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FEDERAL · 29 CFR

Part 1926 — Safety and Health Regulations for Construction

304 sections · Title 29: Labor

§ 1926.1Purpose and scope.
§ 1926.2Variances from safety and health standards.
§ 1926.3Inspections—right of entry.
§ 1926.4Rules of practice for administrative adjudications for enforcement of safety and health standards.
§ 1926.5OMB control numbers under the Paperwork Reduction Act.
§ 1926.6Incorporation by reference.
§ 1926.10Scope of subpart.
§ 1926.11Coverage under section 103 of the act distinguished.
§ 1926.12Reorganization Plan No. 14 of 1950.
§ 1926.13Interpretation of statutory terms.
§ 1926.14Federal contract for “mixed” types of performance.
§ 1926.15Relationship to the Service Contract Act; Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act.
§ 1926.16Rules of construction.
§ 1926.20General safety and health provisions.
§ 1926.21Safety training and education.
§ 1926.22§ 1926.22 Recording and reporting of injuries. [Reserved]
§ 1926.23First aid and medical attention.
§ 1926.24Fire protection and prevention.
§ 1926.25Housekeeping.
§ 1926.26Illumination.
§ 1926.27Sanitation.
§ 1926.28Personal protective equipment.
§ 1926.29Acceptable certifications.
§ 1926.30Shipbuilding and ship repairing.
§ 1926.32Definitions.
§ 1926.33Access to employee exposure and medical records.
§ 1926.34Means of egress.
§ 1926.35Employee emergency action plans.
§ 1926.50Medical services and first aid.
§ 1926.51Sanitation.
§ 1926.52Occupational noise exposure.
§ 1926.53Ionizing radiation.
§ 1926.54Nonionizing radiation.
§ 1926.55Gases, vapors, fumes, dusts, and mists.
§ 1926.56Illumination.
§ 1926.57Ventilation.
§ 1926.58COVID-19.
§ 1926.59Hazard communication.
§ 1926.60Methylenedianiline.
§ 1926.61Retention of DOT markings, placards and labels.
§ 1926.62Lead.
§ 1926.64Process safety management of highly hazardous chemicals.
§ 1926.65Hazardous waste operations and emergency response.
§ 1926.66Criteria for design and construction of spray booths.
§ 1926.95Criteria for personal protective equipment.
§ 1926.96Occupational foot protection.
§ 1926.97Electrical protective equipment.
§ 1926.98§ 1926.98 [Reserved]
§ 1926.100Head protection.
§ 1926.101Hearing protection.
§ 1926.102Eye and face protection.
§ 1926.103Respiratory protection.
§ 1926.104Safety belts, lifelines, and lanyards.
§ 1926.105Safety nets.
§ 1926.106Working over or near water.
§ 1926.107Definitions applicable to this subpart.
§ 1926.150Fire protection.
§ 1926.151Fire prevention.
§ 1926.152Flammable liquids.
§ 1926.153Liquefied petroleum gas (LP-Gas).
§ 1926.154Temporary heating devices.
§ 1926.155Definitions applicable to this subpart.
§ 1926.200Accident prevention signs and tags.
§ 1926.201Signaling.
§ 1926.250General requirements for storage.
§ 1926.251Rigging equipment for material handling.
§ 1926.252Disposal of waste materials.
§ 1926.300General requirements.
§ 1926.301Hand tools.
§ 1926.302Power-operated hand tools.
§ 1926.303Abrasive wheels and tools.
§ 1926.304Woodworking tools.
§ 1926.305Jacks—lever and ratchet, screw, and hydraulic.
§ 1926.306Air receivers.
§ 1926.307Mechanical power-transmission apparatus.
§ 1926.350Gas welding and cutting.
§ 1926.351Arc welding and cutting.
§ 1926.352Fire prevention.
§ 1926.353Ventilation and protection in welding, cutting, and heating.
§ 1926.354Welding, cutting, and heating in way of preservative coatings.
§ 1926.400Introduction.
§ 1926.401§ 1926.401 [Reserved]
§ 1926.402Applicability.
§ 1926.403General requirements.
§ 1926.404Wiring design and protection.
§ 1926.405Wiring methods, components, and equipment for general use.
§ 1926.406Specific purpose equipment and installations.
§ 1926.407Hazardous (classified) locations.
§ 1926.408Special systems.
§ 1926.409-1926.415§§ 1926.409-1926.415 [Reserved]
§ 1926.416General requirements.
§ 1926.417Lockout and tagging of circuits.
§ 1926.418-1926.430§§ 1926.418-1926.430 [Reserved]
§ 1926.431Maintenance of equipment.
§ 1926.432Environmental deterioration of equipment.
§ 1926.433-1926.440§§ 1926.433-1926.440 [Reserved]
§ 1926.441Batteries and battery charging.
§ 1926.442-1926.448§§ 1926.442-1926.448 [Reserved]
§ 1926.449Definitions applicable to this subpart.
§ 1926.450Scope, application and definitions applicable to this subpart.
§ 1926.451General requirements.
§ 1926.452Additional requirements applicable to specific types of scaffolds.
§ 1926.453Aerial lifts.
§ 1926.454Training requirements.
§ 1926.500Scope, application, and definitions applicable to this subpart.
§ 1926.501Duty to have fall protection.
§ 1926.502Fall protection systems criteria and practices.
§ 1926.503Training requirements.
§ 1926.550§ 1926.550 [Reserved]
§ 1926.551Helicopters.
§ 1926.552Material hoists, personnel hoists, and elevators.
§ 1926.553Base-mounted drum hoists.
§ 1926.554Overhead hoists.
§ 1926.555Conveyors.
§ 1926.600Equipment.
§ 1926.601Motor vehicles.
§ 1926.602Material handling equipment.
§ 1926.603Pile driving equipment.
§ 1926.604Site clearing.
§ 1926.605Marine operations and equipment.
§ 1926.606Definitions applicable to this subpart.
§ 1926.650Scope, application, and definitions applicable to this subpart.
§ 1926.651Specific excavation requirements.
§ 1926.652Requirements for protective systems.
§ 1926.700Scope, application, and definitions applicable to this subpart.
§ 1926.701General requirements.
§ 1926.702Requirements for equipment and tools.
§ 1926.703Requirements for cast-in-place concrete.
§ 1926.704Requirements for precast concrete.
§ 1926.705Requirements for lift-slab construction operations.
§ 1926.706Requirements for masonry construction.
§ 1926.750Scope.
§ 1926.751Definitions.
§ 1926.752Site layout, site-specific erection plan and construction sequence.
§ 1926.753Hoisting and rigging.
§ 1926.754Structural steel assembly.
§ 1926.755Column anchorage.
§ 1926.756Beams and columns.
§ 1926.757Open web steel joists.
§ 1926.758Systems-engineered metal buildings.
§ 1926.759Falling object protection.
§ 1926.760Fall protection.
§ 1926.761Training.
§ 1926.800Underground construction.
§ 1926.801Caissons.
§ 1926.802Cofferdams.
§ 1926.803Compressed air.
§ 1926.804Definitions applicable to this subpart.
§ 1926.850Preparatory operations.
§ 1926.851Stairs, passageways, and ladders.
§ 1926.852Chutes.
§ 1926.853Removal of materials through floor openings.
§ 1926.854Removal of walls, masonry sections, and chimneys.
§ 1926.855Manual removal of floors.
§ 1926.856Removal of walls, floors, and material with equipment.
§ 1926.857Storage.
§ 1926.858Removal of steel construction.
§ 1926.859Mechanical demolition.
§ 1926.860Selective demolition by explosives.
§ 1926.900General provisions.
§ 1926.901Blaster qualifications.
§ 1926.902Surface transportation of explosives.
§ 1926.903Underground transportation of explosives.
§ 1926.904Storage of explosives and blasting agents.
§ 1926.905Loading of explosives or blasting agents.
§ 1926.906Initiation of explosive charges—electric blasting.
§ 1926.907Use of safety fuse.
§ 1926.908Use of detonating cord.
§ 1926.909Firing the blast.
§ 1926.910Inspection after blasting.
§ 1926.911Misfires.
§ 1926.912Underwater blasting.
§ 1926.913Blasting in excavation work under compressed air.
§ 1926.914Definitions applicable to this subpart.
§ 1926.950General.
§ 1926.951Medical services and first aid.
§ 1926.952Job briefing.
§ 1926.953Enclosed spaces.
§ 1926.954Personal protective equipment.
§ 1926.955Portable ladders and platforms.
§ 1926.956Hand and portable power equipment.
§ 1926.957Live-line tools.
§ 1926.958Materials handling and storage.
§ 1926.959Mechanical equipment.
§ 1926.960Working on or near exposed energized parts.
§ 1926.961Deenergizing lines and equipment for employee protection.
§ 1926.962Grounding for the protection of employees.
§ 1926.963Testing and test facilities.
§ 1926.964Overhead lines and live-line barehand work.
§ 1926.965Underground electrical installations.
§ 1926.966Substations.
§ 1926.967Special conditions.
§ 1926.968Definitions.
§ 1926.1000Scope.
§ 1926.1001Minimum performance criteria for rollover protective structures for designated scrapers, loaders, dozers, graders, crawler tractors, compactors, and rubber-tired skid steer equipment.
§ 1926.1002Protective frames (roll-over protective structures, known as ROPS) for wheel-type agricultural and industrial tractors used in construction.
§ 1926.1003Overhead protection for operators of agricultural and industrial tractors used in construction.
§ 1926.1050Scope, application, and definitions applicable to this subpart.
§ 1926.1051General requirements.
§ 1926.1052Stairways.
§ 1926.1053Ladders.
§ 1926.1054-1926.1059§§ 1926.1054-1926.1059 [Reserved]
§ 1926.1060Training requirements.
§ 1926.1071Scope and application.
§ 1926.1072Definitions.
§ 1926.1076Qualifications of dive team.
§ 1926.1080Safe practices manual.
§ 1926.1081Pre-dive procedures.
§ 1926.1082Procedures during dive.
§ 1926.1083Post-dive procedures.
§ 1926.1084SCUBA diving.
§ 1926.1085Surface-supplied air diving.
§ 1926.1086Mixed-gas diving.
§ 1926.1087Liveboating.
§ 1926.1090Equipment.
§ 1926.1091Recordkeeping requirements.
§ 1926.1100§ 1926.1100 [Reserved]
§ 1926.1101Asbestos.
§ 1926.1102Coal tar pitch volatiles; interpretation of term.
§ 1926.110313 carcinogens (4-Nitrobiphenyl, etc.).
§ 1926.1104alpha-Naphthylamine.
§ 1926.1105§ 1926.1105 [Reserved]
§ 1926.1106Methyl chloromethyl ether.
§ 1926.11073,3′-Dichlorobenzidiene (and its salts).
§ 1926.1108bis-Chloromethyl ether.
§ 1926.1109beta-Naphthylamine.
§ 1926.1110Benzidine.
§ 1926.11114-Aminodiphenyl.
§ 1926.1112Ethyleneimine.
§ 1926.1113beta-Propiolactone.
§ 1926.11142-Acetylaminofluorene.
§ 1926.11154-Dimethylaminoazobenzene.
§ 1926.1116N-Nitrosodimethylamine.
§ 1926.1117Vinyl chloride.
§ 1926.1118Inorganic arsenic.
§ 1926.1124Beryllium.
§ 1926.1126Chromium (VI).
§ 1926.1127Cadmium.
§ 1926.1128Benzene.
§ 1926.1129§ 1926.1129 [Reserved]
§ 1926.11441,2-dibromo-3-chloropropane.
§ 1926.1145Acrylonitrile.
§ 1926.1147Ethylene oxide.
§ 1926.1148Formaldehyde.
§ 1926.1152Methylene chloride.
§ 1926.1153Respirable crystalline silica.
§ 1926.1200§ 1926.1200 [Reserved]
§ 1926.1201Scope.
§ 1926.1202Definitions.
§ 1926.1203General requirements.
§ 1926.1204Permit-required confined space program.
§ 1926.1205Permitting process.
§ 1926.1206Entry permit.
§ 1926.1207Training.
§ 1926.1208Duties of authorized entrants.
§ 1926.1209Duties of attendants.
§ 1926.1210Duties of entry supervisors.
§ 1926.1211Rescue and emergency services.
§ 1926.1212Employee participation.
§ 1926.1213Provision of documents to Secretary.
§ 1926.1400Scope.
§ 1926.1401Definitions.
§ 1926.1402Ground conditions.
§ 1926.1403Assembly/Disassembly—selection of manufacturer or employer procedures.
§ 1926.1404Assembly/Disassembly—general requirements (applies to all assembly and disassembly operations).
§ 1926.1405Disassembly—additional requirements for dismantling of booms and jibs (applies to both the use of manufacturer procedures and employer procedures).
§ 1926.1406Assembly/Disassembly—employer procedures—general requirements.
§ 1926.1407Power line safety (up to 350 kV)—assembly and disassembly.
§ 1926.1408Power line safety (up to 350 kV)—equipment operations.
§ 1926.1409Power line safety (over 350 kV).
§ 1926.1410Power line safety (all voltages)—equipment operations closer than the Table A zone.
§ 1926.1411Power line safety—while traveling under or near power lines with no load.
§ 1926.1412Inspections.
§ 1926.1413Wire rope—inspection.
§ 1926.1414Wire rope—selection and installation criteria.
§ 1926.1415Safety devices.
§ 1926.1416Operational aids.
§ 1926.1417Operation.
§ 1926.1418Authority to stop operation.
§ 1926.1419Signals—general requirements.
§ 1926.1420Signals—radio, telephone or other electronic transmission of signals.
§ 1926.1421Signals—voice signals—additional requirements.
§ 1926.1422Signals—hand signal chart.
§ 1926.1423Fall protection.
§ 1926.1424Work area control.
§ 1926.1425Keeping clear of the load.
§ 1926.1426Free fall and controlled load lowering.
§ 1926.1427Operator training, certification, and evaluation.
§ 1926.1428Signal person qualifications.
§ 1926.1429Qualifications of maintenance & repair employees.
§ 1926.1430Training.
§ 1926.1431Hoisting personnel.
§ 1926.1432Multiple-crane/derrick lifts—supplemental requirements.
§ 1926.1433Design, construction and testing.
§ 1926.1434Equipment modifications.
§ 1926.1435Tower cranes.
§ 1926.1436Derricks.
§ 1926.1437Floating cranes/derricks and land cranes/derricks on barges.
§ 1926.1438Overhead & gantry cranes.
§ 1926.1439Dedicated pile drivers.
§ 1926.1440Sideboom cranes.
§ 1926.1441Equipment with a rated hoisting/lifting capacity of 2,000 pounds or less.
§ 1926.1442Railroad roadway maintenance machines.
§ 1926.1443Severability.