Standards are the legal requirements that define the minimum protections employers must provide to employees and the mechanisms used to enforce these protections.

29 CFR 1926, Safety and Health Regulations for Construction

Federal Registers

Electric Power Generation, Transmission, and Distribution; Electrical Protective Equipment; Extension of Comment Period; Change in Date of Public Hearing. Proposed Rules 70:59290-59292, (2005, October 12).

Safety and Health Topics Pages contain a collection of information about standards, exposure limits, external links, and news releases.

Hexavalent Chromium

Cranes and Derricks Negotiated Rulemaking Advisory Committee

Safety Standards for Cranes and Derricks. Federal Register Notice 68:39877-39880, (2003, July 3).

C-DAC Consensus Document. Docket 68-14, (2004, August 5), 10 MB PDF, 119 pages. Note: This consensus document is the product of a negotiated rulemaking process conducted under the Negotiated Rulemaking Act. The document is subject to various Agency reviews. Upon completion of these reviews, a proposed standard will be published in the Federal Register for public comment.

Previous Meetings and Agendas

More information may be found by searching Docket S030. (From the Docket home page select "Use the easy search page". From there, select "Docket Number" and enter "S030").

Standard Interpretations are OSHA responses to specific questions relating to the Agency's interpretation of a standard.

Directives are the documents that provide OSHA's operating procedures and assure consistency within the agency.

Interim Inspection Procedures During Communication Tower Construction Activities. CPL 02-01-036 [CPL 2-1.36], (2002, March 26). OSHA's interim inspection procedures during communication tower construction activities.

Safety and Health Information Bulletins (SHIBs) are one tool OSHA uses to inform internal staff and the public of significant occupational safety and health issues concerning hazard recognition, evaluation, and control in the workplace and at emergency response sites.

Tilt-Up Panel Construction Hazard. SHIB 10-15-03.

Specific Topics

Root Cause Analysis DNV Systemic Cause Analysis Technique (SCAT) http://dmzdc009.dnv.com/eSales_enu/start.swe?SWECmd=Start&SWEHo=dmzdc009.dnv.com
Follow this link above and click on catalog/safety products and look on the blue bar below catalog and go to products page 30-39) for the SCAT charts and Manual. CDs are available and it’s important to also get the charts; they work together.

Please also see the Practical Loss Control Leadership and Independent Study Plan B Added as a service of your ABC Safety Committee (suggested by Jeremy Zimmerman, PCL). 

Guidance to Compliance Officers for Focused Inspections in the Construction Industry. Standard Interpretation, (1994, August 22). Recognizes the efforts of responsible contractors who have implemented effective safety and health programs, and encourages other contractors to adopt similar programs.

Focused Inspections in Construction

Inspection Scheduling for Construction. Directive CPL 02-00-141, (2006, July 14). This is an overview of the OSHA construction inspection scheduling system.

Plain Language Revision of OSHA Instruction STD 3.1, Interim Fall Protection Compliance Guidelines for Residential Construction. Directive STD 03-00-001 [STD 3-0.1A], (1999, June 18).

Multi-Employer Citation Policy. Directive CPL 02-00-124 [CPL 2-0.124], (1999, December 10). The purpose of this Directive is to clarify the agency's multi-employer citation policy.

Silica Questions and Answers. (1998, August 3), 237 KB PDF, 82 pages. Questions and answers on the Respiratory Protection Standard with a Spanish translation of the Medical Evaluation Questionnaire

Statistics and Data

Statistics & Data. Several different types of searches are available. Note: For some searches the letter "C" may be used in the SIC box to search for the Standard Industrial Classification Codes for construction, 1500 to 1799.