OSHA updates 27 standards and regulations in 29 CFR Parts 1904, 1910, 1915, 1918, and 1926

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.

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