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The Department of Labor provides this guidance search tool as a single, searchable location where users may search for guidance issued by any of the Department’s agencies, including significant guidance documents under Executive Order 12866. Individual guidance documents are maintained on the various agency websites, and if you know what agency you are looking for, you may also find guidance by navigating directly to that agency’s website. The Code of Federal Regulations and the Federal Register, which are not maintained by the Department, also include some of the Department’s interpretations of law and similar material.
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Elevator Hazards During Construction. - [1926]
Whether the Alliance Employee Leasing Corporation I Voluntary Employees' Beneficiary Association Plan and Trust (the Trust) is an employee welfare benefit plan within the meaning of section 3(1) of title I of ERISA, and whether the Trust is a multiple employer welfare arrangement (MEWA), within the meaning of ERISA section 3(40) and, therefore, subject to applicable state insurance laws at least to the extent permitted under section 514(b)(6)(A) of title I of ERISA.
Whether the proposed formation and operation of the International Small Float Fund, a limited partnership violate the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA.
Electrical standards as it applies to desktop computers. - [1910.303; 1910.399]
Use of crane or derrick suspended personnel platforms - [1926.550(g)]
Permanent Variance to the tie-in requirements for personnel/material hoists. - [1926.552]
Response to oil spills, training, and other issues of HAZWOPER. - [1910.120]
Timber shoring for trenches - [1926]
Training requirements where "low magnitude of risk of exposure to hazardous substances" exists. - [1910.120]
Inspection of Crane Hooks. - [1910.179]
OSHA does not certify instructors in HAZWOPER. - [1910.120]
OSHA does not cover volunteers, but EPA does in Hazardous Waste Operations. - [1975.3; 1910.120]
Training for employees at CERCLA and RCRA sites. - [1910.120]
Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter Information - [1926.404(b)(1)]
CPL 02-00-095 [CPL 2.95] - National - Enforcement Authority at the Department of Energy's (DOE) Government-Owned, Contractor-Operated (GOCO) sites. - 02/10/1992
Fall Protection during Steel Erection - [1926.105]
Exemption from the minimum wage and overtime pay provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) for helicopter pilots
Whether the Homefurnishings Manufacturers Association Health Benefit Trust is a multiple employer welfare arrangement (MEWA) within the meaning of section 3(40) of title I of ERISA and therefore subject to applicable state regulation.
Information on ground fault circuit Interrupters - [1926.404(b)(1); 1926.20(b)(2)]
Specialized devices used to control mechanical power presses. - [1910.217]
Respiratory Protection Under OSHA's Ethylene Oxide (EtO) Standard - [1910.1047(g)]
Flashback Arrestors and Backflow Protective Equipment for Welding Operations. - [1910.253]
Whether a self-funded health benefit program sponsored by Advantage Corporate Services Inc is a multiple employer welfare arrangement (MEWA), within the meaning of ERISA section 3(40) and whether the preemption provisions of ERISA would not preclude state regulation of the Program to the extent provided in ERISA section 514(b)(6)(A).
Whether the Action Staffing, Inc. health benefit program is an employee welfare benefit plan within the meaning of section 3(1) of title I of ERISA, and whether the Action Staffing, Inc. health benefit program is a multiple employer welfare arrangement (MEWA), within the meaning of ERISA section 3(40) and, therefore, subject to applicable state insurance laws at least to the extent permitted under section 514(b)(6)(A) of title I of ERISA.
Roll-over protective-structures on Cary-lift loaders - [1926.1000; 1926.1003]
Collective bargaining agreement contingency provisions are prohibited by DOL.
Whether the Food Employers Labor Relations Association and Retail Store Employees Union Severance Plan would be a severance pay plan described in Department of Labor regulation section 29 C.F.R. 2510.3-2(b) if certain described acts occur.
Whether the Emergency Relief Fund of the Southern Labor Union is an unfunded dues financed welfare plan maintained by an employee organization within the meaning of Department of Labor regulation section 29 C.F.R. 2520.104-26 and therefore exempt from filing certain reports with the Department or disclosing certain information to participants.
Whether a stop-loss insurance policy purchase by the employer sponsoring a welfare benefit plan that provides benefits exclusively out of the employer general assets would be assets of the plan under ERISA.
Under 553.212, a person who spends more than 20 percent of his/her working time in activities that are not law enforcement activities, as defined in the regulations, is not considered to be an employee engaged in law enforcement activities for the purposes of 213(b)(20) and 207(k). An individual who is employed primarily in the highway department cannot qualify for exemption under 213(b)(20).
Electrical safety related work practices applicable to employees operating or working on or nearby, motor control centers in the workplace. - [1910.303; 1910.304]
Multi-piece Rim Wheel. - [1910.177]
Approval of temporary power for a construction site. - [1926.403(a); 1926.449]
Storage of flammable and combustible liquids in a storage room within a warehouse facility. - [1910.106]
Whether or not guards are required for fan blades on an electrical transformer. - [1910.212]
Approved and Acceptable equipment has been determined to be safe by a qualified electrical testing laboratory. - [1926.403; 1926.449]
Guarding of Unused portion of metal cutting bandsaws. - [1910.212]
Laws and regulations on fire protection in the workplace. - [1910 Subpart L]
Welding and Noise in confined space - [1926.52; 1926.21; 1926.353]
The primary duties of the account representative involve the basic tasks of the business, or "production" rather than carrying out the management polices of the business. As a result, the account representative is a nonexempt line employee who must be paid in accordance with the minimum wage and overtime compensation requirements of the FLSA.
OSHA's jurisdiction over volunteer fire fighters. - [1910.120]
Training and HAZWOPER. - [1910.120; 1910.120(q)(1); 1910.120(q)(6)(ii); 1910.120(q)(6)(iii); 1910.38]
Use of general protective equipment and tools by employees when working near exposed energized conductors or circuit parts in the workplace. - [1910.137; 1910.335; 1910.399]
Hazwoper minimum training for an On Scene Incident Commander. - [1910.120]
Mechanical power press requirements and platen presses. - [1910.217]
Exits must not be locked or obstructed. - [1910.36(d)]
Fixed ladders in outdoor advertising. - [1905]
Hazwoper EPA and OSHA jurisdictional issues. - [1910.120]
Changing tines/capacity of powered industrial trucks. - [1910.178]
Washington's Response to Federal Program Change (CPL 2-2.51) - [1910.120]
Employees who become ill or injured on the job. - [1910.151]
Sharp knives and utensils in the workplace. - [1910.132]
Underground storage tanks and 1910.120. - [1910.120]
Geographic definitions, multi-functional setting; refresher training. - [1910.120]
Use of crane or derrick suspended personnel platforms accessing a worksite. - [1926.32]
Use of ladders positioned against columns - [1926.1053(b)]
When a lifesaving skiff is to be considered as being "immediately available". - [1926.106]
Fireworks manufacturing and OSHA jurisdiction. - [1910.109]
New manlift installations. - [1910.68(b)(3)]
Training requirements of HAZWOPER. - [1910.120; 1910.120(e); 1910.120(e)(6)]
Powered Platform Installations for Building Maintenance - [1910.66]
Hazwoper training in hospitals. - [1910.120; 1910.120(q); 1910.1200; 1910.1047; 1910.1047(h); 1910.134; 1910.132]
OSHA Requirements Addressing Fall Protection Equipment - [1926.251]
Standards addressing excavations - [1910.120; 1926.652]
Use of protective helmets in construction - [1926.100(a); 1926.451(h)(1)]
Ventilation of industrial plants involved in flammable or combustible liquid operations. - [1910.106]
Ground continuity monitoring devices. - [1926.404]
Lift-slab Bridge Construction - [1926.703; 1926.704; 1926.705]
Aerial apparatus and ground ladders. - [1910.7]
Holding & Hoisting Brakes on Hydraulic Cranes - [1926.550]
The wearing of leather shoes rather than leather sneakers or deck shoes while operating vehicles. - [1910.132; 1910.136]
Occupational protective footwear for molten metal workers in the foundry industry. - [1910.132; 1910.136]
HAZWOPER applications. - [1910.120; 1910.120(a); 1910.120(d); 1910.120(e); 1910.120(e)(3)(ii)]
Requirement for Air Sampling in trenches. - [1926.651]
Proper wiring of a new overhead crane. - [1910.303]
Emergency situations that fall under Hazwoper. - [1910.120]
Concerning power press brake operations. - [1910.212]
Definition of "actual field experience" in Hazwoper. - [1910.120]
Design and use of trench boxes - [1926.652(g)(1)(iv)]
OSHA citations issued against Phillips 66 Company. - [2200.100]
Rollover Protective Structures (ROPS) used on agricultural wheeled tractors. - [1928.51]
Safety of employees in the workplace where portable generators are used as power sources. - [1910.302]
Yellow shall be the basic color for designation caution. - [1910.144]
Hearing report on OSHA reform.
The terminology "making contact with the interior leg casing" in CPL 02-01-004 and grain handling facilities with less than one million bushels permanent storage capacity. - [1910.272(p)(4)(ii)]
Noise and potential hazard of backup alarms on equipment at construction sites. - [1926.601(b)(4); 1926.602(a)(9)]
Stacking trench boxes in trenches. - [1926.650]
Differences between the various standards for Rollover Protective Structures used on agricultural wheeled tractors. - [1928.51(b)(1); 1926.1002(a)(5); 1926.1002(j)(1)]
The role of self-audits in safety and health programs. - [1926.20(b)(2)]
Ergonomics in the Baking Industry.
Application of 1910.120 to home heating oil. - [1910.120; 1910.120(q)(6); 1910.120(q)(6)(ii); 1910.120(q)(6)(iii)]
Deductions from the guaranteed salary of an exempt employee for loss, damage, or destruction of company funds or property would result in the loss of the exemption because the salary would not be "guaranteed' or "free and clear" as required by 541.118.
Application of bridge brakes. - [1910.179]
Grain handling facilities. - [1910.272]
Over-the-road vehicle operator required response to a large release. - [1910.120; 1910.120(q); 1910.120(q)(1); 1910.38]
The use of Maxon-CS-0520-HD VHF transceivers. - [1910.399]
Training requirements for firefighters. - [1910.120; 1910.120(q)(6)(ii); 1910.120(q)(6)]
Approval of Portable Generators by a qualified testing laboratory. - [1926.403; 1926.404]
Classification and subsequent designs may be used if they have been approved by a registered professional engineer. - [1926.650; 1926.652]
End dump trucks on jobsites or public highways - [1926.601; 1926.601(b)(11)]
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