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The use of compressed air for cleaning purposes with a pressure greater than 30 P.S.I. and the use of air guns with long pipes. - [1910.242]
Clarification of 1910.23(c)(1). - [1910.23]
Discusses whether a graphic designer or graphic artist meets the professional exemption under 29 CFR part 541.
Requirements for toeboards. - [1926.451; 1926.500]
Enforcement of 29 CFR 1926.601(b)(10). - [1926.601(b)(10)]
Transparent Welding Curtains and the Requirements. - [1910.252]
Compression spring requirements for mechanical power presses.;Compression spring requirements for mechanical power presses. - [1910.217(b)(3)(ii); 1910.217(b)(4)(iii)]
Standards for mechanical power presses. - [1910.212]
Safety aspects of personnel and material hoists. - [1926.552; 1926.800]
Review of the safeguards provided on the Biro Meat Tenderizer and the Chopper (grinder) machines. - [1910.212]
Discusses whether the FLSA requires covered and nonexempt employees be compensated in compliance with the minimum wage and overtime compensation provisions for all hours worked in the workweek.
Application of general principles involved in determining what constitutes working time under Part 785 for farmworkers residing in a labor camps. Discussion - home to work, travel time; waiting time; engaged to wait, travel all in a days work; travel away from home; and portal to portal
Application of general principles involved in determining what constitutes working time under Part 785 for farmworkers residing in a labor camps. Discussion on home to work, travel time; waiting time; engaged to wait, travel all in a days work; travel away from home; and the portal to portal act.
Cut-and-cover operation in the construction of tunnels. - [1926.800(k)(10)(i)]
Discusses the Application of section 13(a)(3) and 13(b)(29) of the FLSA to private entities which are engaged in providing services and facilities directly related to skiing in a national park or a national forest.
Acceptance of state exemption for the Commonwealth of Viriginia.
Discusses whether tuition reimbursements are excludable from the regular rate of pay under Section 7(e)(2).
CCPA Title III amendments regarding court ordered child support or alimony.
A knot in a wire rope is a recognized hazard for material handling. - [1926.251(c)(3); 1915.112(b)(4); 1917.42(b)(5); 1918.62(b)(6)]
DOL reiterated the direction set forth in Reorganization Plan No. 14 of 1950.
Elliott Company's plant-wide hard hat program. - [1910.135 ]
Supports required for safety nets. - [1926.105]
Positive identification of persons working underground in tunnels and shafts, caissons, cofferdams, compressed air tunnels. - [1926.800(c); 1926.803]
Carbon zinc batteries in blasting galvanometers. - [1926.906(q); 1910.109(e)(4)(vii)]
The point of operation guarding on the Biro Power Meat Cutters (bandsaws). - [1910.212; 1910.213]
Double-insulated tools and ground-fault protection on construction sites. - [1926.400]
Applicability of 29 CFR 1910.107 Spray Finishing Using Flammable and Combustible Materials as Referenced in 29 CFR 1910.94(c) Spray Finishing Operations. - [1910.107; 1910.94(c)]
Requirements for wire rope fittings (CASTLOK Bend-Master) in construction. - [1926.251(c)]
Construction of guardrails. - [1926.451(d)(10)]
Request for clarification on ground fault circuit interrupters on portable generators forwarded to the national office. - [1926.400(b)]
The wearing of hard hats. - [1910.135 ; 1910.132; 1926.100]
Allowable TLV of coke gases at the breathing levels of the employees. - [1926.700; 1926.55(a); 1926.154]
Presence sensing devices used to actuate mechanical power presses. - [1910.217]
OSHA's authority to take photographs during the course of an inspection. - [1903.7 ]
Fire wall requirements. - [1910.106]
If an employer merely prescribes a general type of ordinary basic street clothing to be worn while working and permits variations in details of dress, the garments chosen by the employees would not be considered to be uniforms. On the other hand, where the employer does prescribe a specific type and style of clothing to be worn at work, e.g., where a restaurant or hotel requires a tuxedo or a skirt and blouse or jacket of a specific or distinctive style, color, and quality, such clothing would be considered uniforms.
Point of Operation Guarding, As Applied To The Dvorak Model 314 Iron Worker. - [1910.212]
The overtime exemption in section 13(b)(11) of the Act applies to "any employee employed as a driver or driver's helper making local deliveries. Employees involved in making trips outside the state, the exemption would not be applicable. See also Contract Work Hours & Safety Standards Act.
Address several questions which pertains to uniform allowances, to reimburse the employees for costs incurred in laundering and replacing uniforms and provides method of payment to satisfy the requirements of the FLSA
Guarding requirements for radial saws. - [1910.213(h)(1)]
Addresses several questions pertaining to coverage and exemptions related to a nonprofit cultural and educational enterprise and whether the exemption in section 13(a)(3) from the FLSA's minimum wage and overtime requirements for employees of amusement or recreational establishments applies.
The discharge from exits in the Blackwill Burner Company plant. - [1910.36; 1910.36(c)(1); 1910.36(c)(2)]
Wheel locks on rolling scaffold. - [1926.451]
A safety sleeve designed for guarding projecting shaft ends and a clarification of the term "safety sleeve". - [1910.219]
Structural steel angles for cleats on fixed ladders. - [1910.27]
A request that the Automatic Nailing Machine be listed in 1910.217. - [1910.217]
Testing of the WindGard. - [1910.135 ]
The issuance of a Program Directive to clarify the applicability fo OSHA standards. - [1910.106]
Discusses how the requirement in section 3(m) of the FLSA that an employee must retain all tips does not preclude tip splitting or pooling arrangements among certain employees who customarily and regularly receive tips. Tipped employees may not be required to share their tips with employees who have not customarily and regularly participated in tip pools.
It is acceptable to use material other than fiber rope for boatswain's chairs. - [1910.28(j)(2)]
Clarification of a regulated area for battery type coke ovens - [1910.1029(d)(2)(i)]
This letter provides an analysis as to whether a translator meets the professional exemption under section 13(a)(1) of the FLSA and explains that the exemption is not determined on the basis of occupational title or job classification but is granted on the basis of the duties, salary and other requirements of the job of the individual employee involved.
This letter addresses several questions relating to the circumstances under which political committees would be subject to the provisions of the FLSA. The FLSA contains various exemptions, and in the case of political committees perhaps the most pertinent one is Section 13(a)(1), 20 U.S.C 213(a)(1). This provision exempts from the minimum wage and overtime requirements (but not the equal pay provisions) anyone employed in a bona fide executive, administrative or professional capacity. See 29 C.F.R. Part 541, for further details.
Proof testing, as a unit, certain types of alloy steel chain lifting devices. - [1910.184]
Whether CCPA Title III wage garnishment limits apply prior to a court order.
Aerial lifts and digger derricks used by utility companies. - [1926.550(a)(6); 1926.32(f)]
Walking surface platforms attached to a billboard. - [1910.21]
A formal interpretation of 1910.107. - [1910.107]
Climbing structural members is a recognized hazard and prohibited. - [1910.27]
Misapplication of Rollover Protective Structures - [1926.1000; 1926.1001; 1926.1002]
The method of paying tips when charged on a credit card
The standard was not intended to apply to properly constructed and equipped solid fuel salamanders which are fueled by coke or coal and are used in structures under construction. - [1926.154; 1926.700]
Massive release is defined as gaseous vinyl chloride escaping under positive pressure; Clarification of the term hazardous release;Clarification of protective clothing required to respond to a vi - [1910.1017(b)(5); 1910.1017(i)(1); 1910.1017(h)]
The point of operation hazard on power brakes. - [1910.212]
Application of FLSA section 13(a)(2) and 13(a)(8) to a small weekly newspaper. The letter provides discussion on section 13(d) delivery of newspapers; child labor exemptions, retail concept sales
Wind Indicators and Rail Clamps. - [1910.179]
OSHA standards covering hydraulic accumulators. - [1910.106]
Installation of handrails on mobile belt loader conveyors. - [1926.555(a)(8); 1910.261(a)(3)(v); 1910.265(c)(18)]
Mechanical Power Presses. - [1910.217]
Newly Developed Hydrogen Storage Cylinders. - [1910.101]
Aisles and Passageways. - [1910.22]
Plugging into an unprotected outlet with a portable GFCI would be in violation of the standard. - [1926.401]
The practice of recording employees' starting time and stopping time to the nearest 5 minutes, a practice which is acceptible under 29 CFR 785.48(b). The acceptance of such rounding practices, as 29 CFR 785.48(b) makes clear, rests on the assumption that the rounding averages out so that employees are fully compensated for all the time they actually work. So long as the standards laid down in 29 CFR 785.47 and 785.48 are met.
Double insulated tools on construction sites. - [1926.400]
Interpretation on metal manhole ladder standards. - [1910.268(h)(8)]
Guidance in relation to rules and regulations governing warehousing and transportation of powder-actuated tool cartridges. - [1910.109]
Additional Requirements for Safeguarding Typographical Errors. - [1910.217]
The storage of flammable and combustible liquids. - [1910.106]
Interpretation of Lockouts. - [1910.261(b)(1)]
Section 13(a)(3) exempts from the Act's monetary requirements ""any employee employed by an establishment which is an amusement or recreational establishment, provided either of the two test are met. This letter discusses various fact that must be taken into consideration for the exemption to apply. It also address child labor provisions regarding age and occupation in connection with transportation media.
Guarding of Punch Presses. - [1910.217]
The size of opening in the wire mesh mounted in the canopy structures of wheel and crawler tractors. - [1926.604]
Overhead and Gantry Cranes. - [1910.179]
Paint Spraying Operations. - [1910.107]
Electrical Disconnect Means as they relate to center pivot irrigation systems. - [1928.57(c)(5)(ii)]
The guarding requirements for riveting machines. - [1910.212]
Clip-on Side Shields. - [1910.133(b)(2)]
This letter discusses how the State and Federal law differ. Each law must be applied separately, and the law which yields the higher cash wage to the employee is the one to be followed.
Flammable and Combustible Liquids. - [1910.106]
OSHA regulations governing the use of personal protective equipment. - [1910.132(a); 1926.95(a); 1915.152(a)]
Clarified 1976 amendments that provided, among other items, extended coverage to white collar as well as blue collar employees.
Clarification of Difference Between 1910.106 and 1926.152. - [1910.106; 1926.152]
Dipping and coating operations standard applies to liquids with a 380 degree flashpoint. - [1910.123; 1910.124; 1910.125; 1910.126]
Liquified Petroleum Gases. - [1910.110]
Displeasure with the procedures utilized by OSHA. - [1910.212; 1910.217]
Hoisting devices known as "elevators" on well drilling rigs. - [1926.552]
Application of CCPA Title III wage garnishment limits to full-time and part-time employees, and to retirement pay.
Disabled (vision impaired) forklift operators. - [1910.178]
Enforcement of 1910.27 Fixed Ladders. - [1910.27]
This letter explains that Section 3(m) of the FLSA permits an employer to credit towards the minimum wage required by the FLSA, the "reasonable cost" to the employer or the "fair value" of the facilities furnished an employee. An employer wishing to avail himself of this provision may determine, from his own figures, the "reasonable cost" of transportation furnished by him.
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