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Number Grantee Effective Date Standard(s) Variance Type Federal Register Reference Federal Locations (States) Brief Description
1 AmerenUE (formerly Union Electric Company)
10 Labadie Power Plant
RoadLabadie, MO 63055		 18-Oct-1974 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 		8-Sep-2003 1926.452 (o)(3); 1926.552 (c)(1) through (c)(4), (c)(8), (c)(13), (c)(14)(i), and (c)(16)9 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		 28-Apr-2010 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 		17-Jul-2009 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		 1-Mar-1991 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 		4-Oct-1977 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 		1-Mar-2006 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 		14-Oct-1977 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 		18-Aug-2009 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		 3-Apr-1973 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 		18-Aug-2009 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 Chimney Corporation
55 South Long Street
Williamsville, NY 14221 		6-Dec-2005 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.
13 Karrena International, LLC
P.O. Box 200
Buffalo, NY 14231		 6-Dec-2005 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.
14 Keystone Steel and Wire (KSW) Company
7000 SW Adams Street
Peoria, IL 61641		 13-Oct-2010 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
15 Kiewit Power Constructors Co.
9401 Renner Blvd.
Lenexa, KS 66219		 18-Aug-2009 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.
16 Kiewit Power Constructors Co.
9401 Renner Blvd.
Lenexa, KS 66219 		26-Mar-2007 Construction 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.
17 Matrix Service Inc.
3810 Bakerview Spur
Bellingham, WA 98226 		17-Jul-2009 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.
18 Matrix Service Industrial Contractors, Inc
6945 Crabb Road
Temperance, MI 48182 		6-Dec-2005 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.
19 Metalplate Galvanizing, Inc. (formerly Metalplate & Coatings, Inc.)
500 Selit Drive, S. W.
Atlanta, GA 30336 		28-Dec-1976 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.
20 Mid-Atlantic Boiler & Chimney, Inc.
Corporate Office
4300 First Avenue P.O. Box 9
Nitro, WV 25143		 1-Mar-2006 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.
21 Oak Park Chimney Corporation
1800 Des Plaines Avenue
Forest Park, IL 60130		 8-Sep-2003 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.
22 Pullman Power, LLC (formerly M. W. Kellogg Co., then Pullman Power Products Corporation)
1575 North Universal Avenue
Kansas City, MO 64120		 3-Apr-1973 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.
23 R and P Industrial Chimney Co., Inc.
244 Industrial Parkway
Nicholasville, KY 40356 		1-Mar-2006 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.
24 Rollins College Address: N/A
Winter Park, FL 32789 		28-Mar-1974 1910.37(i) Permanent 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.
25 T. A. Loving Company
400 Patetown Road
Goldsboro, NC 27530 		13-Apr-1976 1918.66(f)(1)(i) Permanent 41:15483-84, 4/13/76 All States Allows employer to use dynamometers on its cranes as load-indicating devices in lieu of complying with the requirements of the standard, provided special conditions specified are met.
26 T. E. Ibberson Company
828 Fifth Street South
Hopkins, MN 55343-7750 		17-Jul-2009 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 		17-Jul-2009 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 US Ecology Idaho, Inc. (formerly Envirosafe Services, Inc.)
Highway #78, Missle Base Road
Grand View, ID 83624 		7-Jun-1994 1910.106(b)(2)(viii)(f) Permanent 59:29440-44, 6/7/94 Grandview, ID Allows employer to implement the conditions specified in the order in lieu of complying with the provisions in the standard regulating draining and flushing combustible/flammable liquids. This variance allows for such operations to occur within the processing and storage building, instead of outside the building, as required by the standard.
29 West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. (formerly The West Company)
101 Gordon Drive
Lionville, PA 19341		 20-Jan-1978 1910.217(c)(3)(i)(e) and (c)(3)(ii) Permanent 43:2945-47, 1/20/78 PA, NJ, NE, NC, FL Allows employer to operate its power presses using safety blocks in combination with a sliding barrier in lieu of complying with the distance requirement of the standard, provided special conditions specified are met.
30 Zachry Construction Corporation
527 Logwood
San Antonio, TX 78221 		17-Jul-2009 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.
31 3M Co. (formerly Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Co.)
3M Center
St. Paul, MN 55144 		10-Mar-1978 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.

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