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OSHA Standards for General Industry as of August 2008

CCH® Editorial Staff

This book contains the occupational safety and health standards for general industry promulgated by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), effective July 1, 2008. Although this is not an official OSHA publication, it reproduces in full the text of regulations contained in the official OSHA government version at Title 29 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 1910. Also included in this book are:

• §1903 regulations on inspections, citations, and proposed penalties
• §1904 regulations covering occupational injury and illness recordkeeping and reporting
• §1990 carcinogen policy and model standards
• Additionally, the entire text of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 is incorporated, including §5(a) and (b) (the "General Duty" clause).

Key Updates

Electrical standard. OSHA revised its existing electrical standard and relevant definitions found in sections 1910.302 to 1910.308 and 1910.399. With the revisions, the standard reflects more current practice based on Part I of the 2000 edition of NFPA 70E based on the National Electrical Code.

Local emphasis programs. OSHA has issued a new list of Local (Area Office) and Regional Emphasis Programs. These are enforcement strategies intended to address hazards or industries that pose a particular risk to workers in the jurisdiction of a local area office or regional office.

Process safety management. OSHA released an interpretation of the phrase "on site in one location" which appears in the "Application" section of OSHA's Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals standard at 29 CFR 119.  The standard applies when a threshold quantity of a highly hazardous chemical exists within contiguous areas under the control of an employer, or group of affiliated employers, in any group of vessels that are interconnected, or in separate vessels that are interconnected in such proximity that the highly hazardous chemical could be involved in a potential catastrophic release as defined in "process."

Interpretation letters. OSHA's recent letters of interpretation reprinted in this edition allow employers and employees to see how the agency addresses certain compliance questions raised by the public. The initial letter concerns whether one standard preempts another. Of concern are the process safety management versus electrical power generation rules in relation to utility systems such as steam, nitrogen, electricity, plant air and process water. The second letter addresses regulatory questions involving the agency's withdrawal of the respiratory protection standard for M. tuberculosis. It clarifies the extent to which an appropriation restriction of Congress affects enforcement of respiratory protection against tuberculosis. In the third, the Directorate of Enforcement Programs analyzes whether a particular space is considered a confined space. The space in question is an aircraft fuel tank with an opening of twelve inches, serviced by employees who remain outside the tank with only their upper extremities, and occasionally their heads, inside the tank opening. In the next letter, OSHA reviews the minor servicing exception to the control of hazardous energy regulation. The author determines whether a particular device serves as an alternative measure which provides effective protection. The device is a programmable logic controller that opens ungrounded supply conductors to isolate power to all points of operation that operators may contact during servicing. Another letter relates to electric power generation and the method used to assure that no employee would be endangered by a pole suspended about 3 or 4 feet from the ground while it is being framed out. The sixth letter discusses an employer's responsibility to maintain access to employee exposure and medical records. This obligation has taken on new proportions in a business environment characterized by continuing mergers and acquisitions, bankruptcies and reductions in force. Another interpretation illustrates the analysis of electrical and personal protective equipment when an employee uses an insulated device to verify that an electrical system has been de-energized or when the employee turns off a circuit breaker in an approved enclosure. We again include OSHA's formal interpretation of the language "on one site in one location" from the process safety management standard. Another letter discusses lineman belts and hooks that provide protection to employees from falls while climbing and/or performing work. This equipment is PPE and employers must pay for it when the equipment is used to comply with an OSHA standard.

The revisions are effective July 2008.

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Specifications:

• Book: Pub. September 2008, 8-1/2” x 11” Perfect Bound, 912 pages. ISBN: 978-0-8080-1907-7.

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