Regulations & Standards

Links to occupational health and environmental safety standards

Regulations & Standards

All employers have a duty to protect their employees at work and inform them of industry and PPE regulations, legislation and standards that are put in place to help keep them safe and healthy. The following section provides you with links to occupational health and environmental safety standards.

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Personal Protective Equipment References

Welding References
- American Welding Society
- Gas & Welding Distributors Association

Hearing Protection and Conservation (Professional Societies)

Hearing Protection and Conservation (Government)

Hearing Protection and Conservation (Government, Children and Teenagers)

Hearing Protection and Conservation (Other)

Fall Protection References

OSHA Regulations for General Industry

Go to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration full list of 1910 General Industry Regulations

Walking Working Surfaces, Scope and Definitions
OSHA 1910.21

Walking Working Surfaces, Duty to have Fall Protection and Falling Object Protection
OSHA 1910.28

Powered Platforms for Building Maintenance
OSHA 1910.66

Fall Protection Systems and Falling Object Protection-Criteria and Practices
OSHA 1910.29

Safety Requirements for Scaffolds and Rope Descent Systems
OSHA 1910.27

Personal Fall Protection Systems
OSHA 1910.140

Permit - Required Confined Space
OSHA 1910.146

Special Industries: Telecommunications
OSHA 1910.268

Special Industries: Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution
OSHA 1910.269
OSHA Regulations for Construction

Go to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration full list of 1926 Construction Industry Regulations

Personal Protective Equipment: Safety Belts, Lifelines and Lanyards
1926.104

Personal Protective Equipment: Safety Nets
1926.105

Cranes and Derricks, Fall Protection
OSHA 1926.1423

Scaffolding/Boatswain's Chair
1926.451 (g) (1) (i)

Fall Protections: Scope, Application and Definitions
1926.500

Fall Protections: Duty to Have Fall Protection
1926.501

Fall Protections: Fall Protection Systems Criteria and Practices
1926.502

Fall Protections: Training Requirements
1926.503

Steel Erection: Fall Protection
1926.760
OSHA Regulations for Marine Terminals and Longshoring

Go to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration Regulations 1917 (Standards - 29 CFR) table of contents

Go to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration Regulations 1918 (Standards - 29 CFR) table of contents

Terminal Facilities, Fixed Ladders
1917.118

Handling Cargo, Container Cargo Operations
1918.85
OSHA Regulations for Shipyard Employment

Go to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration full list of 1915 Shipyard Employment Regulations

Personal Protective Equipment, Personal Fall Arrest Systems
1915.159
ANSI Standards

Go to the American National Standards Institute website

ANSI standards are available for purchase from the ANSI website. Links to standards of interest for fall protection are listed here:

ANSI/ASSE A10 Construction Package

ANSI/ASSE Z359 Fall Protection Code Package

ANSI/ASSE Z117.1-2016 Package: Safety Requirements for Confined Spaces

ANSI ASC A14.3-2008: Ladders - Fixed - Safety Requirements

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