Standards and Policies

• Standards are the legal requirements that define the minimum protections employers must provide to employees and the mechanisms used to enforce these protections.
  
  
• Roll Over Protective Structures, this is a direct final rule and will become effective on February 27, 2006 unless significant adverse comment is received by January 30, 2006. More information is found in the Federal Register.
  
  
• "Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratories", OSHA requests information and comments on a specific proposal submitted to OSHA to permit the use of a Supplier's Declaration of Conformity (SDoC) as part of, or as an alternative to, the Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratories (NRTLs) product approval process, comments must be submitted (postmarked or sent) by February 13, 2006. More information is found in the Federal Register.
  
  
• Electric Power Generation, Transmission, and Distribution; Electrical Protective Equipment; comment period ends January 11, 2006, public hearings to begin March 6, 2006 at 1:00 p.m. and at 9:00 a.m. on subsequent days. More information is found in the Federal Register.
  
  Text of the June 15, 2005 proposed standard is found by following this link.
  
  
• Lead in Construction;OSHA is conducting its regulatory review of the lead in construction standard under Section 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act and Section 5 of Executive Order 12866 to determine if the standard is needed and if it should be amended. The comment deadline is November 7, 2005.
  
  
• Hexavalent Chromium, on October 4, 2004 the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and hearing procedures was published in the Federal Register. The written comment period ended January 3, 2005. Hearings at the DOL building auditorium (200 Constitution Ave NW, Wash. DC), will begin February 1 and continue through February 17, if needed. The daily schedule may vary and will not be posted. The full Federal Register Notice may be reached by clicking here.
  
  
• Cranes and Derricks Negotiated Rulemaking Advisory Committee
  • Cranes and Derricks Negotiated Rulemaking Advisory Committee: More information may be found by searching Docket S030, select "Use the easy search page", select "Docket Number" and enter "S030".
  • C-DAC Consensus Document:
    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
    
• Revised Respiratory Standard, the new fit-testing protocol, referred to as the Controlled Negative Pressure (CNP) REDON protocol, requires three different test exercises followed by two redonnings of the respirator. The three test exercises, listed in order of administration, are normal breathing, bending over, and head shaking. The final rule becomes effective September 3, 2004. For more information, this link will direct you to the Federal Register.
  
  
• Recordkeeping Final Rule: The final and proposed rules, the 300 and 301 forms, and topics for comment.
  
  
• Steel Erection Final Rule: The effective dates, final, and proposed rule.
  • OSHA is reopening the rulemaking record of Docket S-775, Steel Erection, to obtain comments and information on a provision that addresses the slip resistance of walking surfaces of coated structural steel members, hearing requests and comments must be submitted [postmarked or sent] by October 13, 2004. The full Federal Register Notice may be reached by clicking here.
  • Steel Erection Compliance Directive
  • Extension of the enforcement policy for column joists. The Instruction is to amend Question and Answer #32 of OSHA Instruction CPL 02-01-034 (CPL 2-1.34) "Inspection policy and procedures for OSHA's steel erection standards for construction", issued March 22, 2002 and revokes OSHA Notice 03-03 (CPL 02) (03-03 CPL 2) "Extension of enforcement policy on column joists (CPL 2-1.34)" issued July 18, 2003. The extension is indefinite.
    
    
• OSHA Standard Interpretation and Compliance Letters 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.
  
  
  • Tower, Communication. 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 Bulletin

• Construction Focused Inspection. Recognizes the efforts of responsible contractors who have implemented effective safety and health programs, and encourages other contractors to adopt similar programs.
  
  
  • Construction Focused Inspection Summary.
    
    
• Construction Inspection Scheduling. This is an overview of the OSHA construction inspection scheduling system.
  
  
• Meetings.
  
  
• Multimedia programs. Electronic videos and PowerPoint presentations addressing construction and other topics.
  
  
• Residential Construction, Interim Fall Protection OSHA Instruction.
  
  
• Revised Multi-Employer Citation Policy. The purpose of this Directive is to clarify the agency's multi-employer citation policy.
  
  
• Silica Questions and Answers. 24 KB PDF, 82 pages. Questions and Answers on the Respiratory Protection Standard with a Spanish translation of the Medical Evaluation Questionnaire
  
  
  • Special Emphasis Program (SEP) for SILICOSIS, May 2, 1996
    
    
• Construction Topics, OSHA Safety and Health Topic pages related to Construction.

• OSHA Statistics and Data page. 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.