 1928.57; 1910.1043(a)(2)]
This letter provides guidance on the employer's failure to notify the employee of his or her FMLA eligibility status.
Whether an employee who performs administratively exempt work for his employer’s customers would be exempt, notwithstanding the fact that the employee could be viewed as producing the administrative services his employer is in business to provide.
Record retention requirements for indoor air quality documents and reports. - [1910.1020; 1910.1020(c)(5); 1910.1020(c)(5)(i); 1910.1020(c)(5)(iii); 1910.1020(c)(6)(ii)(C); 1910.1020(c)(13); 1910.1020(d)(1)(ii)]
Applicability of the Bloodborne Pathogens standard to the tattoo and body piercing industries. - [1910.1030(a); 1910.1030(c)(2); 1910.1030(d)(2)(vii); 1910.1030]
Application of the substantial business purpose test in paragraph (c) of 29 CFR 2510.3-37, for purposes of the definition of a "multiemployer plan" in ERISA Sec. 3(37).
This letter provides guidance on using FMLA leave intermittently to bond with the child.
This letter provides guidance on the employee notice requirements for unforeseeable leave.
This letter provides guidance on designating Worker's Compensation leave as FMLA leave, a well as the FMLA Poster requirements.
Whether an individual may be considered an uncompensated volunteer when the individual is otherwise employed by the same public agency to perform the same type of services as those for which the individual proposes to volunteer.
Applicability of OSHA's ladder standard, 29 CFR Part 1926 Subpart X to a particular situation. - [1926.1050; 1926.1053(a)(1); 1926.1053(a)(1)(ii)]
Site-Specific Targeting: Clarification. - [1903]
Steel erection standard requirements concerning installation of perimeter safety cable. - [1926.502; 1926.760(d); 1926.760(d)(3); 1926.760(a)(2)]
Request for guidance on saws operated on "cut-climb/reverse-rotation" mode. - [1910.213(c)(3); 1910.213(f)(2)]
CPL 02-01-037 [CPL 2-1.037] - National - Compliance Policy for Emergency Action Plans and Fire Prevention Plans - 07/09/2002 - PDF
Classification of fires; respiratory protection to extinguish fires. - [1910.134(b); 1910.134(g)(4); 1910.155(c)(26); 1910.156(a)(2)]
Use of verification tags for lockout. - [1910.147; 1910.147(c)(5); 1910.333]
Powered industrial truck addition/modification approval and marking requirements. - [1910.178(a)(4); 1910.178(a)(5)]
Application of Sec. 404(a)(1) of ERISA where trustees of a Taft-Hartley multiemployer plan, as the sole parties authorized under the trust agreement to establish delinquent contribution procedures, did so, but where different delinquent contribution procedures were subsequently agreed to in a collective bargaining agreement that the trustees were not party to.
Application of steel erection standards to precast concrete and lift slab structures. - [1926.750(a); 1926.750; 1926.750(b)(1); 1926.750(b)(2)]
Requirements for crucibles and other below-the-hook lifting devices. - [1910.179]
Acceptability of aluminum hard hats. - [1910.135(b)]
Clarification concerning fall protection and vertical walled trenches with depth of 6 feet or greater and use of controlled access zones. - [1926.501(b)(7); 1926.501(b)(7)(i); 1926.501(b)(7)(ii); 1926.501(b)(2); 1926.501(b)(9); 1926.502(k); 1926.651(f)]
Hierarchy of controls for exposure to air contaminants. - [1910.1000; 1910.107(d)(9)]
Use of mobile scaffolds with casters in the unlocked position; moving the mobile scaffold without dismounting. - [1926.452(w)(2); 1926.452(w)(3); 1926.452(w)(6)(iv); 1926.452(w)(6); 1926.452(w)(6)(i); 1926.451(f)(1); 1926.451(a)(1)]
Custom-designed lifting accessories must be proof-tested and marked before being deployed for use and after repair or replacement. - [1926.251(a)(4)]
Fit testing and medical monitoring requirements for wearers of filtering facepiece respirators. - [1910.134(f)(2); 1910.134(e)(1); 1910.134(g)(1)(iii)]
Re-use of blood tube holders. - [1910.1030(d)(2)(vii)(A)]
Safety Standards regulating the stability of mobile scaffolds, scissor lifts, and aerial work platforms. - [1926.452(w); 1926.453; 1926.452(w)(6); 1926.452(w)(5); 1926.453(b)(2)(viii); 1926.453(a)(1); 1926.453(a)(2)]
Mobile crews must have prompt access to nearby toilet facilities. - [1926.51(c)(4); 1926.51(c); 1926.51]
Whether a "special detail" exception pursuant to section 7(p)(1) of the FLSA applies in a scenario in which law enforcement employees of a public agency voluntarily provide extra off duty contractual security services to separate agency in the same city.
Application of Sec. 206(d) of ERISA with respect to the Mississippi Department of Human Services, Division of Child Support Enforcement.
Application of Sec. 408(e) of ERISA to certain transactions between a plan and various personal trusts and estates sharing a common trustee with the plan.
Whether the prohibition in PTE 77-4 (42 FR 18732, April 8, 1977) on sales commission payments would apply to commissions paid by a plan to an independent broker who executes the plan’s purchase or sale of shares of open-end investment companies registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 through a securities exchange.
Whether section 3(o) of the FLSA applies to the putting on, taking off, or washing of the protective safety equipment typically worn in the meat packing industry, such as mesh aprons, plastic belly guards, mesh sleeves or plastic arm guards,wrist wraps, mesh gloves, rubber gloves, polar sleeves, rubber boots, shin guards, and weight belts.
Whether a career firefighter/paramedic employee can volunteer to provide similar services to local volunteer fire departments, which are part of the a county's integrated fire service, without having the volunteer time count as compensable hours worked under the FLSA.
Protection factors for respirators used in pharmaceutical industry: policy change. - [1910.134; 1910.134(d)(3)(i)(A)]
Training requirements for employees who perform non-electrical work on electrical equipment. - [1910.269(a)(2)(i); 1910.269(a)(2)(ii); 1910.269(x)]
Information Letter to Richard M. Steinberg.
Application of the certification requirements of 29 CFR 2520.103-5, for purposes of the limited scope audit provisions of ERISA Sec. 103(a)(3)(C) and 29 CFR 2520.103-8.
When participant loan repayments withheld from employee wages by an employer become plan assets subject to the prohibited transaction rules of section 406 of ERISA.
Ground fault protection requirements for 120-volt and/or 240-volt circuits. - [1926.404(b); 1926.404(b)(1)(i); 1926.404(b)(1)(ii)]
This letter provides guidance on the leave entitlement for part-time employees; and employees working variable hours.
Review of Roof Mates' Roofer's Rack, Tool Box, Bracket, and stocker. - [1926.250]
OSHA Guidance concerning use of clip on products for ladders to facilitate transport of the ladder or other objects. - [1926.1053(b)(4); 1926.1053(b)(3); 1910.25; 1910.26]
Training requirements for fire brigade members. - [1910.156(c)(3)]
ANSI Z358.1 guidance for complying with 1910.151(c) citation policy for eyewashes and showers. - [1910.151(c)]
Clarification of 1910.151 (Medical Services and First Aid). - [1910.151; 1910.151(b)]
Hard hat testing and certification requirements when the hard hat bill is worn to the rear. - [1926.100(a); 1926.100(b); 1926.100]
Planking, safety line, and personal fall arrest system requirements for tank builder's scaffolding. - [1926.451; 1926.451(b); 1926.451(b)(1); 1926.451(b)(1)(i); 1926.451(b)(2); 1926.451(b)(2)(i); 1926.451(b)(2)(ii); 1926.451(b)(3); 1926.451(b)(3)(i); 1926
OSHA's exit sign requirements for disabled persons. - [1910.37; 1910.37(b)]
Announcement for Physicians and DME Providers of Medical Care to Federal Black Lung Miner Beneficiaries
Using ANSI Z358.1 as guidance to comply with 1910.151(c) - [1910.151(c)]
Air monitoring results, citations, and employee exposure records. - [1910.1020(e)(1)(i); 1910.1020(c)(5); 1910.1020(c)(6); 1910.1020(g)(1)]
Application of the "venture capital operating company" definition for purposes of the plan assets regulation at 29 CFR 2510.3-101.
CPL 02-01-034 [CPL 2-1.34] - National - Inspection policy and procedures for OSHA's steel erection standards for construction - 03/22/2002 - PDF
Non-Stop Scaffolding Inc.'s scaffold towers do not comply with OSHA's integral prefabricated scaffold access frame or ladder/stairway type access requirements. - [1926.451; 1926.451(e); 1926.451(e)(6); 1926.451(e)(6)(i); 1926.451(e)(6)(ii); 1926.451(e)(6)
Proof test requirements for insulating gloves; certification and marking requirements. - [1910.268]
Request that OSHA adopt a requirement that all scaffold planks meet a "scaffold grade" under recognized grading rules. - [1926.451; 1926.451(a)(1); 1926.451(a)(6); 1926.451(b); 1926.451(a)]
Safety vest requirements to protect flaggers from traffic hazards during construction work. - [1926.201]
Acceptable use of single point anchor systems for window cleaning operations. - [1910.132(c)]
Clarification of PIT requirements covering: fall protection and safety platforms, seatbelts, LP-gas storage, smoking, and eye wash stations. - [1910.178; 1910.178(f)(2); 1910.178(g)(10); 1910.151(c)]
OSHA Letters of Interpretation and Directives system and functions.
OSHA's no-fault recordkeeping system requires recording work-related injuries and illnesses, regardless of the level of employer control or non-control involved. - [1904.5(a); 1904.5(b)(3); 1904.5(b)(4)]
Nelson, Beth
PSM applicability to warehousing flammable liquids and other HHCs. - [1910.119; 1910.119(a)(1)(ii)(B); 1910.119(b); 1910.119(o)]
Clarification of "Controlling Contractor" duties under the Steel Erection Standard (1926 Subpart R) - [1926.752(a); 1926.752(c); 1926.755(b)(2); 1926.759(b); 1926.760(e)]
Authorized employees must have the opportunity to verify energy isolation in group lockout/tagout - [1910.269(d); 1910.147(c)(2); 1910.147(d)]
Tagout devices must be non-reusable and self-locking. - [1910.269(d)(3)(ii)(D); 1910.269(d)(6)(iv)(B)]
Clarification of requirements for construction scaffold erection/dismantling; safe means of access; blocks for two-point suspension scaffolds. - [1926.451; 1926.451(a)(3); 1926.451(a)(4); 1926.451(b)(1); 1926.451(b)(1)(i); 1926.451(c)(1)(iii); 1926.451(d)
Bridge construction will not be exempted from the sheer connector requirements of 1926.754(c)(1). - [1926.754; 1926.754(c)(1)]
Decision to release the new compliance directive for the steel erection standard in draft form. - [1926.750; 1926.751; 1926.752; 1926.753; 1926.754; 1926.755; 1926.756; 1926.757; 1926.758; 1926.759; 1926.760; 1926.761]
Application of ERISA Sec. 406(b) to certain transactions involving the provision of investment advice and discretionary services with regard to asset allocation for participants in participant-directed defined contribution plans.
Application of ERISA Secs. 408(b)(2) and 408(b)(6) to the provision of trustee services by Laurel Trust Company to two defined benefit plans which it sponsors and the payment by the plans of trustee fees in connection with those services.
CPL 02-02-070 [CPL 2-2.70] - National - Inspection Procedures for Occupational Exposure to Methylene Chloride Final Rule 29 CFR Part 1910.1052, 29 CFR Part 1915.1052 and 29 CFR Part 1926.1152. - 12/14/2001 - PDF
Determining the controlling employer with the role of providing general supervisory authority when using multi-employer two-step analysis citation policy. - [1926.16]
Exemptions for installation of guardrails on wall (interior) side. - [1926.451; 1926.452; 1926.453; 1926.454; 1926.451(g); 1926.451(g)(4)(i); 1926.451(b)(3); 1926.451(g)(1)(iv); 1926.451(g)(2); 1926.450]
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