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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR # Occupational Safety and Health Administration - Part Number: 1910 - Part Number - Title: Occupational Safety and Health Standards - Subpart: 1910 Subpart S - Subpart Title: Electrical Standard - Number: - Title: - 1910.301 - Introduction. - GPO Source: e-CFR This subpart addresses electrical safety requirements that are necessary for the practical safeguarding of employees in their workplaces and is divided into four major divisions as follows: 1910.301(a) Design safety standards for electrical systems. These regulations are contained in §§ 1910.302 through 1910.330. Sections 1910.302 through 1910.308 contain design safety standards for electric utilization systems. Included in this category are all electric equipment and installations used to provide electric power and light for employee workplaces. Sections 1910.309 through 1910.330 are reserved for possible future design safety standards for other electrical systems. 1910.301(b) Safety-related work practices. These regulations will be contained in §§ 1910.331 through 1910.360. - 1910.301(c) Safety-related maintenance requirements. These regulations will be contained in §§ 1910.361 through 1910.380. 1910.301(d)

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# Occupational Safety and Health Administration (cont.) ## 1926.601(b) (cont.) All vehicles, or combination of vehicles, shall have brake lights in operable condition regardless of light conditions. 1926.601(b)(3) All vehicles shall be equipped with an adequate audible warning device at the operator's station and in an operable condition. ## 1926.601(b)(4) No employer shall use any motor vehicle equipment having an obstructed view to the rear unless: ## 1926.601(b)(4).(i). The vehicle has a reverse signal alarm audible above the surrounding noise level or: 1926.601(b)(4)(ii). The vehicle is backed up only when an observer signals that it is safe to do so. - 1926.601(b)(5) All vehicles with cabs shall be equipped with windshields and powered wipers. Cracked and broken glass shall be replaced. Vehicles operating in areas or under conditions that cause fogging or frosting of the windshields shall be equipped with operable defogging or defrosting devices. ## 1926.601(b)(6) All haulage vehicles, whose pay load is loaded by means of cranes, power shovels, loaders, or similar equipment, shall have a cab shield and/or canopy adequate to protect the operator from shifting or falling materials. - 1926.601(b)(7) Tools and material shall be secured to prevent movement when transported in the same compartment with employees. - 1926.601(b)(8) Vehicles used to transport employees shall have seats firmly secured and adequate for the number of employees to be carried. - 1926.601(b)(9) Seat belts and anchorages meeting the requirements of 49 CFR part 571 (Department of Submit Feedback

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR # Occupational Safety and Health Administration - Part Number: 1910 - Part Number - Title: Occupational Safety and Health Standards - Subpart: 1910 Subpart A - Subpart Title: General Standard - Number: 1910.1 - Title: Purpose and scope. - GPO Source: e-CFR ## 1910.1(a) Section 6(a) of the Williams-Steiger Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (84 Stat. 1593) provides that "without regard to chapter 5 of title 5, United States Code, or to the other subsections of this section, the Secretary shall, as soon as practicable during the period beginning with the effective date of this Act and ending 2 years after such date, by rule promulgate as an occupational safety or health standard any national concensus standard, and any established Federal standard, unless he determines that the promulgation of such a standard would not result in improved safety or health for specifically designated employees." The legislative purpose of this provision is to establish, as rapidly as possible and without regard to the rule-making provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act, standards with which industries are generally familiar, and on whose adoption interested and affected persons have already had an opportunity to express their views. Such standards are either 1910.1(a)(1) national concensus standards on whose adoption affected persons have reached substantial agreement, or 1910.1(a)(2) Submit Feedback

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# Occupational Safety and Health Administration (cont.) 1926.966(g)(2) Job briefing. The job briefing required by § 1926.952 shall cover information on special system conditions affecting employee safety, including the location of energized equipment in or adjacent to the work area and the limits of any deenergized work area. [79 FR [redacted postal code]-[redacted postal code], July 10, 2014] Scroll to Top + OSHA Standards Enforcement Topics Media Center Contact Us HOMELAND OF LABOR UNIVERSITY STATES OF SECURITY # U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Occupational Safety and Health Administration [redacted street address] NW Washington, DC [redacted postal code] 1-800-321-OSHA 1-[redacted phone] www.osha.gov FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY & HEALTH White House Frequently Asked Questions Benefits.gov A - Z Index Coronavirus Resources Freedom of Information Act - OSHA Disaster Recovery Assistance Read The OSHA Newsletter DisasterAssistance.gov Subscribe to the OSHA Newsletter USA.gov OSHA Publications Notification of EEO ViolationsOffice of Inspector General

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# Federal standards already established by Federal statutes or regulations. ## 1910.1(b) This part carries out the directive to the Secretary of Labor under section 6(a) of the Act. It contains occupational safety and health standards which have been found to be national consensus standards or established Federal standards. OSHA Standards Enforcement Topics Media Center Contact Us DEPARTMENT OF LABOR UNITED STATES OF ADDRESS # U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Occupational Safety and Health Administration [redacted street address] NW Washington, DC [redacted postal code] 1-800-321-OSHA 1-[redacted phone] www.osha.gov Submit Feedback ## FEDERAL GOVERNMENTH OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY & HEALTH White House Frequently Asked Questions Benefits.gov A Z Index Coronavirus Resources Freedom of Information Act - OSHA Disaster Recovery Assistance Read The OSHA Newsletter DisasterAssistance.gov Subscribe to the OSHA Newsletter USA.gov OSHA Publications Notification of EEO ViolationsOffice of Inspector General No Fear Act Data

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR # Occupational Safety and Health Administration - Part Number: 1926 - Part Number - Title: Safety and Health Regulations for Construction - Subpart: 1926 Subpart C - Subpart Title: General Safety and Health Provisions Standard - Number: 1926.21 - Title: Safety training and education. - GPO Source: e-CFR 1926.21(a) General requirements. The Secretary shall, pursuant to section 107(f) of the Act, establish and supervise programs for the education and training of employers and employees in the recognition, avoidance and prevention of unsafe conditions in employments covered by the act. ## 1926.21(b) ## Employer responsibility. 1926.21(b)(1) The employer should avail himself of the safety and health training programs the Secretary provides. 1926.21(b)(2) The employer shall instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to his work environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury. ## 1926.21(b)(3) Employees required to handle or use poisons, caustics, and other harmful substances shall be instructed regarding the safe handling and use, and be made aware of the potential hazards, Submit Feedback

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR # Occupational Safety and Health Administration - Part Number: 1910 - Part Number - Title: Occupational Safety and Health Standards - Subpart: 1910 Subpart A - Subpart Title: Standard - General - Number: 1910.9 - Title: Compliance duties owed to each employee. - GPO Source: eCFR ## 1910.9(a) Personal protective equipment. Standards in this part requiring the employer to provide personal protective equipment (PPE), including respirators and other types of PPE, because of hazards to employees impose a separate compliance duty with respect to each employee covered by the requirement. The employer must provide PPE to each employee required to use the PPE, and each failure to provide PPE to an employee may be considered a separate violation. ## 1910.9(b) Training. Standards in this part requiring training on hazards and related matters, such as standards requiring that employees receive training or that the employer train employees, provide training to employees, or institute or implement a training program, impose a separate compliance duty with respect to each employee covered by the requirement. The employer must train each affected employee in the manner required by the standard, and each failure to train an employee may be considered a separate violation. [73 FR [redacted postal code], Dec. 12, 2008] Submit Feedback

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR # Occupational Safety and Health Administration - Part Number: 1926 - Part Number - Title: Safety and Health Regulations for Construction - Subpart: 1926 Subpart J - Subpart Title: Welding and Cutting Standard - Number: - 1926.352 - Title: Fire prevention. - GPO Source: e-CFR 1926.352(a) When practical, objects to be welded, cut, or heated shall be moved to a designated safe location or, if the objects to be welded, cut, or heated cannot be readily moved, all movable fire hazards in the vicinity shall be taken to a safe place, or otherwise protected. - 1926.352(b) If the object to be welded, cut, or heated cannot be moved and if all the fire hazards cannot be removed, positive means shall be taken to confine the heat, sparks, and slag, and to protect the immovable fire hazards from them. - 1926.352(c) No welding, cutting, or heating shall be done where the application of flammable paints, or the presence of other flammable compounds, or heavy dust concentrations creates a hazard. - 1926.352(d) Suitable fire extinguishing equipment shall be immediately available in the work area and shall be maintained in a state of readiness for instant use. - 1926.352(e) When the welding, cutting, or heating operation is such that normal fire prevention precautions are not sufficient, additional personnel shall be assigned to guard against fire while the actual