Construction Safety

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Standards This section highlights OSHA standards and documents related to competent persons.

OSHA Standards

General Industry (29 CFR 1910) Related Information

Subpart F – Powered Platforms, Manlifts, and Vehicle-Mounted Work Platforms

1910.66, Powered platforms for building maintenance

Directives Federal Register notices Letters of interpretation

Subpart H – Hazardous Materials

1910.109, Explosives and blasting agents Directives Federal Register notices Letters of interpretation

Subpart N – Materials Handling and Storage

1910.183, Helicopters Federal Register notices Letters of interpretation

1910.184, Slings Federal Register notices Letters of interpretation

Subpart R – Special Industries

1910.268, Telecommunications Federal Register notices Letters of interpretation Settlement agreements

Maritime (29 CFR 1915, 1917, 1918) Related Information

1915 Subpart A – General Provisions

1915.3, Responsibility

1915.4, Definitions

1915.7, Competent person Federal Register notices Letters of interpretation

1915 Subpart B – Confined and Enclosed Spaces and Other Dangerous Atmospheres in Shipyard Employment

Appendices to standard

1915.11, Scope, applications, and definitions applicable to this subpart

Federal Register notices

1915.12, Precautions and the order of testing before entering confined and enclosed spaces and other dangerous atmospheres

Federal Register notices

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1915.13, Cleaning and other cold work Federal Register notices

1915.14, Hot work Federal Register notices Letters of interpretation

1915.15, Maintenance of safe conditions Federal Register notices

1915 Subpart C – Surface Preparation and Preservation

1915.35, Painting Federal Register notices

1915.36, Flammable liquids

1915 Subpart D – Welding, Cutting and Heating

1915.53, Welding, cutting and heating in way of preservative coatings

1915.54, Welding, cutting and heating of hollow metal containers and structures not covered by 1915.12

1915.57, Uses of fissionable material in ship repairing and shipbuilding

1915 Subpart E – Scaffolds, Ladders and Other Working Surfaces

1915.71, Scaffolds or staging Letters of interpretation

1915 Subpart G – Gear and Equipment for Rigging and Materials Handling

1915.117, Qualifications of operators

1915 Subpart H – Tools and Related Equipment

1915.135, Powder actuated fastening tools

1915.136, Internal combustion engines, other than ship's equipment

1915 Subpart K – Portable, Unfired Pressure Vessels, Drums and Containers, Other Than Ship's Equipment

1915.172, Portable air receivers and other unfired pressure vessels

Federal Register notices

1915 Subpart Z – Confined and Enclosed Spaces and Other Dangerous Atmospheres in Shipyard Employment

1915.1001, Asbestos Appendices to standard Directives Federal Register notices Letters of interpretation Settlement agreements

1918 Subpart B – Gear Certification

1918.11, Gear certification (see also 1918.2, definition of "vessel's cargo handling gear" and 1918.51)

Federal Register notices

1918 Subpart J – Personal Protective Equipment

1918.105, Other protective measures Appendices to standard Letters of interpretation

Gear Certification (29 CFR 1919) Related Information

1919.2, Definition of terms

1919.26, Visual inspection before tests

1919.27, Unit proof tests-winches, derricks and gear accessory thereto

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1919.28, Unit proof tests-cranes and gear accessory thereto

1919.29, Limitations on safe working loads and proof loads

1919.30, Examinations subsequent to unit tests

1919.31, Proof tests-loose gear

1919.32, Specially designed blocks and componentsr

1919.33, Proof tests-wire rope

1919.34, Proof tests after repairs or alterations

1919.35, Order of tests

1919.36, Heat treatment

1919.37, Competent persons

Construction (29 CFR 1926) Related Information

Subpart C – General Safety and Health Provisions

1926.20, General safety and health provisions Directives Federal Register notices Letters of interpretation

1926.32, Definitions Federal Register notices Letters of interpretation

Subpart D – Occupational Health and Environmental Controls

1926.53, Ionizing radiation Letters of interpretation

1926.62, Lead Directives Federal Register notices Letters of interpretation

Subpart E – Personal Protective and Life Saving Equipment

1926.101, Hearing protection Federal Register notices

Subpart H – Materials Handling, Storage, Use, and Disposal

1926.251, Rigging equipment for material handling Federal Register notices Letters of interpretation

Subpart J – Welding and Cutting

1926.354, Welding, cutting, and heating in way of preservative coatings

Letters of interpretation

Subpart K – Electrical 1926.404, Wiring design and protection Federal Register notices Letters of interpretation

Subpart L – Scaffolds 1926.450, Scope, application and definitions applicable to this subpart

Directives Federal Register notices Letters of interpretation Settlement agreements

1926.451, General requirements Directives Federal Register notices Letters of interpretation

1926.454, Training requirements Directives Federal Register notices Letters of interpretation

Subpart M – Fall Appendices to standard

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protection 1926.500, Scope, application, and definitions applicable to this subpart

Federal Register notices Letters of interpretation

1926.502, Fall protection systems criteria and practices

Federal Register notices Letters of interpretation Settlement agreements

1926.503, Training requirements Federal Register notices Letters of interpretation

Subpart N – Helicopters, Hoists, Elevators, and Conveyors

1926.550, [Reserved], Federal Register, 75 FR 48134

Directives Federal Register notices Letters of interpretation

1926.552, Material hoists, personnel hoists, and elevators

Federal Register notices Letters of interpretation

Subpart P – Excavations Appendices to standard

1926.650, Scope, application, and definitions applicable to this subpart

Directives Federal Register notices Letters of interpretation

1926.651, Specific excavation requirements Directives Federal Register notices Letters of interpretation

1926.652, Requirements for protective systems Directives Federal Register notices Letters of interpretation

Subpart Q – Concrete and Masonry Construction

1926.705, Requirements for lift-slab operations Directives Federal Register notices Letters of interpretation

Subpart R – Steel Erection

1926.751, Definitions Federal Register notices Letters of interpretation

1926.752, Site layout, site-specific erection plan and construction sequence

Letters of interpretation

1926.753, Hoisting and rigging Federal Register notices Letters of interpretation

1926.754, Structural steel assembly Federal Register notices Letters of interpretation

Subpart S – Underground Construction, Caissons, Cofferdams, and Compressed Air

1926.800, Underground construction Directives Federal Register notices Letters of interpretation

1926.803, Compressed air Federal Register notices Letters of interpretation

Subpart T – Demolition Topic page

1926.850, Preparatory operations Letters of interpretation

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1926.852, Chutes Letters of interpretation

1926.859, Mechanical demolition

Subpart U – Blasting and the Use of Explosives

1926.900, General provisions Federal Register notices Letters of interpretation

Subpart X – Ladders 1926.1053, Ladders Federal Register notices Letters of interpretation

1926.1060, Training requirements Federal Register notices Letters of interpretation

1926 Subpart Z – Toxic and Hazardous Substances

1926.1101, Asbestos Appendices to standard Directives Federal Register notices Letters of interpretation Settlement agreements

1926.1127, Cadmium Federal Register notices Letters of interpretation

Subpart CC – Cranes & Derricks in Construction

1926.1401, Definitions Federal Register notices Letters of interpretation

1926.1404, Assembly/disassembly -- general requirements

Letters of interpretation

1926.1412, Inspections Letters of interpretation

1926.1413, Wire rope -- inspection

1926.1417, Operation Letters of interpretation

1926.1423, Fall protection

1926.1430, Training Federal Register notices

1926.1431, Hoisting personnel Federal Register notices Letters of interpretation

1926.1432, Multiple-crane/derrick lifts -- supplemental requirements

1926.1435, Tower cranes

1926.1436, Derricks

1926.1437, Floating cranes/derricks and land cranes/ derricks on barges

Letters of interpretation

Preambles to Final Rules

Cadmium (Various)

Additional Letters of interpretation

Note: The “Letters of interpretation” bullets above link to letters related to each OSHA standard. The letters in this list provide additional information that is not necessarily connected to a specific OSHA standard highlighted on this Safety and Health Topics page.

Inspection. (October 1, 2012). Clarification of the term controlling entity and responsibility for ground conditions for safe crane operations.

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Training and competency for oxygen-fuel gas welding equipment use. (May 13, 1998). The workman in charge of a system may perform as a welder and welding operator to the extent that welding or cutting does not interfere with his or her responsibilities for safe operation.

State Standards

There are twenty-eight OSHA-approved State Plans, operating state-wide occupational safety and health programs. State Plans are required to have standards and enforcement programs that are at least as effective as OSHA's and may have different or more stringent requirements.

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