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1

AmerenUE (formerly Union Electric Company)
10 Labadie Power Plant Road
Labadie, MO 63055

1974-10-18

1910.28(g)(1)

Permanent

39:37278, 10/18/74

OH

Allows employer to use two-point suspension scaffolds that are 17 1/2" in width while performing maintenance and inspection operations in the close-clearance areas of steam generators and other equipment, provided this special scaffold is used only in areas where the clearance does not permit the use of 20"-wide two-point suspension scaffolds required by OSHA Standards.

2

American Boiler & Chimney Company
3401 Grand Avenue
Neville Island, PA 15225

2003-09-08

1926.452 (o)(3);
1926.552 (c)(1) through (c)(4), (c)(8), (c)(13), (c)(14)(i), and (c)(16)

Permanent

68:52961-70, 09/08/03

All Fed OSHA States Plus: AK, AZ, KY, MD, NM, NC, OR, SC, TN

Allows employers to use a rope-guided hoist system during inside or outside chimney construction to raise or lower workers between the bottom landing of a chimney and an elevated work location on the inside or outside surface of the chimney using personnel cages, personnel platforms, and boatswain's chairs.

3

Avalotis Corp.
400 Jones Street
Verona, PA 15147

2010-04-28

1926.452 (o)(3);
1926.552 (c)(1) through (c)(4), (c)(8), (c)(13), (c)(14)(i), and (c)(16)

Permanent

75: 22424 - 31, 04/28/10

All Fed OSHA States Plus: AK, AZ, IN, MD, MN, NV, NM, NC, OR, Puerto Rico, TN, VA, VT, WY.
With Additional Conditions: KY, MI, SC, UT.

Allows employers to use a rope-guided hoist system during inside or outside tapered chimney construction to raise or lower workers between the bottom landing of a chimney and an elevated work location on the inside or outside surface of the chimney using personnel cages, personnel platforms, and boatswain's chairs.

4

Calaveras Power Partners L.P.
527 Logwood
San Antonio, TX 78221

2009-07-17

1926.452 (o)(3); 1926.552 (c)(1) through (c)(4), (c)(8), (c)(13), (c)(14)(i), and (c)(16)

Permanent

74:34789-95, 07/17/09

TX

Allows employers to use a rope-guided hoist system during inside or outside tapered chimney construction to raise or lower workers between the bottom landing of a chimney and an elevated work location on the inside or outside surface of the chimney using personnel cages, personnel platforms, and boatswain's chairs.

5

CBS Outdoor Systems, Inc.(formerly Gannett Outdoor Companies, then Outdoor Systems, Inc.)
2502 N. Black Canyon Highway
Phoenix, AZ 89009

1991-03-01

1910.27(d)(l)(ii), (d)(2), and (d)(5)

Permanent

56:8801-04, 3/1/91

NJ, CO, TX, MO, CT, IL, AZ

Allows employer to use ladder-safety devices in lieu of safety cages to assure the safety of employees climbing fixed ladders at heights over 65 feet from grade, or when the length of a fixed ladder climb is over 50 feet, whichever is less.

6

Clark Grave Vault Company
375 East Fifth Avenue
Columbus, OH 43201

1977-10-04

1910.22(c); 1910.23(c)(3)

Permanent

42:54028, 10/4/77

OH

Allows employer to continue its operation using galvanizing tank having ledges 31½" wide and sides 30" high in lieu of guardrail and toeboard required by standards, provided special conditions specified are followed.

7

Commonwealth Dynamics, Inc.
95 Court Street
Portsmouth, NH 03801

2006-03-01

1926.452 (o)(3); 1926.552 (c)(1) through (c)(4), (c)(8), (c)(13), (c)(14(i), and (c)(16)

Permanent

71:10557-10565, 03/01/06

All Fed OSHA States Plus: AK, AZ, IN, MD, MN, NV, NM, NC, OR, PR, TN, VT, VA, WY
With Additional Conditions: KY, MI, SC, UT

Allows employer to use a rope-guided hoist system during inside or outside chimney construction to raise or lower workers between the bottom landing of a chimney and an elevated work location on the inside or outside surface of the chimney using personnel cages, personnel platforms, and boatswain's chairs.

8

Frontier Hot-Dip Galvanizing, Inc.
1740 Elmwood Avenue
Buffalo, NY 14207

1977-10-14

1910.22(c); 1910.23(c)(3)

Permanent

42:55291, 10/14/77

NY

Allows employer to continue its operation using galvanizing tank having ledges (including the protective angle) 24" wide and sides 30" high in lieu of guardrail and toeboard required by standards, provided special conditions specified are followed.

9

Gibraltar Chimney International, LLC
92 Cooper Avenue, Box 386
Tonawanda, NY 14151

2009-08-18

1926.452 (o)(3); 1926.552 (c)(1) through (c)(4), (c)(8), (c)(13), (c)(14)(i), and (c)(16)

Permanent

74: 41742-49, 08/18/09

All Fed OSHA States Plus: AK, AZ, IN, MD, MN, NV, NM, NC, OR, PR, TN, VT, VA, WY
With Additional Conditions: KY, MI, SC, UT

Allows employer to use a rope-guided hoist system during inside or outside small-diameter or tapered chimney construction to raise or lower their workers between the bottom landing of a chimney and an elevated work location on the inside or outside surface of the chimney using personnel cages, personnel platforms, and boatswain's chairs.

10

Hamon Custodis (formerly Custodis Construction Co., Inc., then Custodis Cuttrell, Inc.)
P. O. Box1500
58 East Main Street
Somerville, NJ 08876

1973-04-03

1926(l)(4) and (l)(5), and 1926.552(c)

Permanent

38:8545-48, 4/3/73

All States

Allows employer to use a workman's hoist during inside or outside tapered chimney construction to raise or lower their workers between the bottom landing of a chimney and an elevated work location on the inside or outside surface of chimneys using personnel cages and boatswain's chairs.

11

Hoffmann, Inc.
6001 49th Street, South
Muscatine, IA 52761

2009-08-18

1926.452 (o)(3); 1926.552 (c)(1) through (c)(4), (c)(8), (c)(13), (c)(14)(i), and (c)(16)

Permanent

74: 41742-49, 08/18/09

All Fed OSHA States Plus: AK, AZ, IN, MD, MN, NV, NM, NC, OR, PR, TN, VT, VA, WY
With Additional Conditions: KY, MI, SC, UT

Allows employer to use a rope-guided hoist system during inside or outside small-diameter or tapered chimney construction to raise or lower their workers between the bottom landing of a chimney and an elevated work location on the inside or outside surface of the chimney using personnel cages, personnel platforms, and boatswain's chairs.

12

International Association of Drilling Contractors & Others  10370 Richmond Ave,        
Suite 760
Houston, TX 77042 USA

1973-10-17

1910.27(b)(1)(i), (ii), (iii), and (c)(4)

Interim Order

38: 28984-93, 10/18/73
[847 KB PDF*, 10 pages]

All States

Allows specified employers to use ladder safety devices similar to those mentioned in 1910.27(d)(5) in lieu of the required dimensions of rungs, cleats, and clearances of fixed ladders during the operating or maneuvering of specific derricks.

13

International Chimney Corporation
55 South Long Street
Williamsville, NY 14221

2005-12-06

1926.452 (o)(3); 1926.552 (c)(1) through (c)(4), (c)(8), (c)(13), (c)(14)(i), and (c)(16)

Permanent

70:72659-72665, 12/06/05

All Fed OSHA States Plus: AK, AZ, IN, MD, MN, NV, NM, NC, OR, PR, TN, VT, VA, WY
Required Grantees to Apply to State Offices: KY, MI, SC, UT

Allows employer to use a rope-guided hoist system during inside or outside chimney construction to raise or lower workers between the bottom landing of a chimney and an elevated work location on the inside or outside surface of the chimney using personnel cages, personnel platforms, and boatswain's chairs.

14

Karrena International, LLC
P.O. Box 200
Buffalo, NY 14231

2005-12-06

1926.452 (o)(3); 1926.552 (c)(1) through (c)(4), (c)(8), (c)(13), (c)(14)(i), and (c)(16)

Permanent

70:72659-72665, 12/06/05

All Fed OSHA States Plus: AK, AZ, IN, MD, MN, NV, NM, NC, OR, PR, TN, VT, VA, WY
Required Grantees to Apply to State Offices: KY, MI, SC, UT

Allows employer to use a rope-guided hoist system during inside or outside chimney construction to raise or lower their workers between the bottom landing of a chimney and an elevated work location on the inside or outside surface of the chimney using personnel cages, personnel platforms, and boatswain's chairs.

15

Keystone Steel and Wire (KSW) Company
7000 SW Adams Street
Peoria, IL 61641

2010-10-13

1910.1025(h)(2)(i) 1910.1018(k)(2)

Grant of Permanent Variance

75: 62874-62879, 10/13/10

IL

Allows employer to use compressed air to clean floors and other surfaces where lead and arsenic particulates accumulate

16

Kiewit Power Constructors Co.
9401 Renner Blvd.
Lenexa, KS 66219

2009-08-18

1926.452 (o)(3); 1926.552 (c)(1) through (c)(4), (c)(8), (c)(13), (c)(14)(i), and (c)(16)

Permanent

74: 41742-49, 08/18/09

All Fed OSHA States Plus: AK, AZ, IN, MD, MN, NV, NM, NC, OR, PR, TN, VT, VA, WY
With Additional Conditions: KY, MI, SC, UT

Allows employer to use a rope-guided hoist system during inside or outside small-diameter or tapered chimney construction to raise or lower their workers between the bottom landing of a chimney and an elevated work location on the inside or outside surface of the chimney using personnel cages, personnel platforms, and boatswain's chairs.

17

Kiewit Power Constructors Co.
9401 Renner Blvd.
Lenexa, KS 66219

2007-03-26

1926.452 (o)(3); 1926.552 (c)(1) through (c)(4), (c)(8), (c)(13), (c)(14)(i), and (c)(16)

Interim Order

[729 KB PDF*, 15 pages]

All Fed OSHA States Plus: AK, AZ, IN, MD, MN, NV, NM, NC, OR, PR, TN, VT, VA, WY
With Additional Conditions: KY, MI, SC, UT

Allows employers use a hoist system during slip-form chimney construction projects to raise or lower workers in personnel cages between the bottom landing of chimneys and an elevated work location on the chimneys.

18

Matrix Service Inc.
3810 Bakerview Spur
Bellingham, WA 98226

2009-07-17

1926.452 (o)(3); 1926.552 (c)(1) through (c)(4), (c)(8), (c)(13), (c)(14)(i), and (c)(16)

Permanent

74:34789-95, 07/17/09

TX

Allows employer to use a rope-guided hoist system during inside or outside tapered chimney construction to raise or lower workers between the bottom landing of a chimney and an elevated work location on the inside or outside surface of the chimney using personnel cages, personnel platforms, and boatswain's chairs.

19

Matrix Service Industrial Contractors, Inc
6945 Crabb Road
Temperance, MI 48182

2005-12-06

1926.452 (o)(3); 1926.552 (c)(1) through (c)(4), (c)(8), (c)(13), (c)(14)(i), and (c)(16)

Permanent

70:72659-72665, 12/06/05

All Fed OSHA States Plus: AK, AZ, IN, MD, MN, NV, NM, NC, OR, PR, TN, VT, VA, WY
Required Grantees to Apply to State Offices: KY, MI, SC, UT

Allows employers to use a rope-guided hoist system during inside or outside chimney construction to raise or lower workers between the bottom landing of a chimney and an elevated work location on the inside or outside surface of chimneys using personnel cages, personnel platforms, and boatswain's chairs.

20

Metalplate Galvanizing, Inc. (formerly Metalplate & Coatings, Inc.)
500 Selit Drive, S. W.
Atlanta, GA 30336

1976-12-28

1910.22(c); 1910.23(c)(3)

Permanent

41:56410-11, 12/28/76

Atlanta, GA

Allows employer to continue operations while using its galvanizing tank having sides 30" high and ledges 32" wide in lieu of guardrail and toeboard required by standards, provided special conditions specified in the order are followed.

21

Mid-Atlantic Boiler & Chimney, Inc.
Corporate Office
4300 First Avenue P.O. Box 9
Nitro, WV 25143

2006-03-01

1926.452 (o)(3); 1926.552 (c)(1) through (c)(4), (c)(8), (c)(13), (c)(14(i), and (c)(16)

Permanent

71:10557-10565, 03/01/06

All Fed OSHA States Plus:AK, AZ, IN, MD, MN, NV, NM, NC, OR, PR, TN, VT, VA, WY
With Additional Conditions: KY, MI, SC, UT

Allows employers to use a rope-guided hoist system during inside or outside chimney construction to raise or lower workers between the bottom landing of a chimney and an elevated work location on the inside or outside surface of the chimney using personnel cages, personnel platforms, and boatswain's chairs.

22

Oak Park Chimney Corporation
1800 Des Plaines Avenue
Forest Park, IL 60130

2003-09-08

1926.452 (o)(3); 1926.552 (c)(1) through (c)(4), (c)(8), (c)(13), (c)(14)(i), and (c)(16)

Permanent

68:52961-70, 09/08/03

All Fed OSHA States Plus: AK, AZ, KY, MD, NM, NC, OR, SC, TN

Allows employers to use a rope-guided hoist system during inside or outside chimney construction to raise or lower workers between the bottom landing of a chimney and an elevated work location on the inside or outside surface of the chimney using personnel cages, personnel platforms, and boatswain's chairs.

23

Pullman Power, LLC (formerly M. W. Kellogg Co., then Pullman Power Products Corporation)
1575 North Universal Avenue
Kansas City, MO 64120

1973-04-03

1926.552(c)

Permanent

38:8545-48, 4/3/73

All States

Allows employers use a workman's hoist during inside or outside tapered chimney construction to raise or lower their workers between the bottom landing of a chimney and an elevated work location on the inside or outside surface of chimneys using personnel cages and boatswain's chairs.

24

R and P Industrial Chimney Co., Inc.
244 Industrial Parkway
Nicholasville, KY 40356

2006-03-01

1926.452 (o)(3); 1926.552 (c)(1) through (c)(4), (c)(8), (c)(13), (c)(14(i), and (c)(16)

Permanent

71:10557-10565, 03/01/06

All Fed OSHA States Plus: AK, AZ, IN, MD, MN, NV, NM, NC, OR, PR, TN, VT, VA, WY
With Additional Conditions: KY, MI, SC, UT

Allows employers to use a rope-guided hoist system during inside or outside chimney construction to raise or lower workers between the bottom landing of a chimney and an elevated work location on the inside or outside surface of the chimney using personnel cages, personnel platforms, and boatswain's chairs.

25

Rollins College
Address: N/A
Winter Park, FL 32789

1974-03-28

1910.37(i)

Permanent & Technical Amendment

39:11481-82, 3/28/74 *

Winter Park, FL

Allows employer to install an acoustical ceiling at a height of 7'2" from the floor in the means of egress in lieu of the 7'6" ceiling required by standard, provided it maintains a 6'8" clearance for projections. Technical correction to previously granted variance due to revision of the affected standard.

26

T. E. Ibberson Company
828 Fifth Street South
Hopkins, MN
55343-7750

2009-07-17

1926.452 (o)(3); 1926.552 (c)(1) through (c)(4), (c)(8), (c)(13), (c)(14)(i), and (c)(16)

Permanent

74:34789-95, 07/17/09

TX

Allows employer to use a rope-guided hoist system during inside or outside tapered chimney construction to raise or lower workers between the bottom landing of a chimney and an elevated work location on the inside or outside surface of the chimney using personnel cages, personnel platforms, and boatswain's chairs.

27

TIC--The Industrial Company
22001 North Park Drive, Suite 700
Kingwood, TX 77339

2009-07-17

1926.452 (o)(3); 1926.552 (c)(1) through (c)(4), (c)(8), (c)(13), (c)(14)(i), and (c)(16)

Permanent

74:34789-95, 07/17/09

TX

Allows employer to use a rope-guided hoist system during inside or outside tapered chimney construction to raise or lower workers between the bottom landing of a chimney and an elevated work location on the inside or outside surface of the chimney using personnel cages, personnel platforms, and boatswain's chairs.

28

Zachry Construction Corporation
527 Logwood
San Antonio, TX 78221

2009-07-17

1926.452 (o)(3); 1926.552 (c)(1) through (c)(4), (c)(8), (c)(13), (c)(14)(i), and (c)(16)

Permanent

74:34789-95, 07/17/09

TX

Allows employer to use a rope-guided hoist system during inside or outside tapered chimney construction to raise or lower workers between the bottom landing of a chimney and an elevated work location on the inside or outside surface of the chimney using personnel cages, personnel platforms, and boatswain's chairs.

29

3M Co. (formerly Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Co.)
3M Center
St. Paul, MN 55144

1978-03-10

1910.106(d)(5)(vi)(b)

Permanent

43:9887-88, 3/10/78

SD, MO, TX

Allows employer to store flammable and combustible liquids on racks to the heights and under conditions specified in the order.


*Rollins College 77:40088-90, 7/6/12


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