Standard Interpretations (Archived)

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Previous Years > 2003

December

[12/08/2003] Review residential construction scenarios for alternative fall protection procedures.[1926.501; 1926.501(b)(13); 1926.502(k)]

November

[11/17/2003] Fall protection requirements for installing first three rows of roofing or for removing slide guards from a completed roof with a slope 6-in-12 or less.[1926.501; 1926.501(b)(13)]

July

[07/15/2003] Motor-control-circuit switches and relays are prohibited from being used as energy isolating devices.[1910.147; 1910.147(c)(1); 1910.147(a)(2)(ii)]
[07/07/2003] Acceptable methods to locate underground utility installations; evaluation of hydro-vacuum excavation.[1926.651; 1926.651(b)(2); 1926.651(b)(3)]

June

[06/30/2003] Fall protection requirements for homes built of block and masonry construction.[1926.501; 1926.501(b); 1926.501(b)(13); 1926.502; 1926.502(k)]
[06/11/2003] Clarification on the USPS's lockout/tagout procedures and minor servicing operations for the multiple line optical character recognition sorter.[1910.147; 1910.147(a)(2)(ii)]
[06/10/2003] Storage of materials that prevents inspection of scaffolds before workshifts; incidental storage amounts that do not inhibit scaffold inspection.[1926.250; 1926.250(b)(5); 1926.451; 1926.451(b)(9); 1926.451(f)(3)]

March

[03/07/2003] Employee and employee representative access to MSDS; accompanying CSHOs on inspections.[1910.1200; 1903; 1910.1200(g)(8); 1903.8; 1903.8(a); 1903.8(b); 1903.8(c); 1903.8(d)]

January

[01/14/2003] Requirements for developing sufficiently-detailed written procedures for all machinery/equipment lockout/tagout.[1910.147(c)(4)(ii); 1910.147(d)(1); 1910.147]


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