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Who: | Employers must inform each employee:
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When: | No training time is specified. |
Recordkeeping: | No specific training documentation is required. |
Who: | Employers may permit only those employees qualified by training or experience to operate equipment and machinery. |
When: | No training time is specified. |
Recordkeeping: | No training recordkeeping requirements are specified. |
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When: | No training time is specified. |
Recordkeeping: | No training recordkeeping requirements are specified. |
Who: | All employees who will be exposed to toxic substances and harmful physical agents. |
When: | At the time of hire and at least annually thereafter. |
Recordkeeping: | No specific training documentation is required. But, the employer is required to make copies of 1910.1020 and its appendices readily available. |
Who: | Employees are to be instructed in their responsibilities under the emergency action plan. |
When: | Before implementing the plan, a sufficient number of persons must be trained to assist in the evacuation procedures. The employer is to review the plan with each employee initially when the plan is developed, upon the employee's initial assignment, when the employee's responsibilities under the plan change, and whenever the plan is changed. |
Recordkeeping: | No training recordkeeping requirements are specified. |
Who: | A person who has a valid certificate in first aid training from the U.S. Bureau of Mines, the American Red Cross, or equivalent training is to be available at the worksite to render first aid in the absence of an infirmary, clinic, hospital, or physician that is reasonably accessible. |
When: | No training time is specified. |
Recordkeeping: | No training recordkeeping requirements are specified. |
Who: | Employees subjected to sound levels exceeding those listed in Table D-2 of 1926.52, where administrative or engineering controls fail to reduce sound levels within the levels of the table. In all cases where the sound levels exceed the values shown in Table D-2, a continuing, effective hearing conservation program shall be administered. An August 4, 1992, OSHA letter of interpretation states that an effective hearing conservation program consists of several elements, including, but not limited to, “employee training and education regarding noise hazards and protection measures.” |
When: | No training time is specified. |
Recordkeeping: | No training recordkeeping requirements are specified. |
Who: | A competent person or persons specially trained in the proper and safe operation of equipment involving the use of radioactive materials must operate the equipment. When the activity is performed under license from the Atomic Energy Commission, only persons actually licensed are to perform or supervise the work. |
When: | At least annually, the employer is to advise employees of their individual exposure monitoring results. Following a reportable exposure incident, the exposed employee is to receive written notification of their exposure. |
Recordkeeping: | The employer is to post a copy of the standard along with copies of operating procedures or is to keep these available for employee examination upon request. Also, there are requirements for maintaining exposure records from personnel monitoring. |
Who: | Only qualified and trained employees can be assigned to install, adjust, and operate laser equipment. |
When: | No training time is specified. |
Recordkeeping: | Laser equipment operators must carry proof of their qualification. |
Who: | When employees use respirators, the employer must meet the requirements (including training requirements) of the Respiratory Protection standard (1926.103). |
When: | Training must precede the use of a respirator. Retraining on respirator use is required to be conducted annually, and whenever necessary to ensure safe use. |
Recordkeeping: | No specific respirator training documentation is required. The employer is required to maintain records of employee medical evaluations and respirator fit testing results. |
Who: | All employees working in and around open-surface tank operations must be instructed on the job's hazards and the personal protection and first aid procedures applicable to these hazards. A trained stand-by employee with a suitable respirator must be present when it is necessary to enter a tank which may contain a hazardous atmosphere. |
When: | No training time is specified. |
Recordkeeping: | No training recordkeeping requirements are specified. |
Who: | Train all workers who have an exposure or a potential for exposure to hazardous chemicals. |
When: | Employees must be trained prior to initial exposure and when a new chemical hazard is introduced. No specified length of training time. |
Recordkeeping: | No specific training documentation is required. |
Who: | Employees who may be exposed to airborne 4,4'-Methylenedianiline (MDA) at or above its action level or where dermal exposure to MDA can occur. (Note: the standard does not apply to finished articles that contain MDA or to materials in any form that contain less than 0.1% MDA by weight or volume.) Also, this standard incorporates by reference 1910.38, 1910.1200, and 1910.134, which have additional training requirements. Also, any person who cleans or launders contaminated protective clothing is to be informed of the hazards of exposure to MDA. In addition, the employer must provide specified information to the physician who is conducting medical surveillance, and the employee is to receive a copy of the physician's written opinion within fifteen (15) days after the employer receives it. |
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Recordkeeping: | The employer is to maintain a record of the contents of the training program and shall provide, upon request, all materials relating to the program to employees and to the Assistant Secretary and the Director. The employer shall make a copy of 1910.1050 and its appendices available to employees. There are additional recordkeeping requirements for exposure monitoring and medical surveillance programs. |
Who: | For non-bulk packages which will not be reshipped, the provisions of 1926.61 are met if a label or other acceptable marking is affixed in accordance with the Hazard Communication Standard (1910.1200). If 1910.1200 is followed, then employers must train all workers who have an exposure or a potential for exposure to hazardous chemicals, in accordance with 1910.1200(h). |
When: | If 1910.1200 is followed, employees must be trained prior to initial exposure and when a new chemical hazard is introduced. No length of training time is specified. |
Recordkeeping: | No training recordkeeping requirements are specified. |
Who: | All employees subject to lead exposure at or above the action level on any day, or employees who are subject to exposure to lead compounds which may cause skin or eye irritation. |
When: | Initial training shall occur before an employee starts an affected job assignment and at least annually for employees exposed at or above the action level on any day. |
Recordkeeping: | The employer is to maintain a record of the contents of the training program and shall provide, upon request, all materials relating to the program to employees and to the Assistant Secretary and the Director. The employer shall establish and maintain an accurate record of all monitoring and other data used in conducting employee exposure assessments as required in 1926.62(d). |
Who: | Employees who operate a process. Contract employers must inform contract employees of known potential fire, explosion, or toxic release hazards related to the contractor's work and process. |
When: | Initial training and refresher training every three years or more often if necessary. |
Recordkeeping: | Training requires written operating procedures. Employers must record employee identity, date of training, and means used to verify that the employee understood the training. |
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When: | OSHA specifies training time requirements for all of the various duties involved.
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Recordkeeping: | Training certification is required under paragraph (e), hazardous waste cleanup site operations; paragraph (p), hazardous waste treatment, storage, and/or disposal operations; and paragraph (q), emergency response to hazardous substance releases. Alternatively to training certification, paragraph (e) allows for documentation or certification that an employee's work experience and/or training has resulted in training equivalent to required training. For annual refresher training, paragraph (q) also requires a statement of the training or competency. For the statement of competency, also keep a record of the methodology used to demonstrate competency. |
Who: | Ear protective devices inserted in the ear are to be fitted or determined individually by competent persons. |
When: | No training time is specified. |
Recordkeeping: | No training recordkeeping requirements are specified. |
Who: | Employees who use eye or face protection. Eye and face protection equipment required by 29 CFR 1926 shall meet the requirements specified in the 2010, 2003, or 1989 (R-1998) editions of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) standard Z87.1, incorporated by reference in 1926.6, or, alternatively, shall be demonstrated to at least be as effective as protective eye and face protection devices that are constructed in accordance with one of the above ANSI standards. The ANSI standards call for eye and face protection users to be trained in the proper use and application of the equipment, its limitations, and inspection and maintenance, along with proper storage. The 2010 edition adds training in fitting the equipment. |
When: | No training time is specified. |
Recordkeeping: | No training recordkeeping requirements are specified. |
Who: | Effectively train employees who are required to use respirators. Employees who voluntarily wear respirators must, at least, be given the information in 1910.134 App. D. |
When: | Training must be provided initially or before using a respirator. Retraining shall be administered annually, and whenever:
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Recordkeeping: | No training recordkeeping requirements are specified. Documentation is required for medical evaluations and fit testing. |
Who: | The employer is to provide a trained and equipped firefighting organization (fire brigade) as warranted by the project. According to 1926.155, fire brigade means an organized group of employees that are knowledgeable, trained, and skilled in the safe evacuation of employees during emergency situations and in assisting in fire fighting operations. During demolition or alterations, existing automatic sprinkler installation control valves may only be operated by properly authorized persons. The alarm code and reporting instructions are to be conspicuously posted at phones and employee entrances. |
When: | No training time is specified. |
Recordkeeping: | No training recordkeeping requirements are specified. |
Who: | Flaggers are to use signaling directions that conform to Part VI of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (1988 Edition, Revision 3, September 3, 1993, or the Millennium Edition, December 2000). |
When: | No training time is specified. |
Recordkeeping: | No training recordkeeping requirements are specified. |
Who: | Employees using hand and power tools and exposed to the hazard of falling, flying, abrasive, and splashing objects, or exposed to harmful dusts, fumes, mists, vapors, or gases. These employees must be provided with the particular personal protective equipment necessary to protect them from the hazard, and all personal protective equipment shall meet the requirements and be maintained according to 29 CFR 1926 Subparts D and E. See the training requirements for 1926.101, 1926.102, and 1926.103 above. |
When: | See the training requirements for 1926.103 above. No training time is specified for 1926.101 or 1926.102. |
Recordkeeping: | See the training requirements for 1926.103 above. No training recordkeeping requirements are specified for 1926.101 or 1926.102. |
Who: | Employees operating powder-actuated hand tools. |
When: | Training is required before operation of tool. |
Recordkeeping: | No training recordkeeping requirements are specified. |
Who: | Employers of gas and arc welders must instruct them in the safe use of fuel gas and the safe means of arc welding and cutting. |
When: | No training time is specified. |
Recordkeeping: | No training recordkeeping requirements are specified. |
Who: | Employees assigned to guard against fire during welding, cutting, or heating operations (and for a sufficient period of time after completion of the work) are to be instructed on the specific anticipated fire hazards and how the provided firefighting equipment is to be used. |
When: | No training time is specified. |
Recordkeeping: | No training recordkeeping requirements are specified. |
Who: | A competent person is to test a surface covered by a preservative coating for flammability before welding, cutting, or heating is started (when the flammability of the preservative coating is not known). |
When: | No training time is specified. |
Recordkeeping: | No training recordkeeping requirements are specified. |
Who: | The employer must designate one or more competent persons to implement the assured equipment grounding conductor program (when a program is used). |
When: | No training time is specified. |
Recordkeeping: | No training recordkeeping requirements are specified. Records must be kept of the tests performed as required by the assured equipment grounding conductor program. |
Who: | Before work is begun, the employer must:
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When: | Before electrical work is begun. |
Recordkeeping: | No training recordkeeping requirements are specified. |
Who: | Scaffolding erection, movement, dismantling, or alteration activities must be performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by a competent person. A competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration must supervise and direct the erection, movement, dismantling, or alteration of scaffolds. According to 1926.450, “Qualified means one who, by possession of a recognized degree, certificate, or professional standing, or who by extensive knowledge, training, and experience, has successfully demonstrated ... [the] ability to solve or resolve problems related to the subject matter, the work, or the project.” |
When: | No training time is specified. |
Recordkeeping: | No training recordkeeping requirements are specified. |
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Recordkeeping: | No training recordkeeping requirements are specified. |
Who: | Each employee who might be exposed to fall hazards is to be trained to recognize the hazards of falling and must be trained in the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards. Training is to be conducted by a competent person who is qualified in the areas outlined in the standard. |
When: | Initial training and retraining when the employer has reason to believe that any affected employee does not have the required understanding and skill. |
Recordkeeping: | The employer is to prepare a written certification record that contains the name or other identity of the employee trained, the date(s) of the training, and the signature of the person who conducted the training or the signature of the employer. The latest training certification is to be maintained. |
Who: | Anyone operating a powered industrial truck must be trained and evaluated. |
When: | Training and evaluation must occur before the worker operates the vehicle without direct supervision. Refresher training in relevant topics is needed when the vehicle is operated in an unsafe manner, after any accident or near-miss, after an evaluation shows retraining is needed, upon assignment to a different type of truck, and upon changes in the workplace that affect safe truck operation. An evaluation is required at least every three years. |
Recordkeeping: | The employer must certify that the operator has been trained and evaluated. The certification must include the operator's name, the dates of the training and evaluation, and the name of the trainer/evaluator. |
Who: | Employees engaged in site clearing are to be instructed in the first aid treatment available. |
When: | No training time is specified. |
Recordkeeping: | No training recordkeeping requirements are specified. |
Who: | Each employee working in a Controlled Decking Zone (CDZ) must have completed CDZ training in accordance with 1926.761. A controlled decking zone may be established in that area of the structure over 15 and up to 30 feet above a lower level where metal decking is initially being installed and forms the leading edge of a work area. |
When: | No training time is specified. |
Recordkeeping: | No training recordkeeping requirements are specified. |
Who: | Steel erection employees exposed to fall hazards and those engaged in multiple lift rigging, connector, and Controlled Decking Zone (CDZ) procedures. |
When: | No training time is specified. |
Recordkeeping: | No training recordkeeping requirements are specified. |
Who: | All employees are to be instructed in the recognition and avoidance of hazards associated with underground construction activities. Oncoming shifts are to be informed of any hazardous occurrences or conditions that have or may affect employee safety. At least one designated person is to be on duty above ground to summon aid and keep an accurate count of employees underground. Qualified rescue teams are to be available. A competent person is to inspect the roof, face, and walls of the work area at the start of each shift and as often as necessary to determine ground stability. After blasting in shafts, a competent person is to determine if walls, ladders, timbers, etc. have loosened. A competent person is to inspect all drilling equipment before each use. Employees working below jumbo decks are to be warned whenever drilling is about to begin. A competent person is to inspect haulage equipment before each shift. Employees are to be given suitable instructions before maintenance, repairs, or other work is started in the shaft served by a cage, skip, or bucket. |
When: | No training time is specified. |
Recordkeeping: | No training recordkeeping requirements are specified. |
Who: | Every employee is to be instructed in the rules and regulations which concern his safety or the safety of others. At least one employer-designated competent person is to be present at all times. When a medical lock is required, it is to be under the charge of an attendant who is trained in the use of the lock and has been instructed regarding steps to be taken in the treatment of decompression illness. |
When: | Every employee going under air pressure for the first time is to be instructed on how to avoid excessive discomfort. |
Recordkeeping: | No training recordkeeping requirements are specified. |
Who: | Prior to permitting employees to start demolition operations, a competent person must make an engineering survey of the structure to determine the condition of the framing, floors, and walls, and possibility of unplanned collapse of any portion of the structure. Any adjacent structure where employees may be exposed shall also be similarly checked. |
When: | No training time is specified. |
Recordkeeping: | No training recordkeeping requirements are specified. |
Who: | A substantial gate shall be installed in each materials chute at or near the discharge end. A competent employee must be assigned to control the operation of the gate, and the backing and loading of trucks. |
When: | No training time is specified. |
Recordkeeping: | No training recordkeeping requirements are specified. |
Who: | Employees in demolition operations involving cranes, derricks, and mechanical equipment. |
When: | Training times, if any, are specified in accordance with 29 CFR 1926 subparts N, O, and CC, as referenced by 1926.856(c). |
Recordkeeping: | Training record requirements, if any, are specified in accordance with subparts, N, O, and CC. |
Who: | Employees in steel construction removal operations involving cranes, derricks, or other mechanical equipment. |
When: | Training times, if any, are specified in accordance with 29 CFR 1926 subparts N and CC, as referenced by 1926.858(b). |
Recordkeeping: | Training record requirements, if any, are specified in accordance with subparts N and CC. |
Who: | During demolition, a competent person shall conduct continuing inspections as the work progresses to detect hazards resulting from weakened or deteriorated floors, or walls, or loosened material. |
When: | No training time is specified. |
Recordkeeping: | No training recordkeeping requirements are specified. |
Who: | Blasters (persons authorized to use explosives for blasting purposes) must meet the standard's qualifications requirements. |
When: | No training time is specified. |
Recordkeeping: | No training recordkeeping requirements are specified. |
Who: | Drivers of vehicles transporting explosives are to be licensed and familiar with local, state, and federal regulations governing the transportation of explosives. The driver must be trained to use the vehicle's fire extinguisher. |
When: | No training time is specified. |
Recordkeeping: | No training recordkeeping requirements are specified. |
Who: | All employees are to familiarize themselves with (and conform to) the posted code of blasting signals. |
When: | No training time is specified. |
Recordkeeping: | No training recordkeeping requirements are specified. |
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When: | Before exposure involving the construction of electric power transmission and distribution lines and equipment. Construction includes the erection of new electric transmission and distribution lines and equipment, and the alteration, conversion, and improvement of existing electric transmission and distribution lines and equipment.
Additional training (or retraining) as necessary (e.g., safe work practice noncompliance, new technology, new equipment types, changes in procedures, or not normally used job duties). Contractor/host information transfer must take place before work begins and within two days after discovering any unanticipated hazardous conditions. |
Recordkeeping: | Each employee must demonstrate proficiency in the work practices involved. Though they are not required, employment records that indicate that an employee has successfully completed the required electrical training are one way of keeping track of when an employee has demonstrated proficiency. |
Who: | First-aid training is required for the number of employees specified in the regulation. This training is in addition to that required by 1926.50. See the definition of first-aid training at 1926.968. |
When: | The proper number of persons with first-aid training must be available before performing work on, or associated with, exposed lines or equipment energized at 50 volts or more. |
Recordkeeping: | No specific training documentation required. |
Who: | Job briefings for employees involved in the job. The briefing conducted by the employee in charge of the job. The person in charge of the job must be provided with all information that relates to the determination of existing characteristics required by 1926.950(d). An employee working alone need not conduct a job briefing; however, the employer shall ensure that the tasks to be performed are planned as if a briefing were required. |
When: | Before employees start each job. At least one job briefing before each day or shift. If the work or operations to be performed during the work day or shift are repetitive and similar, at least one job briefing shall be conducted before the start of the first job of each day or shift. Additional job briefings must be held if significant changes, which might affect the safety of the employees, occur during the course of the work. |
Recordkeeping: | No specific training documentation required. |
Who: | Each employee who enters an enclosed space or who serves as an attendant must be trained in the hazards of enclosed-space entry, in enclosed-space entry procedures, and in enclosed-space rescue procedures. Also, while work is being performed in the enclosed space, an attendant with first-aid training must be immediately available outside the space. Training in accordance with 29 CFR 1926 Subpart AA (1926.1200 to .1213), Confined Spaces in Construction Standard, is required for employees that will enter any enclosed space that contains a hazardous atmosphere. |
When: | Before entry. |
Recordkeeping: | No specific training documentation specifically mentioned at 1926.953; however, 29 CFR 1926 Subpart AA calls for training documentation. |
Who: | Personal protective equipment and personal fall arrest systems must meet the requirements of Part 1926 Subpart E (1926.95 to .107) and Subpart M (1926.500 to .503 and Appendices), respectively. Therefore, please refer to the training requirements for those subparts, specified elsewhere in this At-A-Glance information. For the purpose of paragraphs 1926.954(b)(3)(iii)(B) to (C), qualified employees must be proficient in climbing and the use of fall protection under 1926.950(b)(7). |
When: | See the training requirements for Part 1926 Subparts E and M specified elsewhere in this At-A-Glance information. Qualified employees must be proficient prior to climbing or changing location on poles, towers, or similar structures. |
Recordkeeping: | See the requirements for Part 1926 Subparts E and M specified elsewhere in this At-A-Glance information. Though they are not required, employment records that indicate that an employee has successfully completed the required electrical training are one way of keeping track of when an employee has demonstrated proficiency. |
Who: | Materials handling and storage must comply with applicable material-handling and material-storage requirements in Part 1926, including those in Subparts N (1926.550 to .555) and CC (1926.1400 to .1442 and Appendices). Therefore, please refer to the training requirements for those subparts, specified elsewhere in this At-A-Glance information. |
When: | See the training requirements for Part 1926 Subparts N and CC, if any, specified elsewhere in this At-A-Glance information. |
Recordkeeping: | See the training requirements for Part 1926 Subparts N and CC, if any, specified elsewhere in this At-A-Glance information. |
Who: | Mechanical equipment must be operated in accordance with applicable requirements in Part 1926, including Subpart N (1926.550 to .555), Subpart O (1926.600 to .606), and Subpart CC (1926.1400 to .1442 and Appendices), with some exceptions. Therefore, please refer to the training requirements for those subparts, specified elsewhere in this At-A-Glance information. |
When: | See the training requirements for Part 1926 Subparts N, O, and CC, if any, specified elsewhere in this At-A-Glance information. |
Recordkeeping: | See the training requirements for Part 1926 Subparts N, O, and CC, if any, specified elsewhere in this At-A-Glance information. |
Who: | Only qualified employees may work on or with exposed energized lines or parts of equipment. Only qualified employees may work in areas containing unguarded, uninsulated energized lines or parts of equipment operating at 50 volts or more. |
When: | Before work on exposed live parts, or near enough to them to expose the employee to any hazard they present. |
Recordkeeping: | Though they are not required, employment records that indicate that an employee has successfully completed the required electrical training are one way of keeping track of when an employee has demonstrated proficiency. |
Who: | Each employee involved in high-voltage and high-power testing performed in laboratories, shops, and substations, and in the field and on electric transmission and distribution lines and equipment. This applies only to testing involving interim measurements using high voltage, high power, or combinations of high voltage and high power, and not to testing involving continuous measurements as in routine metering, relaying, and normal line work. |
When: | Training must be provided upon initial assignment to the test area. In addition, retraining must be provided as required by 1926.950(b). |
Recordkeeping: | Though they are not required, employment records that indicate that an employee has successfully completed the required electrical training are one way of keeping track of when an employee has demonstrated proficiency. |
Who: | Supervisors of live-line barehand work and employees using the live-line barehand technique on energized circuits are to be trained in conformance with 1926.950(b) in the technique and in the safety requirements of 1926.964(c). |
When: | Before using or supervising the use of the live-line barehand technique on energized circuits. |
Recordkeeping: | Though they are not required, employment records that indicate that an employee has successfully completed the required electrical training are one way of keeping track of when an employee has demonstrated proficiency. |
Who: | First-aid training is required for an employee that must be available on the surface in the immediate vicinity of the manhole or vault entrance to render emergency assistance. See the definition of first-aid training at 1926.968. |
When: | Before work on underground electrical installations is performed in a manhole or vault containing energized electric equipment. |
Recordkeeping: | No specific training documentation required. |
Who: | Job briefings in accordance with 1926.952 for each employee working in a substation. The briefing covers information on special system conditions affecting employee safety, including the location of energized equipment in or adjacent to the work area and the limits of any deenergized work area. |
When: | At least one job briefing before each day or shift involving entry of a substation. Additional job briefings must be held if significant changes, which might affect safety of the employees, occur during the course of the work performed in a substation. |
Recordkeeping: | No specific training documentation required. |
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Who: | Each employee using stairways and ladders is to be trained to recognize hazards and follow procedures to minimize the hazards. |
When: | Retraining is to be provided as necessary. |
Recordkeeping: | No training recordkeeping requirements are specified. |
Who: | All employees who work as commercial dive team members. |
When: | Employees must be trained prior to conducting any tasks on the dive team. There is no specified length of training time. |
Recordkeeping: | No specific training documentation is required. |
Who: | Persons who supervise hazard control operations related to asbestos, tremolite, anthophyllite, and actinolite must be trained in engineering controls and in abatement, the contents of this standard, and identification and removal procedures. |
When: | Training is provided before initial assignment and at least annually thereafter. Also, within five working days after receipt, the employer is to notify the employee in writing of exposure monitoring results. |
Recordkeeping: | The employer must have all written materials relating to the employee training program including this regulation, available to all affected employees. Training records must be maintained for one year beyond an employee’s last day of employment. |
Who: | Authorized employees (those employees assigned to work where a regulated carcinogen is manufactured, processed, used, repackaged, released, handled, or stored). This standard incorporates by reference 1910.134, which has additional training requirements for wearing respirators. |
When: | Prior to being authorized to enter a regulated area and annually thereafter. |
Recordkeeping: | No specific training documentation is required. |
Who: | Any employee engaged in vinyl chloride or polyvinyl chloride operations (including manufacture, reaction, packaging, repackaging, storage, handling, or use). (Note: does not apply to employees who handle or use fabricated products made of polyvinyl chloride.) This standard incorporates by reference 1910.134, which has additional training requirements for employees who wear respirators. |
When: | Prior to or at the time of initial assignment and annually thereafter. Also, within fifteen (15) working days after receipt, the employer is to notify the employee in writing of exposure monitoring results. |
Recordkeeping: | No training recordkeeping requirements are specified. |
Who: | Training is to be provided to employees who are subject to exposure to inorganic arsenic above the action level (without regard to respirator use), or for whom there is a possibility of skin or eye irritation from inorganic arsenic. (Does not apply to employees exposed in agriculture or to employees exposed from pesticide application, treating wood with preservatives or using arsenically preserved wood.) Also, any person who cleans or launders contaminated protective clothing is to be informed in writing of the hazards of exposure to inorganic arsenic. In addition, the employer must provide specified information to the physician who is conducting medical surveillance, and the employee is to receive a copy of the physician's written opinion. |
When: | Training to be provided at the time of initial assignment, and shall be repeated at least annually. Also, within fifteen (15) working days after receipt, the employer is to notify the employee in writing of exposure monitoring results. |
Recordkeeping: | The employer shall provide, upon request, all materials relating to the employee information and training program to the Assistant Secretary and the Director. The employer shall make readily available to all affected employees a copy of 1910.1018 and its appendices. There are additional recordkeeping requirements for exposure monitoring and medical surveillance programs. |
Who: | Each employee with occupational exposure to beryllium in all forms, compounds, and mixtures in construction, except:
If an employer has an employee with occupational exposure to beryllium as specified above, the employer must:
Also, each employee who is, or can reasonably be expected to be, exposed to airborne beryllium can demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the nine training elements listed at 1926.1024(m)(4)(ii). |
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Recordkeeping: | No training recordkeeping requirements are specified. However, a copy of 1926.1124 and its appendices must be readily available without cost to each covered employee and designated employee representative(s). |
Who: | All employees who are potentially exposed to chromium (VI). This regulation incorporates by reference 1910.134 and 1910.1200, which have additional training requirements. Also, any person who cleans or launders contaminated protective clothing is to be informed in writing of the hazards of exposure to chromium (VI). In addition, the employer must provide specified information to the physician who is conducting medical surveillance, and the employee is to receive a copy of the physician’s written opinion within two weeks after the employer receives it. |
When: | Training shall be provided prior to or at the time of initial assignment. Also, within five working days after receipt, the employer is to notify the employee in writing of exposure monitoring results. |
Recordkeeping: | No specific training documentation is required. |
Who: | All employees who are potentially exposed to cadmium. This standard incorporates by reference 1910.134 and 1926.59, which have additional training requirements. Also, any person who cleans or launders contaminated protective clothing is to be informed of the hazards of exposure to cadmium. In addition, the employer must provide specified information to the physician who is conducting medical surveillance. Within fifteen (15) days after a request by the employee or other specified persons, the employer is to make the employee's medical surveillance records available for examination or copying. |
When: | Prior to or at the time of initial assignment and at least annually thereafter. No later than five (5) working days after receiving monitoring results, the employer is to notify employees of their exposure level in writing. Also, each time that employees undergo a medical exam by an employer-selected physician, the employer must promptly notify the employees that they have the right to seek a second medical opinion. |
Recordkeeping: | The employer is to maintain a record of the contents of the training program and shall provide, upon request, all materials relating to the program to the Assistant Secretary and the Director. There are additional recordkeeping requirements for exposure monitoring and medical surveillance programs. |
Who: | Training must be provided to all employees who are exposed to airborne concentrations of benzene at or above the action level. |
When: | Training shall be provided prior to or at the time of initial assignment and at least annually thereafter. Also, within fifteen (15) working days after receipt, the employer is to notify the employee in writing of exposure monitoring results. |
Recordkeeping: | No specific training documentation is required. |
Who: | Employees who are assigned to work in a regulated area. Employees who refuse to participate in the medical surveillance program are to be informed of the possible health consequences. In addition, the employer must provide specified information to the physician who is conducting medical surveillance, and the employee is to receive a copy of the physician's written opinion. Also, this standard incorporates by reference 1910.134, which has additional training requirements for employees who wear respirators. |
When: | At the time of initial assignment and annually thereafter. Also, within fifteen (15) working days after receipt, the employer is to notify the employee in writing of exposure monitoring results. |
Recordkeeping: | Employees who refuse to participate in the medical surveillance program are to sign a statement that they understand the risks involved with refusing the examination. Appropriate procedures and schedules are to be posted in the regulated area. The employer is to maintain a record of the contents of the training program and shall provide, upon request, all materials relating to the program to the Secretary and the Director. The employer shall make readily available to all affected employees a copy of 1910.1029 and its appendices. There are additional recordkeeping requirements for exposure monitoring and medical surveillance programs. |
Who: | Applies to employees who are occupationally exposed to 1,2-dibromo-3-chloropropane (DBCP). Employees must meet training requirements when they work in operations where DBCP is stored, transported, distributed or sold in intact containers that are sealed to prevent exposures to DBCP vapors or liquid, but they may be exempt from some of the other requirements of the standard. This standard does not apply to employees who are exposed solely from the application and use of DBCP as a pesticide. Also, this standard incorporates by reference 1910.134, which has additional training requirements for employees who wear respirators. Also, any person who cleans or launders contaminated protective clothing is to be informed of the hazards of exposure to DBCP. In addition, the employer must provide specified information to the physician who is conducting medical surveillance, and the employee is to receive a copy of the physician's written opinion. |
When: | Annually, the employer is required to inform the employees of the information contained in the standard's Appendix A. Also, within fifteen (15) working days after receiving monitoring results, the employer is to notify employees of their exposure level in writing. |
Recordkeeping: | The employer is to maintain a record of the contents of the training program and shall provide, upon request, all materials relating to the program to the Assistant Secretary and the Director. The employer shall make readily available to all affected employees a copy of 1910.1044 and its appendices. There are additional recordkeeping requirements for exposure monitoring and medical surveillance programs. |
Who: | Employees occupationally exposed to acrylonitrile (AN). The standard does not apply to processing, use, and handling of finished polymers (and products made from polymers) of ABS resins, SAN resins, nitrile barrier resins, solid nitrile elastomers, acrylic and modacrylic fibers, and solids made from or containing AN that will not be heated above 170 degrees F. (Also exempt are other AN materials that are not capable of releasing specified amounts of airborne AN.) Also, this standard incorporates by reference 1910.132 and 1910.134, which have additional training requirements for employees who wear personal protective equipment or respirators. Also, any person who cleans or launders contaminated protective clothing is to be informed of the hazards of exposure to AN. In addition, the employer must provide specified information to the physician who is conducting medical surveillance, and the employee is to receive a copy of the physician's written opinion. |
When: | At the time of initial assignment and at least annually thereafter. Also, within five (5) working days after receiving monitoring results, the employer is to notify employees of their exposure level in writing. |
Recordkeeping: | The employer is to maintain a record of the contents of the training program and shall provide, upon request, all materials relating to the program to the Assistant Secretary and the Director. The employer shall make readily available to all affected employees a copy of 1910.1045 and its appendices. A training certificate is required for employees trained in using personal protective equipment under 1910.132. There are additional recordkeeping requirements for exposure monitoring and medical surveillance programs. |
Who: | Employees who have the potential to be exposed to ethylene oxide (EtO) at or above the action level, or above the excursion limit. Also, this standard incorporates by reference 1910.38, 1910.132, and 1910.134, which have additional training requirements. In addition, the employer must provide specified information to the physician who is conducting medical surveillance, and the employee is to receive a copy of the physician's written opinion within fifteen days after the employer receives it. |
When: | At the time of initial assignment and at least annually thereafter. Also, within fifteen (15) working days after receiving monitoring results, the employer is to notify employees of their exposure level either individually in writing or by posting the results. |
Recordkeeping: | The employer shall make a copy of 1910.1047 and its appendices available to employees. A training certificate is required for employees trained in using personal protective equipment under 1910.132. There are additional recordkeeping requirements for exposure monitoring and medical surveillance programs. |
Who: | Employees assigned to workplaces where there is exposure to formaldehyde at or above 0.1 ppm. Also, this standard incorporates by reference 1910.132 and 1910.134, which have additional training requirements for employees who wear personal protective equipment or respirators. Also, any person who cleans or launders contaminated protective clothing is to be informed of the hazards of exposure to formaldehyde. In addition, the employer must provide specified information to the physician who is conducting medical surveillance, and the employee is to receive a copy of the physician's written opinion within fifteen (15) days after the employer receives it. At the time of initial assignment and whenever a new exposure to formaldehyde is introduced. |
When: | Training is to be repeated at least annually. Also, within fifteen (15) working days after receiving monitoring results, the employer is to notify employees of their exposure level either individually in writing or by posting the results. Also, each time that employees undergo a medical exam by an employer-selected physician, the employer must promptly notify the employees that they have the right to seek a second medical opinion. |
Recordkeeping: | The employer is to maintain a record of the contents of the training program and shall provide, upon request, all materials relating to the program to employees and to the Assistant Secretary and the Director. A training certificate is required for employees trained in using personal protective equipment under 1910.132. There are additional recordkeeping requirements for respirator fit testing, exposure monitoring, and medical surveillance programs. |
Who: | All employees potentially exposed to methylene chloride. |
When: | Training is provided prior to or when initially assigned to a job. Retraining is given on an as-needed basis. |
Recordkeeping: | No training recordkeeping requirements are specified. |
Who: | All employees with occupational exposures to respirable crystalline silica in construction work, except where employee exposure will remain below 25 micrograms per cubic meter of air (25 μg/m3) as an eight-hour time-weighted average under any foreseeable conditions. The employer must include respirable crystalline silica in its written Hazard Communication Program, under 29 CFR 1910.1200(e). Each covered employee must have access to hazard communication labels on containers of crystalline silica and access to corresponding safety data sheets. Each covered employee must be trained according to 1910.1200(h), and such training must address the following respirable crystalline silica hazards: cancer, lung effects, immune system effects, and kidney effects. In addition, the employer must ensure that each covered employee can demonstrate knowledge and understanding of at least the following:
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Recordkeeping: | No training recordkeeping requirements are specified. However, a copy of 1926.1153 must be readily available without cost to each covered employee. |
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When: | Train at times indicated in 1926.1207. |
Recordkeeping: | Document training in accordance with 1926.1207. |
Who: | Each employee whose work is regulated by 29 CFR 1926 Subpart AA must be provided with training, at no cost to the employee, to ensure that the employee possesses the understanding, knowledge, and skills necessary for the safe performance of the duties assigned under Subpart AA. This training must result in an understanding of the hazards in the permit space and the methods used to isolate, control or in other ways protect employees from these hazards. For those employees not authorized to perform entry rescues, training must result in an understanding of the dangers of attempting such rescues. The training must establish employee proficiency in the duties required by Subpart AA and must introduce new or revised procedures, as necessary, for compliance with Subpart AA. |
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Also, the employer must introduce new or revised procedures, as necessary, for compliance with Subpart AA. |
Recordkeeping: | The employer must maintain training records to show that the required training has been accomplished. The training records must contain each employee’s name, the name of the trainers, and the dates of training. The documentation must be available for inspection by employees and their authorized representatives, for the period of time the employee is employed by that employer. |
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When: | Train at times indicated in 1926.1207. In addition, ensure that affected employees practice making permit space rescues before attempting an actual rescue, and at least once every 12 months, by means of simulated rescue operations in which they remove dummies, manikins, or actual persons from the actual permit spaces or from representative permit spaces, except practice rescue is not required where the affected employees properly performed a rescue operation during the last 12 months in the same permit space the authorized entrant will enter, or in a similar permit space. Representative permit spaces must, with respect to opening size, configuration, and accessibility, simulate the types of permit spaces from which rescue is to be performed. |
Recordkeeping: | Document training in accordance with 1926.1207. |
Who: | Operators of digger derricks in construction work for telecommunication service, when used for augering holes for poles carrying electric and telecommunication lines, placing and removing the poles, and for handling associated materials to be installed on or removed from the poles. |
When: | Before being permitted to operate the derrick, training in the operation of the derrick must be provided. In addition, before employees may be permitted to engage in activities under 1910.268, employees must receive proper training in the various precautions and safe practices described in that section; however, where the employer can demonstrate that an employee is already trained in the precautions and safe practices required by 1910.268 prior to employment, training need not be provided to that employee in accordance with that section. |
Recordkeeping: | The employer must certify that employees have been trained under 1910.268 by preparing a certification record which includes the identity of the person trained, the signature of the employer or the person who conducted the training, and the date the training was completed. The certification record must be prepared at the completion of training and must be maintained on file for the duration of the employee's employment. |
Who: | Assembly/disassembly directors must instruct crew members on their tasks, associated hazards, and hazardous positions and locations. |
When: | Before commencing assembly/disassembly operations, before taking on a different task, or when new personnel is added during operations. |
Recordkeeping: | No specific training documentation is required. |
Who: | Employers must train the operator and crew in power line safety. The operator must be trained in the hazards associated with energized equipment, procedures to be followed to properly ground equipment and the limitations of grounding, as well as the safest means of evacuating the equipment. The crane's remaining crew must be trained to avoid approaching or touching the equipment. |
When: | Employees must be evaluated to confirm that they understand the information provided in the training, and refresher training must be provided when, based on employee conduct, there is an indication that retraining is necessary. |
Recordkeeping: | No specific training documentation is required. |
Who: | Employers must train the operator and crew in power line safety. The operator must be trained in the hazards associated with energized equipment, procedures to be followed to properly ground equipment and the limitations of grounding, as well as the safest means of evacuating the equipment. The crane's remaining crew must be trained to avoid approaching or touching the equipment. |
When: | Employees must be evaluated to confirm that they understand the information provided in the training, and refresher training must be provided when, based on employee conduct, there is an indication that retraining is necessary. |
Recordkeeping: | No specific training documentation is required. |
Who: | The signal person, operator, and lift director (where there is one) must contact each other prior to the operation and agree on the non-standard hand signals that will be used, when using non-standard hand signals. |
When: | Prior to the operation, when using non-standard hand signals. |
Recordkeeping: | No specific training documentation is required. |
Who: | Employers must train each employee who may be exposed to fall hazards while on, or hoisted by, equipment on the hazards of falling and the requirements for boom walkways; steps, handholds, ladders, grabrails, guardrails and railings; personal fall arrest and fall restraint systems. |
When: | The employer must assure that each employee has been trained, as necessary, by a competent person. When the employer has reason to believe that any affected employee who has already been trained does not have the understanding and skill required, the employer shall retrain each such employee. |
Recordkeeping: | No specific training documentation is required. |
Who: | Employers must train each employee assigned to work on or near the equipment (''authorized personnel'') in how to recognize struck-by and pinch/crush hazard areas posed by the rotating superstructure, as well as the meaning behind the markings used. |
When: | Precautions must be taken when there are accessible areas in which the equipment's rotating superstructure (whether permanently or temporarily mounted) poses a reasonably foreseeable risk. |
Recordkeeping: | The paperwork requirements impose on employers a duty to produce and maintain records when controls are implemented and other measures are taken to protect workers from hazards related to cranes and derricks used in construction. The following documents must be on file and available at the job site: Equipment ratings, employee training records, written authorizations from qualified individuals, and qualification program audits. |
Who: | Materials must be rigged by a qualified rigger when employees are engaged in hooking, unhooking, or guiding the load, or in the initial connection of a load to a component or structure and are within the fall zone. According to 1926.1401, a qualified rigger is a rigger who meets the criteria for a qualified person, and a qualified person means a person who, by possession of a recognized degree, certificate, or professional standing, or who by extensive knowledge, training and experience, successfully demonstrated the ability to solve/resolve problems relating to the subject matter, the work, or the project. |
When: | No training time is specified. |
Recordkeeping: | No specific training documentation is required. |
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Who: | Employers must ensure that each signal person meets the qualification requirements. These include: knowing and understanding the type of signals used; competence in the application of the type of signals used; basic understanding of equipment operation and limitations including the crane dynamics involved in swinging and stopping loads and boom deflection from hoisting loads; knowing and understanding the relevant requirements of signals, hand signal chart, and signal person qualifications. |
When: | Each signal person must meets the qualification requirements prior to giving any signals. |
Recordkeeping: | The signal person must have documentation from a third party qualified evaluator or the employer's qualified evaluator provides documentation that the individual meets the qualification requirements. |
Who: | Maintenance and repair personnel must meet the definition of a qualified person with respect to the equipment and maintenance/repair tasks performed. |
When: | A qualified person must possess a recognized degree, certificate, or professional standing, or have extensive knowledge, training and experience, and successfully demonstrated the ability to solve/ resolve problems relating to the subject matter, the work, or the project. |
Recordkeeping: | No specific training documentation is required. |
Who: | Employers must provide the following training:
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When: | Employers must evaluate each employee required to be trained under this subpart to confirm that the employee understands the information provided in the training. Refresher training must be provided in relevant topics for each employee when, based on the conduct of the employee or an evaluation of the employee's knowledge, there is an indication that retraining is necessary. |
Recordkeeping: | No specific training documentation is required. |
Who: | Employers must train each operator of a derrick on the safe operation of the equipment including the operational functions of equipment and its use with attachments, unavailable operation procedures, unattended equipment, dangers of distractions, tag-out, verifying controls, storm warning. Section 1926.1427, Operator Qualification and Certification, does not apply. |
When: | Operators must be trained prior to operating the equipment. |
Recordkeeping: | No specific training documentation is required. |
Who: | Employers must train each employee to understand what the markings signify. |
When: | When hazard areas are marked by a combination of warning signs and high-visibility markings on equipment. Warning signs (such as, “Danger—Swing/Crush Zone”) and high-visibility markings are required when the employer does not choose to erect and maintain control lines, warning lines, railings, or similar barriers to mark the boundaries of hazard areas. |
Recordkeeping: | No specific training documentation is required. |
Who: | The requirements of 1910.179, except for 1910.179(b)(1), and not the requirements of this Subpart CC, apply to the following equipment when used in construction and permanently installed in a facility: overhead and gantry cranes, including semigantry, cantilever gantry, wall cranes, storage bridge cranes, and others having the same fundamental characteristics. Under 1910.179:
For overhead and gantry cranes that are not permanently installed in a facility must meet various requirements listed at 1926.1438(b)(2). Requirements listed in 1926.1438(b)(2) include, but are not limited to the following sections: 1926.1400 through 1926.1414; 1926.1417 through 1926.1425; 1926.1426(d); 1926.1427 through 1926.1434; 1926.1437; 1926.1439; and 1926.1441. These sections include training requirements at 1926.1400, 1926.1404, 1926.1408, 1926.1410, 1926.1419, 1926.1423, 1926.1424, 1926.1425, 1926.1427, 1926.1427, 1926.1429, 1926.1430, 1926.1436, 1926.1437, and 1926.1441. Refer to those entries. |
When: | When 1910.179 applies, train crane operators and qualified persons initially or prior to assignment. For overhead and gantry cranes that are not permanently installed in a facility, refer to entries for 1926.1400, 1926.1404, 1926.1408, 1926.1410, 1926.1419, 1926.1423, 1926.1424, 1926.1425, 1926.1427, 1926.1427, 1926.1429, 1926.1430, 1926.1436, 1926.1437, and 1926.1441, to see if there are training time requirements. |
Recordkeeping: | No specific training documentation is required in 1926.1438, but refer to the entries listed above. |
Who: | Employers must train each operator on the safe operation of the type of equipment the operator will be using. |
When: | Each operator must be trained prior to operating the equipment. |
Recordkeeping: | No specific training documentation is required. |