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| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.1.6.1 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | A | Subpart A—General Provisions | § 1915.1 Purpose and authority. | OSHA | The provisions in this part constitute safety and health regulations issued by the Secretary pursuant to section 41 of the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, as amended (33 U.S.C. 941) and occupational safety and health standards issued by the Secretary pursuant to section 6 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 655). | |||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.1.6.2 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | A | Subpart A—General Provisions | § 1915.2 Scope and application. | OSHA | (a) Except where otherwise provided, the provisions of this part shall apply to all ship repairing, shipbuilding and shipbreaking employments and related employments. (b) This part does not apply to matters under the control of the United States Coast Guard within the scope of Title 52 of the Revised Statutes and acts supplementary or amendatory thereto (46 U.S.C. secs. 1-1388 passim) including, but not restricted to, the master, ship's officer, crew members, design, construction and maintenance of the vessel, its gear and equipment; to matters within the regulatory authority of the United States Coast Guard to safeguard vessels, harbors, ports and waterfront facilities under the provisions of the Espionage Act of June 17, 1917, as amended (50 U.S.C. 191 et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 401 et seq.); including the provisions of Executive Order 10173, as amended by Executive Orders 10277 and 10352 (3 CFR, 1949-1953 Comp., pp. 356, 778 and 873); or to matters within the regulatory authority of the United States Coast Guard with respect to lights, warning devices, safety equipment and other matters relating to the promotion of safety of lives and property under section 4(e) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1333). | |||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.1.6.3 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | A | Subpart A—General Provisions | § 1915.3 Responsibility. | OSHA | (a) The responsibility for compliance with the regulations of this part is placed upon “employers” as defined in § 1915.4. (b) This part does not apply to owners, operators, agents or masters of vessels unless such persons are acting as “employers.” However, this part is not intended to relieve owners, operators, agents or masters of vessels who are not “employers” from responsibilities or duties now placed upon them by law, regulation or custom. (c) The responsibilities placed upon the competent person herein shall be deemed to be the responsibilities of the employer. | |||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.1.6.4 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | A | Subpart A—General Provisions | § 1915.4 Definitions. | OSHA | [47 FR 16986, Apr. 20, 1982, as amended at 67 FR 44541, July 3, 2002] | (a) The term shall indicates provisions which are mandatory. (b) The term Secretary means the Secretary of Labor. (c) The term employer means an employer, any of whose employees are employed, in whole or in part, in ship repairing, shipbuilding, shipbreaking or related employments as defined in this section on the navigable waters of the United States, including dry docks, graving docks and marine railways. (d) The term employee means any person engaged in ship repairing, shipbuilding, shipbreaking or related employments on the navigable waters of the United States, including dry docks, graving docks and marine railways, other than the master, ship's officers, crew of the vessel, or any person engaged by the master to repair any vessel under 18 net tons. (e) The term gangway means any ramp-like or stair-like means of access provided to enable personnel to board or leave a vessel including accommodation ladders, gangplanks and brows. (f) The term vessel includes every description of watercraft or other artificial contrivance used, or capable of being used, as a means of transportation on water, including special purpose floating structures not primarily designed for or used as a means of transportation on water. (g) For purposes of § 1915.74, the term barge means an unpowered, flat bottom, shallow draft vessel including scows, carfloats and lighters. For purposes of this section, the term does not include ship shaped or deep draft barges. (h) For purposes of § 1915.74, the term river tow boat means a shallow draft, low free board, self-propelled vessel designed to tow river barges by pushing ahead. For purposes of this section, the term does not include other towing vessels. (i) The term shipyard employment means ship repairing, shipbuilding, shipbreaking and related employments. (j) The terms ship repair and ship repairing mean any repair of a vessel including, but not restricted to, alterations, conversions, installations, cleaning, painting, and maintenance work. (k) The term sh… | ||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.1.6.5 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | A | Subpart A—General Provisions | § 1915.5 Incorporation by reference. | OSHA | [86 FR 54613, Oct. 4, 2021] | (a) Specifications, standards, and codes of agencies of the U.S. Government, to the extent specified in the text, form a part of the regulations of this part. In addition, under the authority vested in the Secretary under the Act, the specifications, standards, and codes of organizations which are not agencies of the U.S. Government, in effect on the date of the promulgation of the regulations of this part as listed below, to the extent specified in the text, form a part of the regulations of this part. (b)(1) The standards listed in this section are incorporated by reference into this part with the approval of the Director of the Federal Register in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR part 51 . To enforce any edition other than that specified in this section, OSHA must publish a document in the Federal Register and the material must be available to the public. (2) Any changes in the standards incorporated by reference in this part and an official historic file of such changes are available for inspection in the Docket Office at the national office of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, Washington, DC 20210; telephone: 202-693-2350 (TTY number: 877-889-5627). (3) Copies of standards listed in this section and issued by private standards organizations are available for purchase from the issuing organizations at the addresses or through the other contact information listed elsewhere in this section for these private standards organizations. In addition, the standards are available for inspection at any Regional Office of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), or at the OSHA Docket Office, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, Room N-3508, Washington, DC 20210; telephone: 202-693-2350 (TTY number: 877-889-5627). These standards are also available for inspection at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). For information on the availability of these standards at NARA, email fr.inspection@nara.gov, or go to www… | ||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.1.6.6 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | A | Subpart A—General Provisions | § 1915.6 commercial diving operations. | OSHA | commercial diving operations shall be subject to subpart T of part 1910, §§ 1910.401-1910.441 of this chapter. | |||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.1.6.7 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | A | Subpart A—General Provisions | § 1915.7 Competent person. | OSHA | [59 FR 37856, July 25, 1994] | (a) Application. This section applies to shipyard employment. (b) Designation. (1) One or more competent persons shall be designated by the employer in accordance with the applicable requirements of this section, unless the requirements of subparts B, C, D and H of this part are always carried out by a Marine Chemist. Exception: The employer may designate any person who meets the applicable portions of the criteria set forth in paragraph (c) of this section as a competent person who is limited to performing testing to the following situations: (i) Repair work on small craft in boat yards where only combustible gas indicator tests are required for fuel tank leaks or when using flammable paints below decks; (ii) Building of wooden vessels where only knowledge of the precautions to be taken when using flammable paints is required; (iii) The breaking of vessels where there is no fuel oil or other flammable hazard; and (iv) Tests and inspections performed to comply with §§ 1915.35(b)(8) and 1915.36(a)(5). (2)(i) The employer shall maintain either a roster of designated competent persons or a statement that a Marine Chemist will perform the tests or inspections which require a competent person. (ii) The employer shall make the roster of designated persons or the statement available to employees, the employee's representative, the Director or the Assistant Secretary upon request. (iii) The roster shall contain, as a minimum, the following: (A) The employers' name, (B) The designated competent person's name(s), and (C) The date the employee was trained as a competent person. (c) Criteria. The employer shall ensure that each designated competent person has the following skills and knowledge: (1) Ability to understand and carry out written or oral information or instructions left by Marine Chemist, Coast Guard authorized persons and Certified Industrial Hygienists; (2) Knowledge of subparts B, C, D and H of this part; (3) Knowledge of the structure, location, and designation of spaces where work is d… | ||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.1.6.8 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | A | Subpart A—General Provisions | § 1915.8 OMB control numbers under the Paperwork Reduction Act. | OSHA | [61 FR 5509, Feb. 13, 1996, as amended at 62 FR 33547, June 20, 1997; 63 FR 13340, Mar. 19, 1998; 70 FR 13371, Mar. 21, 2005; 71 FR 38086, July 5, 2006; 77 FR 19, Jan. 3, 2012; 81 FR 48710, July 27, 2016; 83 FR 9703, Mar. 7, 2018] | The following sections or paragraphs contain a collection of information requirement which has been approved by the Office of Management and Budget under the control number listed. | ||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.1.6.9 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | A | Subpart A—General Provisions | § 1915.9 Compliance duties owed to each employee. | OSHA | [73 FR 75587, Dec. 12, 2008] | (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. (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. | ||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.10.6.1 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | J | Subpart J—Ship's Machinery and Piping Systems | § 1915.161 Scope and application of subpart. | OSHA | The standards contained in this subpart shall apply to ship repairing and shipbuilding and shall not apply to shipbreaking. | |||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.10.6.2 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | J | Subpart J—Ship's Machinery and Piping Systems | § 1915.162 Ship's boilers. | OSHA | [47 FR 16986, Apr. 20, 1982, as amended at 76 FR 24711, May 2, 2011] | (a) Before work is performed in the fire, steam, or water spaces of a boiler where employees may be subject to injury from the direct escape of a high temperature medium such as steam, or water, oil, or other medium at a high temperature entering from an interconnecting system, the employer shall insure that the following steps are taken: (1) The isolation and shutoff valves connecting the dead boiler with the live system or systems shall be secured, blanked, and then locked or tagged, in accordance with § 1915.89, indicating that employees are working on the boiler. This lock or tag shall not be removed nor the valves unblanked until it is determined that this may be done without creating a hazard to the employees working on the boiler, or until the work on the boiler is completed, in accordance with § 1915.89. When valves are welded instead of bolted, at least two isolation and shutoff valves connecting the dead boiler with the live system or systems shall be secured, and then locked or tagged, in accordance with § 1915.89. (2) Drain connections to atmosphere on all of the dead interconnecting systems shall be opened for visual observation of drainage. (3) A warning sign calling attention to the fact that employees are working in the boilers shall be hung in a conspicuous location in the engine room. This sign shall not be removed until it is determined that the work is completed and all employees are out of the boilers. | ||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.10.6.3 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | J | Subpart J—Ship's Machinery and Piping Systems | § 1915.163 Ship's piping systems. | OSHA | [47 FR 16986, Apr. 20, 1982, as amended at 67 FR 44545, July 3, 2002; 76 FR 24711, May 2, 2011] | (a) Before work is performed on a valve, fitting, or section of piping in a piping system where employees may be subject to injury from the direct escape of steam, or water, oil, or other medium at a high temperature, the employer shall insure that the following steps are taken: (1) The isolation and shutoff valves connecting the dead system with the live system or systems shall be secured, blanked, and then locked or tagged, in accordance with § 1915.89, indicating that employees are working on the systems. The lock or tag shall not be removed or the valves unblanked until it is determined that this may be done without creating a hazard to the employees working on the system, or until the work on the system is completed, in accordance with § 1915.89. When valves are welded instead of bolted, at least two isolation and shutoff valves connecting the dead system with the live system or systems shall be secured, and then locked or tagged, in accordance with § 1915.89. (2) Drain connections to the atmosphere on all of the dead interconnecting systems shall be opened for visual observation of drainage. | ||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.10.6.4 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | J | Subpart J—Ship's Machinery and Piping Systems | § 1915.164 Ship's propulsion machinery. | OSHA | [47 FR 16986, Apr. 20, 1982, as amended at 76 FR 24711, May 2, 2011] | (a) Before work is performed on the main engine, reduction gear, or connecting accessories, the employer shall ensure that the following steps are taken: (1) The jacking gear shall be engaged to prevent the main engine from turning over. A sign shall be posted at the throttle indicating that the jacking gear is engaged. This sign shall not be removed until the jacking gear can be safely disengaged. (2) If the jacking gear is steam driven, the employer shall ensure that the stop valves to the jacking gear are secured, and then locked or tagged, in accordance with § 1915.89. (3) If the jacking gear is electrically driven, the circuit controlling the jacking gear shall be de-energized by tripping the circuit breaker, opening the switch, or removing the fuse, whichever is appropriate, and then locked or tagged in accordance with § 1915.89. (b) Before the jacking engine is operated, the following precautions shall be taken: (1) A check shall be made to ensure that all employees, equipment, and tools are clear of the engine, reduction gear, and its connecting accessories. (2) A check shall be made to ensure that all employees, equipment and tools are free of the propeller. (c) Before work is started on or in the immediate vicinity of the propeller, a warning sign calling attention to the fact that employees are working in that area shall be hung in a conspicuous location in the engine room. This sign shall not be removed until it is determined that the work is completed and all employees are free of the propeller. (d) Before the main engine is turned over (e.g., when warming up before departure or testing after an overhaul) a check shall be made to ensure that all employees, equipment, and tools are free of the propeller. | ||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.10.6.5 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | J | Subpart J—Ship's Machinery and Piping Systems | § 1915.165 Ship's deck machinery. | OSHA | [47 FR 16986, Apr. 20, 1982, as amended at 67 FR 44545, July 3, 2002] | (a) Before work is performed on the anchor windlass or any of its attached accessories, the employer shall ensure that the following steps are taken: (1) The devil claws (also known as chain stoppers) shall be made fast to the anchor chains. (2) The riding pawls shall be in the engaged position. (3) In the absence of devil claws and riding pawls, the anchor chains shall be secured to a suitable fixed structure of the vessel. | ||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.11.6.1 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | K | Subpart K—Portable, Unfired Pressure Vessels, Drums and Containers, Other Than Ship's Equipment | § 1915.171 Scope and application of subpart. | OSHA | The standards contained in this subpart shall apply to ship repairing and shipbuilding and shall not apply to shipbreaking. | |||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.11.6.2 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | K | Subpart K—Portable, Unfired Pressure Vessels, Drums and Containers, Other Than Ship's Equipment | § 1915.172 Portable air receivers and other unfired pressure vessels. | OSHA | [47 FR 16986, Apr. 20, 1982, as amended at 51 FR 34562, Sept. 29, 1986; 67 FR 44545, July 3, 2002] | (a) Portable, unfired pressure vessels, built after the effective date of this regulation, shall be marked and reported indicating that they have been designed and constructed to meet the standards of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, Section VIII, Rules for Construction of Unfired Pressure Vessels, 1963. They shall be subjected to a hydrostatic pressure test of one and one-half times the working pressure of the vessels. (b) Portable, unfired pressure vessels, not built to the code requirements of paragraph (a) of this section, and built prior to the effective date of this regulation, shall be examined quarterly by a competent person. They shall be subjected yearly to a hydrostatic pressure test of one and one-half times the working pressure of the vessels. (c) The relief valves on the portable, unfired pressure vessels in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section shall be set to the safe working pressure of the vessels, or set to the lowest safe working pressure of the systems, whichever is lower. (d) A certification record of such examinations and tests made in compliance with the requirements of paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section shall be maintained. The certification record shall include the date of examinations and tests, the signature of the person who performed the examinations or tests and the serial number, or other identifier, of the equipment examined and tested. | ||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.11.6.3 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | K | Subpart K—Portable, Unfired Pressure Vessels, Drums and Containers, Other Than Ship's Equipment | § 1915.173 Drums and containers. | OSHA | (a) Shipping drums and containers shall not be pressurized to remove their contents. (b) A temporarily assembled pressurized piping system conveying hazardous liquids or gases shall be provided with a relief valve and by-pass to prevent rupture of the system and the escape of such hazardous liquids or gases. (c) Pressure vessels, drums and containers containing toxic or flammable liquids or gases shall not be stored or used where they are subject to open flame, hot metal, or other sources of artificial heat. (d) Unless pressure vessels, drums and containers of 30 gallon capacity or over containing flammable or toxic liquids or gases are placed in an out-of-the-way area where they will not be subject to physical injury from an outside source, barriers or guards shall be erected to protect them from such physical injury. (e) Containers of 55 gallons or more capacity containing flammable or toxic liquid shall be surrounded by dikes or pans which enclose a volume equal to at least 35 percent of the total volume of the containers. (f) Fire extinguishers adequate in number and suitable for the hazard shall be provided. These extinguishers shall be located in the immediate area where pressure vessels, drums and containers containing flammable liquids or gases are stored or in use. Such extinguishers shall be ready for use at all times. | |||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.12.6.1 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | L | Subpart L—Electrical Machinery | § 1915.181 Electrical circuits and distribution boards. | OSHA | [47 FR 16986, Apr. 20, 1982, as amended at 67 FR 44545, July 3, 2002; 76 FR 24711, May 2, 2011] | (a) The provisions of this section shall apply to ship repairing and shipbuilding and shall not apply to shipbreaking. (b) Before an employee is permitted to work on an electrical circuit, except when the circuit must remain energized for testing and adjusting, the circuit shall be deenergized and checked at the point at which the work is to be done to insure that it is actually deenergized. When testing or adjusting an energized circuit a rubber mat, duck board, or other suitable insulation shall be used underfoot where an insulated deck does not exist. (c) De-energizing the circuit shall be accomplished by opening the circuit breaker, opening the switch, or removing the fuse, whichever method is appropriate. The circuit breaker, switch, or fuse location shall then be locked out or tagged in accordance with § 1915.89. (d) When work is performed immediately adjacent to an open-front energized board or in back of an energized board, the board shall be covered or some other equally safe means shall be used to prevent contact with any of the energized parts. | ||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.14.6.1 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | P | Subpart P—Fire Protection in Shipyard Employment | § 1915.501 General provisions. | OSHA | (a) Purpose. The purpose of the standard in this subpart is to require employers to protect all employees from fire hazards in shipyard employment, including employees engaged in fire response activities. (b) Scope. This subpart covers employers with employees engaged in shipyard employment aboard vessels and vessel sections, and on land-side operations regardless of geographic location. (c) Employee participation. The employer must provide ways for employees or employee representatives, or both to participate in developing and periodically reviewing programs and policies adopted to comply with this subpart. (d) Multi-employer worksites —(1) Host employer responsibilities. The host employer's responsibilities are to: (i) Inform all employers at the worksite about the content of the fire safety plan including hazards, controls, fire safety and health rules, and emergency procedures; (ii) Make sure the safety and health responsibilities for fire protection are assigned as appropriate to other employers at the worksite; and (iii) If there is more than one host employer, each host employer must communicate relevant information about fire-related hazards to other host employers. When a vessel owner or operator (temporarily) becomes a host shipyard employer by directing the work of ships' crews on repair or modification of the vessel or by hiring other contractors directly, the vessel owner or operator must also comply with these provisions for host employers. (2) Contract employer responsibilities. The contract employer's responsibilities are to: (i) Make sure that the host employer knows about the fire-related hazards associated with the contract employer's work and what the contract employer is doing to address them; and (ii) Advise the host employer of any previously unidentified fire-related hazards that the contract employer identifies at the worksite. | |||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.14.6.2 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | P | Subpart P—Fire Protection in Shipyard Employment | § 1915.502 Fire safety plan. | OSHA | (a) Employer responsibilities. The employer must develop and implement a written fire safety plan that covers all the actions that employers and employees must take to ensure employee safety in the event of a fire. (See Appendix A to this subpart for a Model Fire Safety Plan.) (b) Plan elements. The employer must include the following information in the fire safety plan: (1) Identification of the significant fire hazards; (2) Procedures for recognizing and reporting unsafe conditions; (3) Alarm procedures; (4) Procedures for notifying employees of a fire emergency; (5) Procedures for notifying fire response organizations of a fire emergency; (6) Procedures for evacuation; (7) Procedures to account for all employees after an evacuation; and (8) Names, job titles, or departments for individuals who can be contacted for further information about the plan. (c) Reviewing the plan with employees. The employer must review the plan with each employee at the following times: (1) Within 90 days of December 14, 2004, for employees who are currently working; (2) Upon initial assignment for new employees; and (3) When the actions the employee must take under the plan change because of a change in duties or a change in the plan. (d) Additional employer requirements. The employer also must: (1) Keep the plan accessible to employees, employee representatives, and OSHA; (2) Review and update the plan whenever necessary, but at least annually; (3) Document that affected employees have been informed about the plan as required by paragraph (c) of this section; and (4) Ensure any outside fire response organization that the employer expects to respond to fires at the employer's worksite has been given a copy of the current plan. (e) Contract employers. Contract employers in shipyard employment must have a fire safety plan for their employees, and this plan must comply with the host employer's fire safety plan. | |||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.14.6.3 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | P | Subpart P—Fire Protection in Shipyard Employment | § 1915.503 Precautions for hot work. | OSHA | (a) General requirements —(1) Designated Areas. The employer may designate areas for hot work in sites such as vessels, vessel sections, fabricating shops, and subassembly areas that are free of fire hazards. (2) Non-designated Areas. (i) Before authorizing hot work in a non-designated area, the employer must visually inspect the area where hot work is to be performed, including adjacent spaces, to ensure the area is free of fire hazards, unless a Marine Chemist's certificate or Shipyard Competent Person's log is used for authorization. (ii) The employer shall authorize employees to perform hot work only in areas that are free of fire hazards, or that have been controlled by physical isolation, fire watches, or other positive means. The requirements of paragraph (a)(2) apply to all hot work operations in shipyard employment except those covered by § 1915.14. (b) Specific requirements —(1) Maintaining fire hazard-free conditions. The employer must keep all hot work areas free of new hazards that may cause or contribute to the spread of fire. Unexpected energizing and energy release are covered by 29 CFR 1915.181, Subpart L. Exposure to toxic and hazardous substances is covered in 29 CFR 1915.1000 through 1915.1450, subpart Z. (2) Fuel gas and oxygen supply lines and torches. The employer must make sure that: (i) No unattended fuel gas and oxygen hose lines or torches are in confined spaces; (ii) No unattended charged fuel gas and oxygen hose lines or torches are in enclosed spaces for more than 15 minutes; and (iii) All fuel gas and oxygen hose lines are disconnected at the supply manifold at the end of each shift; (iv) All disconnected fuel gas and oxygen hose lines are rolled back to the supply manifold or to open air to disconnect the torch; or extended fuel gas and oxygen hose lines are not reconnected at the supply manifold unless the lines are given a positive means of identification when they were first connected and the lines are tested using a drop test or other positive means to ensure… | |||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.14.6.4 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | P | Subpart P—Fire Protection in Shipyard Employment | § 1915.504 Fire watches. | OSHA | (a) Written fire watch policy. The employer must create and keep current a written policy that specifies the following requirements for employees performing fire watch in the workplace: (1) The training employees must be given (§ 1915.508(c) contains detailed fire watch training requirements); (2) The duties employees are to perform; (3) The equipment employees must be given; and (4) The personal protective equipment (PPE) that must be made available and worn as required by 29 CFR Part 1915, Subpart I. (b) Posting fire watches. The employer must post a fire watch if during hot work any of the following conditions are present: (1) Slag, weld splatter, or sparks might pass through an opening and cause a fire; (2) Fire-resistant guards or curtains are not used to prevent ignition of combustible materials on or near decks, bulkheads, partitions, or overheads; (3) Combustible material closer than 35 ft. (10.7m) to the hot work in either the horizontal or vertical direction cannot be removed, protected with flame-proof covers, or otherwise shielded with metal or fire-resistant guards or curtains; (4) The hot work is carried out on or near insulation, combustible coatings, or sandwich-type construction that cannot be shielded, cut back, or removed, or in a space within a sandwich type construction that cannot be inerted; (5) Combustible materials adjacent to the opposite sides of bulkheads, decks, overheads, metal partitions, or sandwich-type construction may be ignited by conduction or radiation; (6) The hot work is close enough to cause ignition through heat radiation or conduction on the following: (i) Insulated pipes, bulkheads, decks, partitions, or overheads; or (ii) Combustible materials and/or coatings; (7) The work is close enough to unprotected combustible pipe or cable runs to cause ignition; or (8) A Marine Chemist, a Coast Guard-authorized person, or a shipyard Competent Person, as defined in 29 CFR Part 1915, Subpart B, requires that a fire watch be posted. (c) Assigning employees to f… | |||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.14.6.5 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | P | Subpart P—Fire Protection in Shipyard Employment | § 1915.505 Fire response. | OSHA | [69 FR 55702, Sept. 15, 2004, as amended at 71 FR 60847, Oct. 17, 2006] | (a) Employer responsibilities. The employer must: (1) Decide what type of response will be provided and who will provide it; and (2) Create, maintain, and update a written policy that: (i) Describes the internal and outside fire response organizations that the employer will use; and (ii) Defines what evacuation procedures employees must follow, if the employer chooses to require a total or partial evacuation of the worksite at the time of a fire. (b) Required written policy information —(1) Internal fire response. If an internal fire response is to be used, the employer must include the following information in the employer's written policy: (i) The basic structure of the fire response organization; (ii) The number of trained fire response employees; (iii) The fire response functions that may need to be carried out; (iv) The minimum number of fire response employees necessary, the number and types of apparatuses, and a description of the fire suppression operations established by written standard operating procedures for each type of fire response at the employer's facility; (v) The type, amount, and frequency of training that must be given to fire response employees; and (vi) The procedures for using protective clothing and equipment. (2) Outside fire response. If an outside fire response organization is used, the employer must include the following information in the written policy: (i) The types of fire suppression incidents to which the fire response organization is expected to respond at the employer's facility or worksite; (ii) The liaisons between the employer and the outside fire response organizations; and (iii) A plan for fire response functions that: (A) Addresses procedures for obtaining assistance from the outside fire response organization; (B) Familiarizes the outside fire response organization with the layout of the employer's facility or worksite, including access routes to controlled areas, and site-specific operations, occupancies, vessels or vessel sections, and hazards… | ||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.14.6.6 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | P | Subpart P—Fire Protection in Shipyard Employment | § 1915.506 Hazards of fixed extinguishing systems on board vessels and vessel sections. | OSHA | (a) Employer responsibilities. The employer must comply with the provisions of this section whenever employees are exposed to fixed extinguishing systems that could create a dangerous atmosphere when activated in vessels and vessel sections, regardless of geographic location. (b) Requirements for automatic and manual systems. Before any work is done in a space equipped with fixed extinguishing systems, the employer must either: (1) Physically isolate the systems or use other positive means to prevent the systems' discharge; or (2) Ensure employees are trained to recognize: (i) Systems' discharge and evacuation alarms and the appropriate escape routes; and (ii) Hazards associated with the extinguishing systems and agents including the dangers of disturbing system components and equipment such as piping, cables, linkages, detection devices, activation devices, and alarm devices. (c) Sea and dock trials. During trials, the employer must ensure that all systems shall remain operational. (d) Doors and hatches. The employer must: (1) Take protective measures to ensure that all doors, hatches, scuttles, and other exit openings remain working and accessible for escape in the event the systems are activated; and (2) Ensure that all inward opening doors, hatches, scuttles, and other potential barriers to safe exit are removed, locked open, braced, or otherwise secured so that they remain open and accessible for escape if systems' activation could result in a positive pressure in the protected spaces sufficient to impede escape. (e) Testing the system. (1) When testing a fixed extinguishing system involves a total discharge of extinguishing medium into a space, the employer must evacuate all employees from the space and assure that no employees remain in the space during the discharge. The employer must retest the atmosphere in accordance with § 1915.12 to ensure that the oxygen levels are safe for employees to enter. (2) When testing a fixed extinguishing system does not involve a total discharge of th… | |||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.14.6.7 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | P | Subpart P—Fire Protection in Shipyard Employment | § 1915.507 Land-side fire protection systems. | OSHA | [69 FR 55702, Sept. 15, 2004, as amended at 71 FR 60847, Oct. 17, 2006] | (a) Employer responsibilities. The employer must ensure all fixed and portable fire protection systems needed to meet an OSHA standard for employee safety or employee protection from fire hazards in land-side facilities, including, but not limited to, buildings, structures, and equipment, meet the requirements of this section. (b) Portable fire extinguishers and hose systems. (1) The employer must select, install, inspect, maintain, and test all portable fire extinguishers according to NFPA 10-2002 Standard for Portable Fire Extinguishers (incorporated by reference, see § 1915.5). (2) The employer is permitted to use Class II or Class III hose systems, in accordance with NFPA 10-2002 (incorporated by reference, see § 1915.5), as portable fire extinguishers if the employer selects, installs, inspects, maintains, and tests those systems according to the specific recommendations in NFPA 14-2003 Standard for the Installation of Standpipe and Hose Systems (incorporated by reference, see § 1915.5). (c) General requirements for fixed extinguishing systems. The employer must: (1) Ensure that any fixed extinguishing system component or extinguishing agent is approved by an OSHA Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory, meeting the requirements of 29 CFR 1910.7, for use on the specific hazards the employer expects it to control or extinguish; (2) Notify employees and take the necessary precautions to ensure employees are safe from fire if for any reason a fire extinguishing system stops working, until the system is working again; (3) Ensure all repairs to fire extinguishing systems and equipment are done by a qualified technician or mechanic; (4) Provide and ensure employees use proper personal protective equipment when entering discharge areas in which the atmosphere remains hazardous to employee safety or health, or provide safeguards to prevent employees from entering those areas. See § 1915.12 for additional requirements applicable to safe entry into spaces containing dangerous atmospheres; (5) Post hazar… | ||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.14.6.8 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | P | Subpart P—Fire Protection in Shipyard Employment | § 1915.508 Training. | OSHA | (a) The employer must train employees in the applicable requirements of this section: (1) Within 90 days of December 14, 2004, for employees currently working; (2) Upon initial assignment for new employees; and (3) When necessary to maintain proficiency for employees previously trained. (b) Employee training. The employer must ensure that all employees are trained on: (1) The emergency alarm signals, including system discharge alarms and employee evacuation alarms; and (2) The primary and secondary evacuation routes that employees must use in the event of a fire in the workplace. While all vessels and vessel sections must have a primary evacuation route, a secondary evacuation route is not required when impracticable. (c) Additional training requirements for employees expected to fight incipient stage fires. The employer must ensure that employees expected to fight incipient stage fires are trained on the following: (1) The general principles of using fire extinguishers or hose lines, the hazards involved with incipient firefighting, and the procedures used to reduce these hazards; (2) The hazards associated with fixed and portable fire protection systems that employees may use or to which they may be exposed during discharge of those systems; and (3) The activation and operation of fixed and portable fire protection systems that the employer expects employees to use in the workplace. (d) Additional training requirements for shipyard employees designated for fire response. The employer must: (1) Have a written training policy stating that fire response employees must be trained and capable of carrying out their duties and responsibilities at all times; (2) Keep written standard operating procedures that address anticipated emergency operations and update these procedures as necessary; (3) Review fire response employee training programs and hands-on sessions before they are used in fire response training to make sure that fire response employees are protected from hazards associated with fire r… | |||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.14.6.9 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | P | Subpart P—Fire Protection in Shipyard Employment | § 1915.509 Definitions applicable to this subpart. | OSHA | Alarm —a signal or message from a person or device that indicates that there is a fire, medical emergency, or other situation that requires emergency response or evacuation. At some shipyards, this may be called an “incident” or a “call for service.” Alarm system —a system that warns employees at the worksite of danger. Body harness —a system of straps that may be secured about the employee in a manner that will distribute the fall arrest forces over at least the thighs, shoulders, chest, and pelvis, with means for attaching it to other components of a personal fall arrest system. Class II standpipe system —a 1 1/2 inch (3.8 cm) hose system which provides a means for the control or extinguishment of incipient stage fires. Contract employer —an employer, such as a painter, joiner, carpenter, or scaffolding sub-contractor, who performs work under contract to the host employer or to another employer under contract to the host employer at the host employer's worksite. This excludes employers who provide incidental services that do not influence shipyard employment (such as mail delivery or office supply services). Dangerous atmosphere —an atmosphere that may expose employees to the risk of death, incapacitation, injury, acute illness, or impairment of ability to self-rescue ( i.e. , escape unaided from a confined or enclosed space). Designated area —an area established for hot work after an inspection that is free of fire hazards. Drop Test —a method utilizing gauges to ensure the integrity of an oxygen fuel gas burning system. The method requires that the burning torch is installed to one end of the oxygen and fuel gas lines and then the gauges are attached to the other end of the hoses. The manifold or cylinder supply valve is opened and the system is pressurized. The manifold or cylinder supply valve is then closed and the gauges are watched for at least sixty (60) seconds. Any drop in pressure indicates a leak. Emergency operations —activities performed by fire response organizations that are related to… | |||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.16.6.1 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | Z | Subpart Z—Toxic and Hazardous Substances | § 1915.1000 Air contaminants. | OSHA | [58 FR 35514, July 1, 1993, as amended at 61 FR 56856, Nov. 4, 1996; 62 FR 1619, Jan. 10, 1997; 67 FR 44545, July 3, 2002; 71 FR 10377, Feb. 28, 2006; 71 FR 36009, June 23, 2006; 76 FR 80740, Dec. 27, 2011; 81 FR 16874, Mar. 2 2016; 81 FR 31167, May 19, 2016; 81 FR 60273, Sept. 2, 2016; 82 FR 2744, Jan. 9, 2017] | Wherever this section applies, an employee's exposure to any substance listed in Table Z—Shipyards of this section shall be limited in accordance with the requirements of the following paragraphs of this section. (a)(1) Substances with limits preceded by “C”—Ceiling values. An employee's exposure to any substance in Table Z—Shipyards, the exposure limit of which is preceded by a “C,” shall at no time exceed the exposure limit given for that substance. If instantaneous monitoring is not feasible, then the ceiling shall be assessed as a 15-minute time weighted average exposure which shall not be exceeded at any time over a working day. (2) Other Substances—8-hour Time Weighted Averages. An employee's exposure to any substance in Table Z—Shipyards, the exposure limit of which is not preceded by a “C,” shall not exceed the 8-hour Time Weighted Average given for that substance in any 8-hour work shift of a 40-hour work week. (b)-(c) [Reserved] (d) Computation formula. The computation formula which shall apply to employee exposure to more than one substance for which 8-hour time weighted averages are listed in subpart Z of 29 CFR part 1915 in order to determine whether an employee is exposed over the regulatory limit is as follows: (1)(i) The cumulative exposure for an 8-hour work shift shall be computed as follows: E = (C a T a + C b T b + ...C n T n ) ÷ 8 Where: E is the equivalent exposure for the working shift. C is the concentration during any period of time T where the concentration remains constant. T is the duration in hours of the exposure at the concentration C. The value of E shall not exceed the 8-hour time weighted average specified in subpart Z of 29 CFR part 1915 for the material involved. Where: E is the equivalent exposure for the working shift. C is the concentration during any period of time T where the concentration remains constant. T is the duration in hours of the exposure at the concentration C. The value of E shall not exceed the 8-hour time weighted average… | ||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.16.6.10 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | Z | Subpart Z—Toxic and Hazardous Substances | § 1915.1009 beta-Naphthylamine. | OSHA | [61 FR 31430, June 20, 1996] | The requirements applicable to shipyard employment under this section are identical to those set forth at § 1910.1003 of this chapter. | ||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.16.6.11 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | Z | Subpart Z—Toxic and Hazardous Substances | § 1915.1010 Benzidine. | OSHA | [61 FR 31430, June 20, 1996] | The requirements applicable to shipyard employment under this section are identical to those set forth at § 1910.1003 of this chapter. | ||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.16.6.12 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | Z | Subpart Z—Toxic and Hazardous Substances | § 1915.1011 4-Aminodiphenyl. | OSHA | [61 FR 31430, June 20, 1996] | The requirements applicable to shipyard employment under this section are identical to those set forth at § 1910.1003 of this chapter. | ||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.16.6.13 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | Z | Subpart Z—Toxic and Hazardous Substances | § 1915.1012 Ethyleneimine. | OSHA | [61 FR 31430, June 20, 1996] | The requirements applicable to shipyard employment under this section are identical to those set forth at § 1910.1003 of this chapter. | ||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.16.6.14 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | Z | Subpart Z—Toxic and Hazardous Substances | § 1915.1013 beta-Propiolactone. | OSHA | [61 FR 31430, June 20, 1996] | The requirements applicable to shipyard employment under this section are identical to those set forth at § 1910.1003 of this chapter. | ||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.16.6.15 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | Z | Subpart Z—Toxic and Hazardous Substances | § 1915.1014 2-Acetylaminofluorene. | OSHA | [61 FR 31430, June 20, 1996] | The requirements applicable to shipyard employment under this section are identical to those set forth at § 1910.1003 of this chapter. | ||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.16.6.16 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | Z | Subpart Z—Toxic and Hazardous Substances | § 1915.1015 4-Dimethylaminoazobenzene. | OSHA | [61 FR 31430, June 20, 1996] | The requirements applicable to shipyard employment under this section are identical to those set forth at § 1910.1003 of this chapter. | ||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.16.6.17 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | Z | Subpart Z—Toxic and Hazardous Substances | § 1915.1016 N-Nitrosodimethylamine. | OSHA | [61 FR 31430, June 20, 1996] | The requirements applicable to shipyard employment under this section are identical to those set forth at § 1910.1003 of this chapter. | ||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.16.6.18 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | Z | Subpart Z—Toxic and Hazardous Substances | § 1915.1017 Vinyl chloride. | OSHA | [61 FR 31430, June 20, 1996] | The requirements applicable to shipyard employment under this section are identical to those set forth at § 1910.1017 of this chapter. | ||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.16.6.19 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | Z | Subpart Z—Toxic and Hazardous Substances | § 1915.1018 Inorganic arsenic. | OSHA | [61 FR 31431, June 20, 1996] | The requirements applicable to shipyard employment under this section are identical to those set forth at § 1910.1018 of this chapter. | ||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.16.6.2 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | Z | Subpart Z—Toxic and Hazardous Substances | § 1915.1001 Asbestos. | OSHA | [59 FR 41080, Aug. 10, 1994, as amended at 60 FR 33344, June 28, 1995; 60 FR 33987, June 29, 1995; 60 FR 36044, July 13, 1995; 60 FR 50412, Sept. 29, 1995; 61 FR 43457, Aug. 23, 1996; 63 FR 35137, June 29, 1998; 67 FR 44545, 44546, July 3, 2002; 70 FR 1143, Jan. 5, 2005; 71 FR 16674, Apr. 3, 2006; 71 FR 50191, Aug. 24, 2006; 73 FR 75587, Dec. 12, 2009; 76 FR 33610, June 8, 2011; 77 FR 17888, Mar. 26, 2012; 78 FR 9315, Feb. 8, 2013; 84 FR 21555, 12597, May 14, 2019] | (a) Scope and application. This section regulates asbestos exposure in all shipyard employment work as defined in 29 CFR part 1915, including but not limited to the following: (1) Demolition or salvage of structures, vessels, and vessel sections where asbestos is present; (2) Removal or encapsulation of materials containing asbestos; (3) Construction, alteration, repair, maintenance, or renovation of vessels, vessel sections, structures, substrates, or portions thereof, that contain asbestos; (4) Installation of products containing asbestos; (5) Asbestos spill/emergency cleanup; and (6) Transportation, disposal, storage, containment of and housekeeping activities involving asbestos or products containing asbestos, on the site or location at which construction activities are performed. (7) Coverage under this standard shall be based on the nature of the work operation involving asbestos exposure. (8) This section does not apply to asbestos-containing asphalt roof cements, coatings and mastics. (b) Definitions. Aggressive method means removal or disturbance of building/vessel materials by sanding, abrading, grinding, or other method that breaks, crumbles, or otherwise disintegrates intact ACM. Amended water means water to which surfactant (wetting agent) has been added to increase the ability of the liquid to penetrate ACM. Asbestos includes chrysotile, amosite, crocidolite, tremolite asbestos, anthophyllite asbestos, actinolite asbestos, and any of these minerals that has been chemically treated and/or altered. For purposes of this standard, asbestos includes PACM, as defined below. Asbestos-containing material, (ACM) means any material containing more than one percent asbestos. Assistant Secretary means the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health, U.S. Department of Labor, or designee. Authorized person means any person authorized by the employer and required by work duties to be present in regulated areas. Building/facility/vessel owner is the legal entity, incl… | ||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.16.6.20 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | Z | Subpart Z—Toxic and Hazardous Substances | § 1915.1020 Access to employee exposure and medical records. | OSHA | [61 FR 31431, June 20, 1996] | The requirements applicable to shipyard employment under this section are identical to those set forth at § 1910.1020 of this chapter. | ||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.16.6.21 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | Z | Subpart Z—Toxic and Hazardous Substances | § 1915.1024 Beryllium. | OSHA | [82 FR 2744, Jan. 9, 2017, as amended at 84 FR 51399, Sept. 30, 2019; 85 FR 53996, Aug. 31, 2020; 86 FR 11119, Feb. 24, 2021] | (a) Scope and application. (1) This standard applies to occupational exposure to beryllium in all forms, compounds, and mixtures in shipyards, except those articles and materials exempted by paragraphs (a)(2) and (a)(3) of this standard. (2) This standard does not apply to articles, as defined in the Hazard Communication standard (HCS) (29 CFR 1910.1200(c)), that contain beryllium and that the employer does not process. (3) This standard does not apply to materials containing less than 0.1% beryllium by weight where the employer has objective data demonstrating that employee exposure to beryllium will remain below the action level as an 8-hour TWA under any foreseeable conditions. (b) Definitions. As used in this standard: Action level means a concentration of airborne beryllium of 0.1 micrograms per cubic meter of air (µg/m 3 ) calculated as an 8-hour time-weighted average (TWA). Airborne exposure and airborne exposure to beryllium mean the exposure to airborne beryllium that would occur if the employee were not using a respirator. Assistant Secretary means the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health, United States Department of Labor, or designee. Beryllium lymphocyte proliferation test (BeLPT) means the measurement of blood lymphocyte proliferation in a laboratory test when lymphocytes are challenged with a soluble beryllium salt. Beryllium sensitization means a response in the immune system of a specific individual who has been exposed to beryllium. There are no associated physical or clinical symptoms and no illness or disability with beryllium sensitization alone, but the response that occurs through beryllium sensitization can enable the immune system to recognize and react to beryllium. While not every beryllium-sensitized person will develop chronic beryllium disease (CBD), beryllium sensitization is essential for development of CBD. CBD diagnostic center means a medical diagnostic center that has a pulmonologist or pulmonary specialist on staff and on-site f… | ||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.16.6.22 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | Z | Subpart Z—Toxic and Hazardous Substances | § 1915.1025 Lead. | OSHA | [61 FR 31431, June 20, 1996] | The requirements applicable to shipyard employment under this section are identical to those set forth at § 1910.1025 of this chapter. | ||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.16.6.23 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | Z | Subpart Z—Toxic and Hazardous Substances | § 1915.1026 Chromium (VI). | OSHA | [71 FR 10378, Feb. 28, 2006, as amended at 73 FR 75587, Dec. 12, 2008; 75 FR 12686, Mar. 17, 2010; 77 FR 17889, Mar. 26, 2012; 84 FR 21597, May 14, 2019] | (a) Scope. (1) This standard applies to occupational exposures to chromium (VI) in all forms and compounds in shipyards, marine terminals, and longshoring, except: (2) Exposures that occur in the application of pesticides regulated by the Environmental Protection Agency or another Federal government agency (e.g., the treatment of wood with preservatives); (3) Exposures to portland cement; or (4) Where the employer has objective data demonstrating that a material containing chromium or a specific process, operation, or activity involving chromium cannot release dusts, fumes, or mists of chromium (VI) in concentrations at or above 0.5 µgm/m 3 as an 8-hour time-weighted average (TWA) under any expected conditions of use. (b) Definitions. For the purposes of this section the following definitions apply: Action level means a concentration of airborne chromium (VI) of 2.5 micrograms per cubic meter of air (2.5 µgm/m 3 ) calculated as an 8-hour time-weighted average (TWA). Assistant Secretary means the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health, U.S. Department of Labor, or designee. Chromium (VI) [hexavalent chromium or Cr(VI)] means chromium with a valence of positive six, in any form and in any compound. Director means the Director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, or designee. Emergency means any occurrence that results, or is likely to result, in an uncontrolled release of chromium (VI). If an incidental release of chromium (VI) can be controlled at the time of release by employees in the immediate release area, or by maintenance personnel, it is not an emergency. Employee exposure means the exposure to airborne chromium (VI) that would occur if the employee were not using a respirator. High-efficiency particulate air [HEPA] filter means a filter that is at least 99.97 percent efficient in removing mono-dispersed particles of 0.3 micrometers in diameter or larger. Historical monitoring da… | ||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.16.6.24 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | Z | Subpart Z—Toxic and Hazardous Substances | § 1915.1027 Cadmium. | OSHA | [61 FR 31431, June 20, 1996] | The requirements applicable to shipyard employment under this section are identical to those set forth at § 1910.1027 of this chapter. | ||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.16.6.25 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | Z | Subpart Z—Toxic and Hazardous Substances | § 1915.1028 Benzene. | OSHA | [61 FR 31431, June 20, 1996] | The requirements applicable to shipyard employment under this section are identical to those set forth at § 1910.1028 of this chapter. | ||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.16.6.26 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | Z | Subpart Z—Toxic and Hazardous Substances | § 1915.1030 Bloodborne pathogens. | OSHA | [61 FR 31431, June 20, 1996] | The requirements applicable to shipyard employment under this section are identical to those set forth at § 1910.1030 of this chapter. | ||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.16.6.27 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | Z | Subpart Z—Toxic and Hazardous Substances | § 1915.1044 1,2-dibromo-3-chloropropane. | OSHA | [61 FR 31431, June 20, 1996] | The requirements applicable to shipyard employment under this section are identical to those set forth at § 1910.1044 of this chapter. | ||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.16.6.28 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | Z | Subpart Z—Toxic and Hazardous Substances | § 1915.1045 Acrylonitrile. | OSHA | [61 FR 31431, June 20, 1996] | The requirements applicable to shipyard employment under this section are identical to those set forth at § 1910.1045 of this chapter. | ||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.16.6.29 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | Z | Subpart Z—Toxic and Hazardous Substances | § 1915.1047 Ethylene oxide. | OSHA | [61 FR 31431, June 20, 1996] | The requirements applicable to shipyard employment under this section are identical to those set forth at § 1910.1047 of this chapter. | ||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.16.6.3 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | Z | Subpart Z—Toxic and Hazardous Substances | § 1915.1002 Coal tar pitch volatiles; interpretation of term. | OSHA | [61 FR 31430, June 20, 1996] | The requirements applicable to shipyard employment under this section are identical to those set forth at § 1910.1002 of this chapter. | ||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.16.6.30 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | Z | Subpart Z—Toxic and Hazardous Substances | § 1915.1048 Formaldehyde. | OSHA | [61 FR 31431, June 20, 1996] | The requirements applicable to shipyard employment under this section are identical to those set forth at § 1910.1048 of this chapter. | ||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.16.6.31 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | Z | Subpart Z—Toxic and Hazardous Substances | § 1915.1050 Methylenedianiline. | OSHA | [61 FR 31431, June 20, 1996] | The requirements applicable to shipyard employment under this section are identical to those set forth at § 1910.1050 of this chapter. | ||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.16.6.32 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | Z | Subpart Z—Toxic and Hazardous Substances | § 1915.1052 Methylene chloride. | OSHA | [62 FR 1619, Jan. 10, 1997] | The requirements applicable to shipyard employment under this section are identical to those set forth at 29 CFR 1910.1052. | ||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.16.6.33 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | Z | Subpart Z—Toxic and Hazardous Substances | § 1915.1053 Respirable crystalline silica. | OSHA | [81 FR 16875, Mar. 25, 2016] | The requirements applicable to shipyard employment under this section are identical to those set forth at § 1910.1053 of this chapter. | ||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.16.6.34 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | Z | Subpart Z—Toxic and Hazardous Substances | § 1915.1200 Hazard communication. | OSHA | [61 FR 31431, June 20, 1996] | The requirements applicable to shipyard employment under this section are identical to those set forth at § 1910.1200 of this chapter. | ||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.16.6.35 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | Z | Subpart Z—Toxic and Hazardous Substances | § 1915.1450 Occupational exposure to hazardous chemicals in laboratories. | OSHA | [61 FR 31431, June 20, 1996] | The requirements applicable to shipyard employment under this section are identical to those set forth at § 1910.1450 of this chapter. | ||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.16.6.36 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | Z | Subpart Z—Toxic and Hazardous Substances | § 1915.1501 COVID-19. | OSHA | [86 FR 61554, Nov. 5, 2021] | The requirements applicable to shipyard employment under this section are identical to those set forth at 29 CFR 1910.501. | ||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.16.6.4 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | Z | Subpart Z—Toxic and Hazardous Substances | § 1915.1003 13 carcinogens (4-Nitrobiphenyl, etc.). | OSHA | [61 FR 31430, June 20, 1996] | The requirements applicable to shipyard employment under this section are identical to those set forth at § 1910.1003 of this chapter. | ||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.16.6.5 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | Z | Subpart Z—Toxic and Hazardous Substances | § 1915.1004 alpha-Naphthylamine. | OSHA | [61 FR 31430, June 20, 1996] | The requirements applicable to shipyard employment under this section are identical to those set forth at § 1910.1003 of this chapter. | ||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.16.6.6 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | Z | Subpart Z—Toxic and Hazardous Substances | § 1915.1005 [Reserved] | OSHA | ||||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.16.6.7 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | Z | Subpart Z—Toxic and Hazardous Substances | § 1915.1006 Methyl chloromethyl ether. | OSHA | [61 FR 31430, June 20, 1996] | The requirements applicable to shipyard employment under this section are identical to those set forth at § 1910.1003 of this chapter. | ||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.16.6.8 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | Z | Subpart Z—Toxic and Hazardous Substances | § 1915.1007 3,3′-Dichlorobenzidiene (and its salts). | OSHA | [61 FR 31430, June 20, 1996] | The requirements applicable to shipyard employment under this section are identical to those set forth at § 1910.1003 of this chapter. | ||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.16.6.9 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | Z | Subpart Z—Toxic and Hazardous Substances | § 1915.1008 bis-Chloromethyl ether. | OSHA | [61 FR 31430, June 20, 1996] | The requirements applicable to shipyard employment under this section are identical to those set forth at § 1910.1003 of this chapter. | ||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.2.6.1 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | B | Subpart B—Confined and Enclosed Spaces and Other Dangerous Atmospheres in Shipyard Employment | § 1915.11 Scope, application and definitions applicable to this subpart. | OSHA | (a) Scope and application. This subpart applies to work in confined and enclosed spaces and other dangerous atmospheres in shipyard employment, including vessels, vessel sections, and on land-side operations regardless of geographic location. (b) Definitions applicable to this subpart. Adjacent spaces means those spaces bordering a subject space in all directions, including all points of contact, corners, diagonals, decks, tank tops, and bulkheads. Assistant Secretary means the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health, or designated representative. Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) means an industrial hygienist who is certified by the American Board of Industrial Hygiene. Coast Guard authorized person means an individual who meets the requirement of appendix B to subpart B of this part 1915 for tank vessels, for passenger vessels, and for cargo and miscellaneous vessels. Dangerous atmosphere means an atmosphere that may expose employees to the risk of death, incapacitation, impairment of ability to self-rescue (i.e., escape unaided from a confined or enclosed space), injury, or acute illness. Director means the Director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, or designated representative. Enter with Restrictions denotes a space where entry for work is permitted only if engineering controls, personal protective equipment, clothing, and time limitations are as specified by the Marine Chemist, Certified Industrial Hygienist, or the shipyard competent person. Entry means the action by which a person passes through an opening into a space. Entry includes ensuing work activities in that space and is considered to have occurred as soon as any part of the entrant's body breaks the plane of an opening into the space. Hot work means any activity involving riveting, welding, burning, the use of powder-actuated tools or similar fire-producing operations. Grinding, drilling, abrasive blasting, or similar spark-pr… | |||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.2.6.2 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | B | Subpart B—Confined and Enclosed Spaces and Other Dangerous Atmospheres in Shipyard Employment | § 1915.12 Precautions and the order of testing before entering confined and enclosed spaces and other dangerous atmospheres. | OSHA | [59 FR 37857, July 25, 1994, as amended at 60 FR 14219, Mar. 16, 1995] | The employer shall ensure that atmosphereic testing is performed in the following sequence: oxygen content, flammability, toxicity. (a) Oxygen content. (1) The employer shall ensure that the following spaces are visually inspected and tested by a competent person to determine the atmosphere's oxygen content prior to initial entry into the space by an employee: (i) Spaces that have been sealed, such as, but not limited to, spaces that have been coated and closed up, and non-ventilated spaces that have been freshly painted; (ii) Spaces and adjacent spaces that contain or have contained combustible or flammable liquids or gases; (iii) Spaces and adjacent spaces that contain or have contained liquids, gases, or solids that are toxic, corrosive, or irritant; (iv) Spaces and adjacent spaces that have been fumigated; and (v) Spaces containing materials or residues of materials that create an oxygen-deficient atmosphere. (2) If the space to be entered contains an oxygen deficient atmosphere, the space shall be labeled “Not Safe for Workers” or, if oxygen-enriched, “Not Safe for Workers—Not Safe for Hot Work.” If an oxygen-deficient or oxygen-enriched atmosphere is found, ventilation shall be provided at volumes and flow rates sufficient to ensure that the oxygen content is maintained at or above 19.5 percent and below 22.0 percent by volume. The warning label may be removed when the oxygen content is equal to or greater than 19.5 and less than 22.0 percent by volume. (3) An employee may not enter a space where the oxygen content, by volume, is below 19.5 percent or above 22.0 percent. Exception: An employee may enter for emergency rescue or for a short duration for installation of ventilation equipment necessary to start work in the space provided: (i) The atmosphere in the space is monitored for oxygen content, by volume, continuously; and (ii) Respiratory protection and other appropriate personal protective equipment and clothing are provided in accordance with subpart I of this part. Other provisions for … | ||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.2.6.3 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | B | Subpart B—Confined and Enclosed Spaces and Other Dangerous Atmospheres in Shipyard Employment | § 1915.13 Cleaning and other cold work. | OSHA | (a) Locations covered by this section. The employer shall ensure that manual cleaning and other cold work are not performed in the following spaces unless the conditions of paragraph (b) of this section have been met: (1) Spaces containing or having last contained bulk quantities of combustible or flammable liquids or gases; and (2) Spaces containing or having last contained bulk quantities of liquids, gases or solids that are toxic, corrosive or irritating. (b) Requirements for performing cleaning or cold work. (1) Liquid residues of hazardous materials shall be removed from work spaces as thoroughly as practicable before employees start cleaning operations or cold work in a space. Special care shall be taken to prevent the spilling or the draining of these materials into the water surrounding the vessel, or for shore-side operations, onto the surrounding work area. (2) Testing shall be conducted by a competent person to determine the concentration of flammable, combustible, toxic, corrosive, or irritant vapors within the space prior to the beginning of cleaning or cold work. (3) Continuous ventilation shall be provided at volumes and flow rates sufficient to ensure that the concentration(s) of: (i) Flammable vapor is maintained below 10 percent of the lower explosive limit; and Spaces containing highly volatile residues may require additional ventilation to keep the concentration of flammable vapors below 10 percent of the lower explosive limit and within the permissible exposure limit. (ii) Toxic, corrosive, or irritant vapors are maintained within the permissible exposure limits and below IDLH levels. (4) Testing shall be conducted by the competent person as often as necessary during cleaning or cold work to assure that air concentrations are below 10 percent of the lower explosive limit and within the PELs and below IDLH levels. Factors such as, but not limited to, temperature, volatility of the residues and other existing conditions in and about the spaces are to be considered in determining th… | |||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.2.6.4 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | B | Subpart B—Confined and Enclosed Spaces and Other Dangerous Atmospheres in Shipyard Employment | § 1915.14 Hot work. | OSHA | [59 FR 37857, July 25, 1994, as amended at 60 FR 14219, Mar. 16, 1995; 67 FR 44541, July 3, 2002] | (a) Hot work requiring testing by a Marine Chemist or Coast Guard authorized person. (1) The employer shall ensure that hot work is not performed in or on any of the following confined and enclosed spaces and other dangerous atmospheres, boundaries of spaces or pipelines until the work area has been tested and certified by a Marine Chemist or a U.S. Coast Guard authorized person as “Safe for Hot Work”: (i) Within, on, or immediately adjacent to spaces that contain or have contained combustible or flammable liquids or gases. (ii) Within, on, or immediately adjacent to fuel tanks that contain or have last contained fuel; and (iii) On pipelines, heating coils, pump fittings or other accessories connected to spaces that contain or have last contained fuel. (iv) Exception: On dry cargo, miscellaneous and passenger vessels and in the landside operations within spaces which meet the standards for oxygen, flammability and toxicity in § 1915.12, but are adjacent to spaces containing flammable gases or liquids, with a flash point below 150 °F (65.6 °C) when the distance between such spaces and the work is 25 feet (7.62 m) or greater. For flammable liquids with flash points above 150 °F (65.6 °C), see paragraph (b) of this section. (2) The certificate issued by the Marine Chemist or Coast Guard authorized person shall be posted in the immediate vicinity of the affected operations while they are in progress and kept on file for a period of at least three months from the date of the completion of the operation for which the certificate was generated. (b) Hot work requiring testing by a competent person. (1) Hot work is not permitted in or on the following spaces or adjacent spaces or other dangerous atmospheres until they have been tested by a competent person and determined to contain no concentrations of flammable vapors equal to or greater than 10 percent of the lower explosive limit: (i) Dry cargo holds, (ii) The bilges, (iii) The engine room and boiler spaces for which a Marine Chemist or a Coast Guard auth… | ||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.2.6.5 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | B | Subpart B—Confined and Enclosed Spaces and Other Dangerous Atmospheres in Shipyard Employment | § 1915.15 Maintenance of safe conditions. | OSHA | [59 FR 37857, July 25, 1994, as amended at 60 FR 14219, Mar. 16, 1995; 67 FR 44541, July 3, 2002] | (a) Preventing hazardous materials from entering. Pipelines that could carry hazardous materials into spaces that have been certified “Safe for Workers” or “Safe for Hot Work” shall be disconnected, blanked off, or otherwise blocked by a positive method to prevent hazardous materials from being discharged into the space. (b) Alteration of existing conditions. When a change that could alter conditions within a tested confined or enclosed space or other dangerous atmosphere occurs, work in the affected space or area shall be stopped. Work may not be resumed until the affected space or area is visually inspected and retested and found to comply with §§ 1915.12, 1915.13, and 1915.14 of this part, as applicable. Examples of changes that would warrant the stoppage of work include: The opening of manholes or other closures or the adjusting of a valve regulating the flow of hazardous materials. (c) Tests to maintain the conditions of a Marine Chemist's or Coast Guard authorized person's certificates. A competent person shall visually inspect and test each space certified as “Safe for Workers” or “Safe for Hot Work,” as often as necessary to ensure that atmospheric conditions within that space are maintained within the conditions established by the certificate after the certificate has been issued. (d) Change in the conditions of a Marine Chemist's or Coast Guard authorized person's certificate. If a competent person finds that the atmospheric conditions within a certified space fail to meet the applicable requirements of §§ 1915.12, 1915.13, and 1915.14 of this part, work in the certified space shall be stopped and may not be resumed until the space has been retested by a Marine Chemist or Coast Guard authorized person and a new certificate issued in accordance with § 1915.14(a). (e) Tests to maintain a competent person's findings. After a competent person has conducted a visual inspection and tests required in §§ 1915.12, 1915.13, and 1915.14 of this part and determined a space to be safe for an employee … | ||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.2.6.6 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | B | Subpart B—Confined and Enclosed Spaces and Other Dangerous Atmospheres in Shipyard Employment | § 1915.16 Warning signs and labels. | OSHA | (a) Employee comprehension of signs and labels. The Employer shall ensure that each sign or label posted to comply with the requirements of this subpart is presented in a manner that can be perceived and understood by all employees. (b) Posting of large work areas. A warning sign or label required by paragraph (a) of this section need not be posted at an individual tank, compartment or work space within a work area if the entire work area has been tested and certified: not safe for workers, not safe for hot work, and if the sign or label to this effect is posted conspicuously at each means of access to the work area. | |||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.3.6.1 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | C | Subpart C—Surface Preparation and Preservation | § 1915.31 Scope and application of subpart. | OSHA | The standards contained in this subpart shall apply to ship repairing and shipbuilding and shall not apply to shipbreaking. | |||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.3.6.2 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | C | Subpart C—Surface Preparation and Preservation | § 1915.32 Toxic cleaning solvents. | OSHA | [47 FR 16986, Apr. 20, 1982, as amended at 61 FR 26351, May 24, 1996] | (a) When toxic solvents are used, the employer shall employ one or more of the following measures to safeguard the health of employees exposed to these solvents. (1) The cleaning operation shall be completely enclosed to prevent the escape of vapor into the working space. (2) Either natural ventilation or mechanical exhaust ventilation shall be used to remove the vapor at the source and to dilute the concentration of vapors in the working space to a concentration which is safe for the entire work period. (3) Employees shall be protected against toxic vapors by suitable respiratory protective equipment in accordance with the requirements of subpart I of this part and, where necessary, against exposure of skin and eye contact with toxic solvents and their vapors by suitable clothing and equipment. (b) The principles in the threshold limit values to which attention is directed in § 1915.4 will be used by the Department of Labor in enforcement proceedings in defining a safe concentration of air contaminants. (c) When flammable solvents are used, precautions shall be taken in accordance with the requirements of § 1915.36. | ||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.3.6.3 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | C | Subpart C—Surface Preparation and Preservation | § 1915.33 Chemical paint and preservative removers. | OSHA | [47 FR 16986, Apr. 20, 1982, as amended at 61 FR 26351, May 24, 1996] | (a) Employees shall be protected against skin contact during the handling and application of chemical paint and preservative removers and shall be protected against eye injury by goggles or face shields in accordance with the requirements of subpart I of this part. (b) When using flammable paint and preservative removers, precautions shall be taken in accordance with the requirements of § 1915.36. (c) When using chemical paint and preservative removers which contain volatile and toxic solvents, such as benzol, acetone and amyl acetate, the provisions of § 1915.32 shall be applicable. (d) When using paint and rust removers containing strong acids or alkalies, employees shall be protected by suitable face shields to prevent chemical burns on the face and neck. (e) When steam guns are used, all employees working within range of the blast shall be protected by suitable face shields. Metal parts of the steam gun itself shall be insulated to protect the operator against heat burns. | ||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.3.6.4 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | C | Subpart C—Surface Preparation and Preservation | § 1915.34 Mechanical paint removers. | OSHA | [47 FR 16986, Apr. 20, 1982, as amended at 61 FR 26351, May 24, 1996] | (a) Power tools. (1) Employees engaged in the removal of paints, preservatives, rusts, or other coatings by means of power tools shall be protected against eye injury by using goggles or face shields in accordance with the requirements of subpart I of this part. (2) All portable rotating tools used for the removal of paints, preservatives, rusts or other coatings shall be adequately guarded to protect both the operator and nearby workers from flying missiles. (3) Portable electric tools shall be grounded in accordance with the requirements of § 1915.132. (4) In a confined space, mechanical exhaust ventilation sufficient to keep the dust concentration to a minimum shall be used, or employees shall be protected by respiratory protective equipment in accordance with the requirements of subpart I of this part. (b) Flame removal. (1) Hardened preservative coatings shall not be removed by flame in enclosed spaces unless the employees exposed to fumes are protected by air line respirators in accordance with the requirements of subpart I. Employees performing such an operation in the open air, and those exposed to the resulting fumes shall be protected by a fume filter type respirator in accordance with the requirements of subpart I of this part. (2) Flame or heat shall not be used to remove soft and greasy preservative coatings. (c) Abrasive blasting —(1) Equipment. Hoses and fittings used for abrasive blasting shall meet the following requirements: (i) Hoses. Hose of a type to prevent shocks from static electricity shall be used. (ii) Hose couplings. Hose lengths shall be joined by metal couplings secured to the outside of the hose to avoid erosion and weakening of the couplings. (iii) Nozzles. Nozzles shall be attached to the hose by fittings that will prevent the nozzle from unintentionally becoming disengaged. Nozzle attachments shall be of metal and shall fit onto the hose externally. (iv) Dead man control. A dead man control device shall be provided at the nozzle end of the blasting hose e… | ||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.3.6.5 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | C | Subpart C—Surface Preparation and Preservation | § 1915.35 Painting. | OSHA | [47 FR 16986, Apr. 20, 1982, as amended at 61 FR 26351, May 24, 1996; 67 FR 44541, July 3, 2002] | (a) Paints mixed with toxic vehicles or solvents. (1) When paints mixed with toxic vehicles or solvents are sprayed, the following conditions shall apply: (i) In confined spaces, employees continuously exposed to such spraying shall be protected by air line respirators in accordance with the requirements of subpart I of this part. (ii) In tanks or compartments, employees continuously exposed to such spraying shall be protected by air line respirators in accordance with the requirements of subpart I. Where mechanical ventilation is provided, employees shall be protected by respirators in accordance with the requirements of subpart I of this part. (iii) In large and well ventilated areas, employees exposed to such spraying shall be protected by respirators in accordance with the requirements of subpart I of this part. (2) Where brush application of paints with toxic solvents is done in confined spaces or in other areas where lack of ventilation creates a hazard, employees shall be protected by filter respirators in accordance with the requirements of subpart I of this part. (3) When flammable paints or vehicles are used, precautions shall be taken in accordance with the requirements of § 1915.36. (4) The metallic parts of air moving devices, including fans, blowers, and jet-type air movers, and all duct work shall be electrically bonded to the vessel's structure. (b) Paints and tank coatings dissolved in highly volatile, toxic and flammable solvents. Several organic coatings, adhesives and resins are dissolved in highly toxic, flammable and explosive solvents with flash points below 80 °F. Work involving such materials shall be done only when all of the following special precautions have been taken: (1) Sufficient exhaust ventilation shall be provided to keep the concentration of solvent vapors below ten (10) percent of the lower explosive limit. Frequent tests shall be made by a competent person to ascertain the concentration. (2) If the ventilation fails or if the concentration of solvent vapors reac… | ||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.3.6.6 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | C | Subpart C—Surface Preparation and Preservation | § 1915.36 Flammable liquids. | OSHA | (a) In all cases when liquid solvents, paint and preservative removers, paints or vehicles, other than those covered by § 1915.35(b), are capable of producing a flammable atmosphere under the conditions of use, the following precautions shall be taken: (1) Smoking, open flames, arcs and spark-producing equipment shall be prohibited in the area. (2) Ventilation shall be provided in sufficient quantities to keep the concentration of vapors below ten (10) percent of their lower explosive limit. Frequent tests shall be made by a competent person to ascertain the concentration. (3) Scrapings and rags soaked with these materials shall be kept in a covered metal container. (4) Only explosion proof lights, approved by the Underwriters' Laboratories for use in Class I, Group D atmospheres, or approved as permissible by the Mine Safety and Health Administration or the U.S. Coast Guard, shall be used. (5) A competent person shall inspect all power and lighting cables to ensure that the insulation is in excellent condition, free of all cracks and worn spots, that there are no connections within fifty (50) feet of the operation, that lines are not overloaded, and that they are suspended with sufficient slack to prevent undue stress or chafing. (6) Suitable fire extinguishing equipment shall be immediately available in the work area and shall be maintained in a state of readiness for instant use. | |||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.4.6.1 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | D | Subpart D—Welding, Cutting and Heating | § 1915.51 Ventilation and protection in welding, cutting and heating. | OSHA | [47 FR 16986, Apr. 20, 1982, as amended at 67 FR 44541, July 3, 2002] | (a) The provisions of this section shall apply to all ship repairing, shipbuilding, and shipbreaking operations; except that paragraph (e) of this section shall apply only to ship repairing and shipbuilding. Paragraph (g) of this section shall apply only to ship repairing. (b) Mechanical ventilation requirements. (1) For purposes of this section, mechanical ventilation shall meet the following requirements: (i) Mechanical ventilation shall consist of either general mechanical ventilation systems or local exhaust systems. (ii) General mechanical ventilation shall be of sufficient capacity and so arranged as to produce the number of air changes necessary to maintain welding fumes and smoke within safe limits. (iii) Local exhaust ventilation shall consist of freely movable hoods intended to be placed by the welder or burner as close as practicable to the work. This system shall be of sufficient capacity and so arranged as to remove fumes and smoke at the source and keep the concentration of them in the breathing zone within safe limits. (iv) Contaminated air exhausted from a working space shall be discharged into the open air or otherwise clear of the source of intake air. (v) All air replacing that withdrawn shall be clean and respirable. (vi) Oxygen shall not be used for ventilation purposes, comfort cooling, blowing dust or dirt from clothing, or for cleaning the work area. (c) Welding, cutting and heating in confined spaces. (1) Except as provided in paragraphs (c)(3) and (d)(2) of this section either general ventilation meeting the requirements of paragraph (b) of this section shall be provided whenever welding, cutting or heating is performed in a confined space. (2) The means of access shall be provided to a confined space and ventilation ducts to this space shall be arranged in accordance with § 1915.76(b) (1) and (2). (3) When sufficient ventilation cannot be obtained without blocking the means of access, employees in the confined space shall be protected by air line respirators in accordance … | ||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.4.6.2 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | D | Subpart D—Welding, Cutting and Heating | § 1915.53 Welding, cutting and heating in way of preservative coatings. | OSHA | [47 FR 16986, Apr. 20, 1982, as amended at 67 FR 44542, July 3, 2002] | (a) The provisions in this section shall apply to all ship repairing, shipbuilding and shipbreaking operations except for paragraphs (e) and (f) of this section which shall apply to ship repairing and shipbulding and shall not apply to shipbreaking. (b) Before welding, cutting or heating is commenced on any surface covered by a preservative coating whose flammability is not known, a test shall be made by a competent person to determine its flammability. Preservative coatings shall be considered to be highly flammable when scrapings burn with extreme rapidity. (c) Precautions shall be taken to prevent ignition of highly flammable hardened preservative coatings. When coatings are determined to be highly flammable they shall be stripped from the area to be heated to prevent ignition, or, where shipbreaking is involved, the coatings may be burned away under controlled conditions. A 1 1/2 inch or larger fire hose with fog nozzle, which has been uncoiled and placed under pressure, shall be immediately available for instant use in the immediate vicinity, consistent with avoiding freezing of the hose. (d) Protection against toxic preservative coatings. (1) In enclosed spaces, all surfaces covered with toxic preservatives shall be stripped of all toxic coatings for a distance of at least 4 inches from the area of heat application or the employees shall be protected by air line respirators meeting the requirements of § 1915.154. (2) In the open air, employees shall be protected by a filter type respirator in accordance with the requirements of § 1915.154. (e) Before welding, cutting or heating is commenced in enclosed spaces on metals covered by soft and greasy preservatives, the following precautions shall be taken: (1) A competent person shall test the atmosphere in the space to ensure that it does not contain explosive vapors, since there is a possibility that some soft and greasy preservatives may have flash points below temperatures which may be expected to occur naturally. If such vapors are determined to b… | ||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.4.6.3 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | D | Subpart D—Welding, Cutting and Heating | § 1915.54 Welding, cutting and heating of hollow metal containers and structures not covered by § 1915.12. | OSHA | The provisions of this section shall apply to ship repairing, shipbuilding and shipbreaking. (a) Drums, containers, or hollow structures which have contained flammable substances shall, before welding, cutting, or heating is undertaken on them, either be filled with water or thoroughly cleaned of such substances and ventilated and tested. (b) Before heat is applied to a drum, container, or hollow structure, a vent or opening shall be provided for the release of any built-up pressure during the application of heat. (c) Before welding, cutting, heating or brazing is begun on structural voids such as skegs, bilge keels, fair waters, masts, booms, support stanchions, pipe stanchions or railings, a competent person shall inspect the object and, if necessary, test it for the presence of flammable liquids or vapors. If flammable liquids or vapors are present, the object shall be made safe. (d) Objects such as those listed in paragraph (c) of this section shall also be inspected to determine whether water or other non-flammable liquids are present which, when heated, would build up excessive pressure. If such liquids are determined to be present, the object shall be vented, cooled, or otherwise made safe during the application of heat. (e) Jacketed vessels shall be vented before and during welding, cutting or heating operations in order to release any pressure which may build up during the application of heat. | |||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.4.6.4 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | D | Subpart D—Welding, Cutting and Heating | § 1915.55 Gas welding and cutting. | OSHA | The provisions of this section shall apply to ship repairing, shipbuilding and shipbreaking. (a) Transporting, moving and storing compressed gas cylinders. (1) Valve protection caps shall be in place and secure. Oil shall not be used to lubricate protection caps. (2) When cylinders are hoisted, they shall be secured on a cradle, slingboard or pallet. They shall not be hoisted by means of magnets or choker slings. (3) Cylinders shall be moved by tilting and rolling them on their bottom edges. They shall not be intentionally dropped, struck, or permitted to strike each other violently. (4) When cylinders are transported by vehicle, they shall be secured in position. (5) Valve protection caps shall not be used for lifting cylinders from one vertical position to another. Bars shall not be used under valves or valve protection caps to pry cylinders loose when frozen. Warm, not boiling, water shall be used to thaw cylinders loose. (6) Unless cylinders are firmly secured on a special carrier intended for this purpose, regulators shall be removed and valve protection caps put in place before cylinders are moved. (7) A suitable cylinder truck, chain, or other steadying device shall be used to keep cylinders from being knocked over while in use. (8) When work is finished, when cylinders are empty or when cylinders are moved at any time, the cylinder valves shall be closed. (9) Acetylene cylinders shall be secured in an upright position at all times except, if necessary, for short periods of time while cylinders are actually being hoisted or carried. (b) Placing cylinders. (1) Cylinders shall be kept far enough away from the actual welding or cutting operation so that sparks, hot slag or flame will not reach them. When this is impractical, fire resistant shields shall be provided. (2) Cylinders shall be placed where they cannot become part of an electrical circuit. Electrodes shall not be struck against a cylinder to strike an arc. (3) Fuel gas cylinders shall be placed with valve end up whenever they are in… | |||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.4.6.5 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | D | Subpart D—Welding, Cutting and Heating | § 1915.56 Arc welding and cutting. | OSHA | The provisions of this section shall apply to ship repairing, shipbuilding and shipbreaking. (a) Manual electrode holders. (1) Only manual electrode holders which are specifically designed for arc welding and cutting and are of a capacity capable of safely handling the maximum rated current required by the electrodes shall be used. (2) Any current carrying parts passing through the portion of the holder which the arc welder or cutter grips in his hand, and the outer surfaces of the jaws of the holder, shall be fully insulated against the maximum voltage encountered to ground. (b) Welding cables and connectors. (1) All arc welding and cutting cables shall be of the completely insulated, flexible type, capable of handling the maximum current requirements of the work in progress, taking into account the duty cycle under which the arc welder or cutter is working. (2) Only cable free from repair or splices for a minimum distance of ten (10) feet from the cable end to which the electrode holder is connected shall be used, except that cables with standard insulated connectors or with splices whose insulating quality is equal to that of the cable are permitted. (3) When it becomes necessary to connect or splice lengths of cable one to another, substantial insulated connectors of a capacity at least equivalent to that of the cable shall be used. If connections are effected by means of cable lugs, they shall be securely fastened together to give good electrical contact, and the exposed metal parts of the lugs shall be completely insulated. (4) Cables in poor repair shall not be used. When a cable other than the cable lead referred to in paragraph (b)(2) of this section becomes worn to the extent of exposing bare conductors, the portion thus exposed shall be protected by means of rubber and friction tapes or other equivalent insulation. (c) Ground returns and machine grounding. (1) A ground return cable shall have a safe current carrying capacity equal to or exceeding the specified maximum output capacity of th… | |||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.4.6.6 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | D | Subpart D—Welding, Cutting and Heating | § 1915.57 Uses of fissionable material in ship repairing and shipbuilding. | OSHA | The provisions of this section apply to ship repairing and shipbuilding only. (a) In activities involving the use of and exposure to sources of ionizing radiation not only on conventionally powered but also on nuclear powered vessels, the applicable provisions of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Standards for Protection Against Radiation (10 CFR part 20), relating to protection against occupational radiation exposure, shall apply. (b) Any activity which involves the use of radiocative material, whether or not under license from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, shall be performed by competent persons specially trained in the proper and safe operation of such equipment. In the case of materials used under Commission license, only persons actually licensed, or competent persons under direction and supervision of the licensee, shall perform such work. | |||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.5.6.1 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | E | Subpart E—Scaffolds, Ladders and Other Working Surfaces | § 1915.71 Scaffolds or staging. | OSHA | [47 FR 16986, Apr. 20, 1982, as amended at 67 FR 44542, July 3, 2002] | (a) Scope and application. The provisions of this section shall apply to all ship repairing, shipbuilding and shipbreaking operations except that paragraphs (b)(8) through (b)(10) and paragraphs (c) through (f) of this section shall only apply to ship repairing and shipbuilding operations and shall not apply to shipbreaking. (b) General requirements. (1) All scaffolds and their supports whether of lumber, steel or other material, shall be capable of supporting the load they are designed to carry with a safety factor of not less than four (4). (2) All lumber used in the construction of scaffolds shall be spruce, fir, long leaf yellow pine, Oregon pine or wood of equal strength. The use of hemlock, short leaf yellow pine, or short fiber lumber is prohibited. (3) Lumber dimensions as given in this subpart are nominal except where given in fractions of an inch. (4) All lumber used in the construction of scaffolds shall be sound, straight-grained, free from cross grain, shakes and large, loose or dead knots. It shall also be free from dry rot, large checks, worm holes or other defects which impair its strength or durability. (5) Scaffolds shall be maintained in a safe and secure condition. Any component of the scaffold which is broken, burned or otherwise defective shall be replaced. (6) Barrels, boxes, cans, loose bricks, or other unstable objects shall not be used as working platforms or for the support of planking intended as scaffolds or working platforms. (7) No scaffold shall be erected, moved, dismantled or altered except under the supervision of competent persons. (8) No welding, burning, riveting or open flame work shall be performed on any staging suspended by means of fiber rope. (9) Lifting bridles on working platforms suspended from cranes shall consist of four legs so attached that the stability of the platform is assured. (10) Unless the crane hook has a safety latch or is moused, the lifting bridles on working platforms suspended from cranes shall be attached by shackles to the lower lift… | ||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.5.6.2 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | E | Subpart E—Scaffolds, Ladders and Other Working Surfaces | § 1915.72 Ladders. | OSHA | [47 FR 16986, Apr. 20, 1982, as amended at 67 FR 44542, July 3, 2002] | The provisions of this section shall apply to ship repairing, shipbuilding and shipbreaking. (a) General requirements. (1) The use of ladders with broken or missing rungs or steps, broken or split side rails, or other faulty or defective construction is prohibited. When ladders with such defects are discovered, they shall be immediately withdrawn from service. Inspection of metal ladders shall include checking for corrosion of interiors of open end, hollow rungs. (2) When sections of ladders are spliced, the ends shall be abutted, and not fewer than 2 cleats shall be securely nailed or bolted to each rail. The combined cross sectional area of the cleats shall be not less than the cross sectional area of the side rail. The dimensions of side rails for their total length shall be those specified in paragraph (b) or (c) of this section. (3) Portable ladders shall be lashed, blocked or otherwise secured to prevent their being displaced. The side rails of ladders used for access to any level shall extend not less than 36 inches above that level. When this is not practical, grab rails which will provide a secure grip for an employee moving to or from the point of access shall be installed. (4) Portable metal ladders shall be of strength equivalent to that of wood ladders. Manufactured portable metal ladders provided by the employer shall be in accordance with the provisions of ANSI Standard A14.2-1972: Safety Requirements for Portable Metal Ladders (incorporated by reference, see § 1915.5). (5) Portable metal ladders shall not be used near electrical conductors nor for electric arc welding operations. (6) Manufactured portable wood ladders provided by the employer shall be in accordance with the provisions of ANSI Standard A14.1-1975: Safety Requirements for Portable Wood Ladders (incorporated by reference, see § 1915.5). (b) Construction of portable wood cleated ladders up to 30 feet in length. (1) Wood side rails shall be made from West Coast hemlock, Eastern spruce, Sitka spruce, or wood of equivalent str… | ||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.5.6.3 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | E | Subpart E—Scaffolds, Ladders and Other Working Surfaces | § 1915.73 Guarding of deck openings and edges. | OSHA | [47 FR 16986, Apr. 20, 1982, as amended at 67 FR 44542, July 3, 2002] | (a) The provisions of this section shall apply to ship repairing and shipbuilding operations and shall not apply to shipbreaking. (b) When employees are working in the vicinity of flush manholes and other small openings of comparable size in the deck and other working surfaces, such openings shall be suitably covered or guarded to a height of not less than 30 inches, except where the use of such guards is made impracticable by the work actually in progress. (c) When employees are working around open hatches not protected by coamings to a height of 24 inches or around other large openings, the edge of the opening shall be guarded in the working area to height of 36 to 42 inches, except where the use of such guards is made impracticable by the work actually in progress. (d) When employees are exposed to unguarded edges of decks, platforms, flats, and similar flat surfaces, more than 5 feet above a solid surface, the edges shall be guarded by adequate guardrails meeting the requirements of § 1915.71(j) (1) and (2), unless the nature of the work in progress or the physical conditions prohibit the use or installation of such guardrails. (e) When employees are working near the unguarded edges of decks of vessels afloat, they shall be protected by personal flotation devices, meeting the requirements of § 1915.158(a). (f) Sections of bilges from which floor plates or gratings have been removed shall be guarded by guardrails except where they would interfere with work in progress. If these open sections are in a walkway at least two 10-inch planks placed side by side, or equivalent, shall be laid across the opening to provide a safe walking surface. (g) Gratings, walkways, and catwalks, from which sections or ladders have been removed, shall be barricaded with adequate guardrails. | ||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.5.6.4 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | E | Subpart E—Scaffolds, Ladders and Other Working Surfaces | § 1915.74 Access to vessels. | OSHA | [47 FR 16986, Apr. 20, 1982, as amended at 67 FR 44542, July 3, 2002] | (a) Access to vessels afloat. The employer shall not permit employees to board or leave any vessel, except a barge or river towboat, until the following requirements have been met: (1) Whenever practicable, a gangway of not less than 20 inches walking surface of adequate strength, maintained in safe repair and safely secured shall be used. If a gangway is not practicable, a substantial straight ladder, extending at least 36 inches above the upper landing surface and adequately secured against shifting or slipping shall be provided. When conditions are such that neither a gangway nor a straight ladder can be used, a Jacob's ladder meeting the requirements of paragraphs (d) (1) and (2) of this section may be used. (2) Each side of such gangway, and the turn table if used, shall have a railing with a minimum height of approximately 33 inches measured perpendicularly from rail to walking surface at the stanchion, with a midrail. Rails shall be of wood, pipe, chain, wire or rope and shall be kept taut at all times. (3) Gangways on vessels inspected and certificated by the U.S. Coast Guard are deemed to meet the foregoing requirements, except in cases where the vessel's regular gangway is not being used. (4) The gangway shall be kept properly trimmed at all times. (5) When a fixed tread accommodations ladder is used, and the angle is low enough to require employees to walk on the edge of the treads, cleated duckboards shall be laid over and secured to the ladder. (6) When the lower end of a gangway overhangs the water between the ship and the dock in such a manner that there is danger of employees falling between the ship and the dock, a net or other suitable protection shall be rigged at the foot of the gangway in such a manner as to prevent employees from falling from the end of the gangway. (7) If the foot of the gangway is more than one foot away from the edge of the apron, the space between them shall be bridged by a firm walkway equipped with railings, with a minimum height of approximately 33 inches wit… | ||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.5.6.5 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | E | Subpart E—Scaffolds, Ladders and Other Working Surfaces | § 1915.75 Access to and guarding of dry docks and marine railways. | OSHA | [47 FR 16986, Apr. 20, 1982, as amended at 67 FR 44542, July 3, 2002] | The provisions of this section shall apply to ship repairing, shipbuilding and shipbreaking. (a) A gangway, ramp or permanent stairway of not less than 20 inches walking surface, of adequate strength, maintained in safe repair and securely fastened, shall be provided between a floating dry dock and the pier or bulkhead. (b) Each side of such gangway, ramp or permanent stairway, including those which are used for access to wing walls from dry dock floors, shall have a railing with a midrail. Such railings on gangways or ramps shall be approximately 42 inches in height; and railings on permanent stairways shall be not less than approximately 30 or more than approximately 34 inches in height. Rails shall be of wood, pipe, chain, wire, or rope, and shall be kept taut at all times. (c) Railings meeting the requirements of paragraph (b) of this section shall be provided on the means of access to and from the floors of graving docks. (d) Railings approximately 42 inches in height, with a midrail, shall be provided on the edges of wing walls of floating dry docks and on edges of graving docks. Sections of the railings may be temporarily removed where necessary to permit line handling while a vessel is entering or leaving the dock. (e) When employees are working on the floor of a floating dry dock where they are exposed to the hazard of falling into the water, the end of the dry dock shall be equipped with portable stanchions and 42 inch railings with a midrail. When such a railing would be impracticable or ineffective, other effective means shall be provided to prevent employees from falling into the water. (f) Access to wing walls from floors of dry docks shall be by ramps, permanent stairways or ladders meeting the applicable requirements of § 1915.72. (g) Catwalks on stiles of marine railways shall be no less than 20 inches wide and shall have on at least one side a guardrail and midrail meeting the requirements of § 1915.71(j) (1) and (2). | ||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.5.6.6 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | E | Subpart E—Scaffolds, Ladders and Other Working Surfaces | § 1915.76 Access to cargo spaces and confined spaces. | OSHA | The provisions of this section apply to ship repairing, shipbuilding and shipbreaking except that paragraph (a)(4) of this section applies to ship repairing only. (a) Cargo spaces. (1) There shall be at least one safe and accessible ladder in any cargo space which employees must enter. (2) When any fixed ladder is visibly unsafe, the employer shall prohibit its use by employees. (3) Straight ladders of adequate strength and suitably secured against shifting or slipping shall be provided as necessary when fixed ladders in cargo spaces do not meet the requirements of paragraph (a)(1) of this section. When conditions are such that a straight ladder cannot be used, a Jacob's ladder meeting the requirements of § 1915.74(d) may be used. (4) When cargo is stowed within 4 inches of the back of ladder rungs, the ladder shall be deemed “unsafe” for the purpose of this section. (5) Fixed ladders or straight ladders provided for access to cargo spaces shall not be used at the same time that cargo drafts, equipment, materials, scrap or other loads are entering or leaving the hold. Before using these ladders to enter or leave the hold, the employee shall be required to inform the winchman or crane signalman of his intention. (b) Confined spaces. (1) More than one means of access shall be provided to a confined space in which employees are working and in which the work may generate a hazardous atmosphere in the space except where the structure or arrangement of the vessel makes this provision impractical. (2) When the ventilation ducts required by these regulations must pass through these means of access, the ducts shall be of such a type and so arranged as to permit free passage of an employee through at least two of these means of access. | |||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.5.6.7 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | E | Subpart E—Scaffolds, Ladders and Other Working Surfaces | § 1915.77 Working surfaces. | OSHA | [47 FR 16986, Apr. 20, 1982, as amended at 67 FR 44543, July 3, 2002] | (a) Paragraphs (b) through (d) of this section shall apply to ship repairing and shipbuilding operations, and shall not apply to shipbreaking. Paragraph (e) of this section shall apply to shipbuilding, ship repairing and shipbreaking operations. (b) When firebox floors present tripping hazards of exposed tubing or of missing or removed refractory, sufficient planking to afford safe footing shall be laid while work is being carried on within the boiler. (c) When employees are working aloft, or elsewhere at elevations more than 5 feet above a solid surface, either scaffolds or a sloping ladder, meeting the requirements of this subpart, shall be used to afford safe footing, or the employees shall be protected by safety belts and lifelines meeting the requirements of §§ 1915.159 and 1915.160. Employees visually restricted by blasting hoods, welding helmets, and burning goggles shall work from scaffolds, not from ladders, except for the initial and final welding or burning operation to start or complete a job, such as the erection and dismantling of hung scaffolding, or other similar, nonrepetitive jobs of brief duration. (d) For work performed in restricted quarters, such as behind boilers and in between congested machinery units and piping, work platforms at least 20 inches wide meeting the requirements of § 1915.71(i)(1) shall be used. Backrails may be omitted if bulkheading, boilers, machinery units, or piping afford proper protection against falling. (e) When employees are boarding, leaving, or working from small boats or floats, they shall be protected by personal flotation devices meeting the requirements of § 1915.158(a). | ||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.6.6.1 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | F | Subpart F—General Working Conditions | § 1915.80 Scope, application, definitions, and effective dates. | OSHA | [76 FR 24698, May 2, 2011, as amended at 84 FR 21555, May 14, 2019] | (a) The provisions of this subpart apply to general working conditions in shipyard employment, including work on vessels, on vessel sections, and at landside operations, regardless of geographic location. (b) Definitions applicable to this subpart. (1) Additional safety measure. A component of the tags-plus system that provides an impediment (in addition to the energy-isolating device) to the release of energy or the energization or startup of the machinery, equipment, or system being serviced. Examples of additional safety measures include, but are not limited to, removing an isolating circuit element; blocking a controlling switch; blocking, blanking, or bleeding lines; removing a valve handle or wiring it in place; opening an extra disconnecting device. (2) Affected employee. An employee who normally operates or uses the machinery, equipment, or system that is going to be serviced under lockout/tags-plus or who is working in the area where servicing is being performed under lockout/tags-plus. An affected employee becomes an authorized employee when the employer assigns the employee to service any machine, equipment, or system under a lockout/tags-plus application. (3) Authorized employee. (i) An employee who performs one or more of the following lockout/tags-plus responsibilities: (A) Executes the lockout/tags-plus procedures; (B) Installs a lock or tags-plus system on machinery, equipment, or systems; or (C) Services any machine, equipment, or system under lockout/tags-plus application. (ii) An affected employee becomes an authorized employee when the employer assigns the employee to service any machine, equipment, or system under a lockout/tags-plus application. (4) Capable of being locked out. An energy-isolating device is capable of being locked out if it has a locking mechanism built into it, or it has a hasp or other means of attachment to which, or through which, a lock can be affixed. Other energy-isolating devices are capable of being locked out if lockout can be achieved without the… | ||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.6.6.10 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | F | Subpart F—General Working Conditions | § 1915.89 Control of hazardous energy (lockout/tags-plus). | OSHA | (a) Scope, application, and effective dates . (1) Scope. This section covers the servicing of machinery, equipment, and systems when the energization or startup of machinery, equipment, or systems, or the release of hazardous energy, could endanger an employee. (2) Application. (i) This section applies to the servicing of any machinery, equipment, or system that employees use in the course of shipyard employment work and that is conducted: (A) In any landside facility that performs shipyard employment work; and (B) On any vessel or vessel section. (ii) This section applies to such servicing conducted on a vessel by any employee including, but not limited to, the ship's officers and crew unless such application is preempted by the regulations of another federal agency. (3) When other standards in 29 CFR part 1915 and applicable standards in 29 CFR part 1910 require the use of a lock or tag, the employer shall use and supplement them with the procedural and training requirements specified in this section. (4) Exceptions. This section does not apply to: (i) Work on cord-and-plug-connected machinery, equipment, or system, provided the employer ensures that the machinery, equipment, or system is unplugged and the plug is under the exclusive control of the employee performing the servicing; (ii) Minor servicing activities performed during normal production operations, including minor tool changes and adjustments, that are routine, repetitive, and integral to the use of the machinery, equipment, or system, provided the employer ensures that the work is performed using measures that provide effective protection from energization, startup, or the release of hazardous energy. (b) Lockout/tags-plus program. The employer shall establish and implement a written program and procedures for lockout and tags-plus systems to control hazardous energy during the servicing of any machinery, equipment, or system in shipyard employment. The program shall cover: (1) Procedures for lockout/tags-plus systems while serv… | |||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.6.6.11 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | F | Subpart F—General Working Conditions | § 1915.90 Safety color code for marking physical hazards. | OSHA | The requirements applicable to shipyard employment under this section are identical to the requirements set forth at 29 CFR 1910.144 of this chapter. | |||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.6.6.12 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | F | Subpart F—General Working Conditions | § 1915.91 Accident prevention signs and tags. | OSHA | The requirements applicable to shipyard employment under this section are identical to the requirements set forth at 29 CFR 1910.145 of this chapter. | |||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.6.6.13 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | F | Subpart F—General Working Conditions | § 1915.92 Retention of DOT markings, placards, and labels. | OSHA | (a) Any employer who receives a package of hazardous material that is required to be marked, labeled, or placarded in accordance with the U.S. Department of Transportation Hazardous Materials Regulations (49 CFR parts 171 through 180) shall retain those markings, labels, and placards on the package until the packaging is sufficiently cleaned of residue and purged of vapors to remove any potential hazards. (b) Any employer who receives a freight container, rail freight car, motor vehicle, or transport vehicle that is required to be marked or placarded in accordance with the U.S. Department of Transportation Hazardous Materials Regulations shall retain those markings and placards on the freight container, rail freight car, motor vehicle, or transport vehicle until the hazardous materials are sufficiently removed to prevent any potential hazards. (c) The employer shall maintain markings, placards, and labels in a manner that ensures that they are readily visible. (d) For non-bulk packages that will not be reshipped, the requirements of this section are met if a label or other acceptable marking is affixed in accordance with 29 CFR 1910.1200, Hazard Communication. (e) For the purposes of this section, the term “hazardous material” and any other terms not defined in this section have the same definition as specified in the U.S. Department of Transportation Hazardous Materials Regulations. | |||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.6.6.14 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | F | Subpart F—General Working Conditions | § 1915.93 Motor vehicle safety equipment, operation and maintenance. | OSHA | (a) Application. (1) This section applies to any motor vehicle used to transport employees, materials, or property at worksites engaged in shipyard employment. This section does not apply to motor vehicle operation on public streets and highways. (2) The requirements of this section apply to employer-provided motor vehicles. The requirements of paragraphs (b)(2), (b)(4), and (c)(2) of this section also apply to employee-provided motor vehicles. (3) Only the requirements of paragraphs (b)(1) through (b)(3) apply to powered industrial trucks, as defined in § 1910.178. The maintenance, inspection, operation, and training requirements in 29 CFR 1910.178 continue to apply to powered industrial trucks used for shipyard employment. (b) Motor vehicle safety equipment. (1) The employer shall ensure that each motor vehicle acquired or initially used after August 1, 2011 is equipped with a safety belt for each employee operating or riding in the motor vehicle. This requirement does not apply to any motor vehicle that was not equipped with safety belts at the time of manufacture. (2) The employer shall ensure that each employee uses a safety belt, securely and tightly fastened, at all times while operating or riding in a motor vehicle. (3) The employer shall ensure that vehicle safety equipment is not removed from any employer-provided vehicle. The employer shall replace safety equipment that is removed. (4) The employer shall ensure that each motor vehicle used to transport an employee has firmly secured seats for each employee being transported and that all employees being transported are using such seats. (c) Motor vehicle maintenance and operation. (1) The employer shall ensure that each motor vehicle is maintained in a serviceable and safe operating condition, and removed from service if it is not in such condition. (2) The employer shall ensure that, before a motor vehicle is operated, any tools and materials being transported are secured if their movements may create a hazard for employees. (3) The empl… | |||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.6.6.15 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | F | Subpart F—General Working Conditions | § 1915.94 Servicing multi-piece and single-piece rim wheels. | OSHA | The requirements applicable to shipyard employment under this section are identical to the requirements set forth at 29 CFR 1910.177 of this chapter. | |||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.6.6.2 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | F | Subpart F—General Working Conditions | § 1915.81 Housekeeping. | OSHA | (a) General requirements. (1) The employer shall establish and maintain good housekeeping practices to eliminate hazards to employees to the extent practicable. (2) The employer shall eliminate slippery conditions, such as snow and ice, on walkways and working surfaces as necessary. If it is not practicable for the employer to remove slippery conditions, the employer either shall: (i) Restrict employees to designated walkways and working surfaces where the employer has eliminated slippery conditions; or (ii) Provide slip-resistant footwear in accordance with 29 CFR part 1915, subpart I. (3) The employer shall store materials in a manner that does not create a hazard for employees. (4) The employer shall maintain easy and open access to each fire-alarm box, fire-call station, fire-fighting equipment, and each exit, including ladders, staircases, scaffolds, and gangways. (5) The employer shall dispose of flammable and combustible substances, such as paint thinners, solvents, rags, scrap, and waste, or store them in covered fire-resistant containers at the end of each workshift or when the job is completed, whichever occurs first. (b) Walkways. (1) In addition to the requirements in paragraph (a), the employer also shall ensure that each walkway: (i) Provides adequate passage; (ii) Is clear of debris, including solid and liquid wastes, that may create a hazard for employees; (iii) Is clear of tools, materials, equipment, and other objects that may create a hazard for employees; and (iv) Is clear of hoses and electrical service cords. The employer shall: (A) Place each hose and cord above walkways in a location that will prevent injury to employees and damage to the hoses and cords; (B) Place each hose and cord underneath walkways; (C) Place each hose and cord on walkways, provided the hoses and cords are covered by crossovers or other means that will prevent injury to employees and damage to the hoses and cords; or (D) Protect each hose and cord by other suitable means. (2) While a walkway or par… | |||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.6.6.3 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | F | Subpart F—General Working Conditions | § 1915.82 Lighting. | OSHA | (a) General Requirements. (1) The employer shall ensure that each work area and walkway is adequately lighted whenever an employee is present. (2) For landside areas, the employer shall provide illumination that meets the levels set forth in Table F-1 to § 1915.82. Table F-1 to § 1915.82—Minimum Lighting Intensities in Foot-Candles The required illumination levels in this table do not apply to emergency or portable lights. (3) For vessels and vessel sections, the employer shall provide illumination that meets the levels set forth in the table to paragraph (a)(2) or meet ANSI/IESNA RP-7-01 (incorporated by reference, see 1915.5). (4) When adequate illumination is not obtainable by permanent lighting sources, temporary lighting may be used as supplementation. (5) The employer shall ensure that neither matches nor open-flame devices are used for lighting. (b) Temporary lights. The employer shall ensure that temporary lights meet the following requirements: (1) Lights with bulbs that are not completely recessed are equipped with guards to prevent accidental contact with the bulb; (2) Lights are equipped with electric cords designed with sufficient capacity to safely carry the electric load; (3) Connections and insulation on electric cords are maintained in a safe condition; (4) Lights and lighting stringers are not suspended solely by their electric cords unless they are designed by the manufacturer to be suspended in this way; (5) Lighting stringers do not overload branch circuits; (6) Branch circuits are equipped with over-current protection with a capacity that does not exceed the rated current-carrying capacity of the cord used; (7) Splices have insulation with a capacity that exceeds that of the original insulation of the cord; and (8) Exposed, non-current-carrying metal parts of lights are grounded. The employer shall ensure that grounding is provided either through a third wire in the cord containing the circuit conductors or through a separate wire that is grounded at the source of the curr… | |||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.6.6.4 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | F | Subpart F—General Working Conditions | § 1915.83 Utilities. | OSHA | (a) Steam supply system. (1) The employer shall ensure that the vessel's steam piping system, including hoses, is designed to safely handle the working pressure prior to supplying steam from an outside source. The employer shall obtain a written or oral determination from a responsible vessel's representative, a contractor, or any other person who is qualified by training, knowledge, or experience to make such determination that the working pressure of the vessel's steam piping system is safe. (2) The employer shall ensure that each outside steam supply connected to a vessel's steam piping system meets the following requirements: (i) A pressure gauge and a relief valve are installed at the point where the temporary steam hose joins the vessel's steam piping system; (ii) Each relief valve is set to relieve excess steam at, and is capable of relieving steam at, a pressure that does not exceed the safe working pressure of the system in its present condition; (iii) There are no means of inadvertently disconnecting any relief valve from the system that it protects; (iv) Each pressure gauge and relief valve is legible and located so it is visible and readily accessible; and (v) Each relief valve is positioned so it is not likely to cause injury if steam is released. (b) Steam hoses. The employer shall ensure that each steam hose meets the following requirements: (1) The steam hose and its fittings are used in accordance with manufacturer's specifications; (2) Each steam hose is hung tightly with short bights that prevent chafing and to reduce tension on the hose and its fittings; (3) Each steam hose is protected from damage; and (4) Each steam hose or temporary steam piping, including metal fittings and couplings, that pass through a walking or working area is shielded to protect employees from contact. (c) Electric shore power. When a vessel is supplied with electric shore power, the employer shall take the following precautions prior to energizing any of the vessel's circuits: (1) Ensure that the v… | |||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.6.6.5 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | F | Subpart F—General Working Conditions | § 1915.84 Working alone. | OSHA | (a) Except as provided in § 1915.51(c)(3) of this part, whenever an employee is working alone, such as in a confined space or isolated location, the employer shall account for each employee: (1) Throughout each workshift at regular intervals appropriate to the job assignment to ensure the employee's safety and health; and (2) At the end of the job assignment or at the end of the workshift, whichever occurs first. (b) The employer shall account for each employee by sight or verbal communication. | |||||
| 29:29:7.1.1.1.5.6.6.6 | 29 | Labor | XVII | 1915 | PART 1915—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT | F | Subpart F—General Working Conditions | § 1915.85 Vessel radar and communication systems. | OSHA | (a) The employer shall service each vessel's radar and communication systems in accordance with 29 CFR 1915.89, Control of Hazardous Energy. (b) The employer shall secure each vessel's radar and communication system so it is incapable of energizing or emitting radiation before any employee begins work: (1) On or in the vicinity of the system; (2) On or in the vicinity of a system equipped with a dummy load; or (3) Aloft, such as on a mast or king post. (c) When a vessel's radar or communication system is operated, serviced, repaired, or tested, the employer shall ensure that: (1) There is no other work in progress aloft; and (2) No employee is closer to the system's antenna or transmitter than the manufacturer's specified safe minimum distance for the type, model, and power of the equipment. (d) The employer shall ensure that no employee enters an area designated as hazardous by manufacturers' specifications while a radar or communication system is capable of emitting radiation. (e) The requirements of this section do not apply when a radar or communication system is incapable of emitting radiation at levels that could injure workers in the vicinity of the system, or if the radar or communication system is incapable of energizing in a manner than could injure workers working on or in the vicinity of the system. |
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