The corrections concern the following regulations and standards:
(a) Recording and Reporting Injuries and Illnesses Regulations – including:
- partial exemptions;
- annual summary of work-related injuries and illnesses; and
- definitions
(b)Occupational Safety and Health Standards for General Industry –including:
- applicability of standards to employments in territories;
- definition and requirements for nationally recognized testing laboratories;
- electrical generation, transmission, and distribution;
- lead; and
- cadmium
(c) Occupational Safety and Health Standards for Shipyard Employment
- eye and face protection against welding radiation;
(d) Safety and Health Regulations for Longshoring
- recommended Specific Program Elements for first aid training
(e) Safety and Health Regulations for Construction – including:
- general safety and health provisions concerning applicability to employments in territories;
- lead;
- hazardous waste operations and emergency response;
- electrical use of flexible cords and cables;
- scaffolds;
- fall protection-roof width determinations;
- helicopters-hoists-elevators-and-conveyors-personnel hoists;
- excavation-Appendix A;
- steel erection-joists tables;
- metal decking and shear connectors;
- fall hazard training;
- underground construction;
- electric power transmission and distribution definitions;
- asbestos;
- cadmium;and
- cranes and derricks-routine access to underground construction.
The corrections revise typographical errors, including extraneous or omitted materials and inaccurate graphics, in the listed standards.
