State Occupational Safety and Health Plans | Interlinked Information on State Plan Standards and Policies/Directives - Clarification of OSHA's Enforcement Policies Relating to Floors/Nets and Shear Connectors

Federal Directive Number:	CPL-02-01-048
Date of Directive:	4/30/2010

The purpose of this Instruction is to clarify OSHA's enforcement policy on the requirements regarding: (1) fully planked or decked floors or nets, which was announced in Question and Answer #23 in OSHA Instruction CPL 02-01-034 (formerly CPL 2-1.34), issued March 22, 2002, and (2) the use of pre-installed shear connectors during steel erection, which was announced in Question and Answer #25 in OSHA Instruction CPL 02-01-034 (formerly CPL 2-1.34), issued March 22, 2002. This Instruction rescinds Questions 23 and 25.

Equivalency Required	Intention Required

STATE	Intent To Adopt	Adopt Identical	Date Adopted	URL or Contact
AK	No	NA	NA	State did not adopt the 2002 policy
AZ	Yes	Yes	06/21/2010	NA
CA	No	NA	NA	Subchapter 4. Construction Safety Orders, Article 29. Erection and Construction
CT*	Yes	Yes	01/14/2011	NA
HI	Pending	Pending	Pending	State Response Pending
IA	No	NA	NA	Adopted 9/30/2009 CPL 02-01-046
IN	Yes	Yes	08/01/2010	NA
KY	No	NA	NA	State did not adopt the 2002 policy Kentucky Administrative Regulations
MD	Yes	No	05/31/2010	MOSH Instruction 10-6 - Maryland Occupational Safety and Health (MOSH) Instructions
MI	No	NA	NA	State did not adopt the 2002 policy Department of Energy, Labor & Economic Growth Director's Office Getneral Industry Safety Standards [PDF - 131 KB]
MN	Yes	Yes	Pending	NA
NC	Yes	No	06/06/2010	NC-OSH (919) 807-2900
NJ*	No	NA	NA	John Patterson at 609-984-1389
NM	Yes	Yes	Pending	NA
NV	No	NA	NA	Rescinded 2002 policy on 8/1/2008
NY*	Yes	Yes	Pending	NA
OR	Yes	No	04/01/2009	Program Directive [PDF - 259 KB]
PR	Yes	Yes	06/20/2010	NA
SC	Yes	No	07/26/2010	Dorothy "Dottie" Ison, (803) 896-7686
TN	Yes	Yes	06/09/2010	NA
UT	Yes	Yes	06/10/2010	NA
VA	Yes	Yes	12/01/2010	NA
VI*	Pending	Pending	Pending	State Response Pending
VT	Yes	Yes	08/01/2010	NA
WA	No	NA	NA	State did not adopt the 2002 policy WAC 296-155-716 Fall protection
WY	Yes	Yes	07/26/2010	NA
Total	15	12

* Plan covers State and local government employees only.

[Last updated: April 14, 2011]

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