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2023. SAFETY AND HEALTH PROGRAMS FOR CONSTRUCTION Priority: Economically Significant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is undetermined. Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined Legal Authority: 29 USC 655; 29 USC 657 CFR Citation: 29 CFR 1926 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: In response to industry requests and OSHA's Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health (ACCSH) recommendation, OSHA has determined that the current safety and health program standards contained in subpart C of the construction standards, 29 CFR 1926, need to be revised to provide construction employers with a more comprehensive set of requirements to assist them in establishing safety and health programs. Safety and Health programs have proven to be an effective, systematic method of identifying and correcting existing workplace safety and health hazards, as well as preventing those that might arise in the future. The ACCSH has been working to revise the existing construction standards for safety and health programs and training since 1986. After the April 1996 meeting, ACCSH began in earnest to develop language and concepts to submit to OSHA for consideration as the proposed rule. Over 130 stakeholders representing small, medium and large contractors and host employers (such as petroleum producers; contractor associations; labor unions; other governmental agencies; and non-profit institutions) have participated in these ACCSH discussions. Although the details of a new safety and health program standard are still being worked out, the safety and health program requirements will require employers to set up a program for managing workplace safety and health in order to reduce the incidence of occupational deaths, injuries, and illnesses. The standard will not impose duties on employers to control hazards that they are not already required to control. Instead, the standard will provide a basic framework for systematically identifying and controlling workplace hazards already covered by the OSH Act under section 5(a)(1) and current OSHA standards.
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined Government Levels Affected: Undetermined Additional Information: Separate standards are being developed for general industry (29 CFR 1910) and the maritime (29 CFR 1915, 1917 and 1918) industries. Agency Contact: Russell B. Swanson, Director, Directorate of
Construction, Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health
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