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Landscape and Horticultural Services

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Standards

Landscaping and horticulture hazards are addressed in specific OSHA standards for general industry if work is considered maintenance activity and construction if work is considered building activity.This section highlights OSHA standards and documents related to landscape and horticulture services.

OSHA Standards

Frequently Cited Standards

OSHA maintains a listing of the most frequently cited standards for specified 6-digit North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes. Please refer to OSHA's Frequently Cited OSHA Standards page for additional information. For Landscape and Horticultural Services, use NAICS code 561730 in the NAICS search box.

Other Highlighted Standards

General Industry (29 CFR 1910)		Related Information
Subpart D – Walking-Working Surfaces	1910.22, General requirements	Federal Register notices Letters of interpretation Settlement agreements
	1910.23, Ladders	Federal Register notices Letters of interpretation
	1910.27, Scaffolds and rope descent systems	Federal Register notices Letters of interpretation
Subpart I – Personal Protective Equipment	1910.134, Respiratory protection	Topic page Directives Federal Register notices Letters of interpretation Settlement agreements
	1910.136, Foot protection	Directives Federal Register notices Letters of interpretation
	1910.138, Hand protection	Directives Federal Register notices Letters of interpretation
Subpart J – General Environmental Controls	1910.147, The control of hazardous energy (lockout/tagout)	Topic page Directives Federal Register notices Letters of interpretation Memorandums of understanding Settlement agreements
Subpart K – Medical and First Aid	1910.151, Medical services and first aid	Topic page Federal Register notices Letters of interpretation
Subpart N – Materials Handling and Storage	1910.178, Powered industrial trucks	Topic page Directives Federal Register notices Letters of interpretation Settlement agreements
Subpart P – Hand and Portable Powered Tools and Other Hand-Held Equipment	1910.243, Guarding of portable powered tools	Topic page Federal Register notices Letters of interpretation
Subpart R – Special Industries	1910.268, Telecommunications (e.g., when trimming near communication lines)	Federal Register notices Letters of interpretation Settlement agreements
Subpart S – Electrical	1910.332, Training	Directives Federal Register notices Letters of interpretation Settlement agreements
Subpart S – Electrical	1910.334, Use of equipment	Directives Federal Register notices Letters of interpretation Settlement agreements
Subpart Z – Toxic and Hazardous Substances	1910.1030, Bloodborne pathogens. See also Most Frequently Asked Questions Concerning the Bloodborne Pathogens Standard, 29 CFR 1910.1030. Provides answers to the most commonly asked questions related to the BBP standard.	Topic page Directives Federal Register notices Letters of interpretation Memorandums of understanding State adoption summary

Construction Industry (29 CFR 1926)		Related Information
Subpart C – General Safety and Health Provisions	1926.25, Housekeeping
Subpart D – Occupational Health and Environmental Controls	1926.50, Medical services and first aid	Federal Register notices Letters of interpretation
Subpart D – Occupational Health and Environmental Controls	1926.51, Sanitation	Federal Register notices Letters of interpretation
Subpart E – Personal Protective and Life Saving Equipment	1926.100, Head protection	Federal Register notices Letters of interpretation
	1926.101, Hearing protection	Federal Register notices
	1926.102, Eye and face protection	Federal Register notices Letters of interpretation
Subpart I – Tools - Hand and Power	1926.307, Mechanical power-transmission apparatus	Letters of interpretation
Subpart K – Electrical	1926.403, General requirements	Letters of interpretation
Subpart L – Scaffolds	1926.451, General requirements	Directives Federal Register notices Letters of interpretation
Subpart M – Fall Protection	1926.501, Duty to have fall protection [related topic page]	Federal Register notices Letters of interpretation
Subpart O – Motor Vehicles, Mechanized Equipment, and Marine Operations	1926.600, Equipment	Federal Register notices Letters of interpretation
	1926.601, Motor vehicles	Federal Register notices Letters of interpretation
	1926.602, Material handling equipment	Federal Register notices Letters of interpretation
	1926.604, Site clearing	Letters of interpretation
Subpart P – Excavations	1926.651, Specific excavation requirements	Directives Federal Register notices Letters of interpretation
Subpart W – Rollover Protective Structures; Overhead Protection	1926.1000, Rollover protective structures (ROPS) for material handling equipment	Federal Register notices Letters of interpretation
	1926.1001, Minimum performance criteria for rollover protective structures for designated scrapers, loaders, dozers, graders, and crawler tractors	Federal Register notices Letters of interpretation
	1926.1002, Protective frames (roll-over protective structures, known as ROPS) for wheel-type agricultural and industrial tractors used in construction	Federal Register notices Letters of interpretation
	1926.1003, Overhead protection for operators of agricultural and industrial tractors	Federal Register notices Letters of interpretation
Subpart X – Stairways and Ladders	1926.1060, Training requirements	Federal Register notices Letters of interpretation

Additional Federal Register notices

Note: The "Federal Register notices" bullets above link to federal register notices related to each OSHA standard. The federal register notices in this list provide additional information that is not necessarily connected to a specific OSHA standard highlighted on this Safety and Health Topics page.

Electric Power Generation, Transmission, and Distribution; Electrical Protective Equipment; Final Rule; Stay of Enforcement and Correction. Final Rules 59:33658-33664, (June 30, 1994). Corrects the enforcement of some of the requirements contained in the electric power generation standard, language in the preamble explaining the standard, and several additional errors.
Electric Power Generation, Transmission, and Distribution; Electrical Protective Equipment. Final Rules 59:4320-4476, (January 31, 1994). Addresses the work practices to be used during the operation and maintenance of electric power generation, transmission, and distribution facilities. The standard includes requirements relating to working near energized parts, and line-clearance tree trimming.

Additional Directives

Note: The "Directives" bullets above link to directives related to each OSHA standard. The directives in this list provide additional information that is not necessarily connected to a specific OSHA standard highlighted on this Safety and Health Topics page.

Enforcement of the Electric Power Generation, Transmission, and Distribution Standard. CPL 02-01-038 [CPL 2-1.38], (June 18, 2003). Provides information to assist OSHA compliance personnel in performing inspections at electric power generation, transmission, and distribution lines, and equipment and other installations covered by 29 CFR 1910.269.
Logging Operations, Inspection Procedures and Interpretive Guidance Including Twelve Previously Stayed Provisions. CPL 02-01-022 [CPL 2-1.22], (September 27, 1996). Establishes revised policies and provides clarification to ensure uniform enforcement of the Logging Operations Standard (29 CFR 1910.266). These policies and procedures have been amended in part to clarify enforcement of the previously stayed provisions of the standard. Current policy requires arborists to comply with portions of OSHA's logging standard (29 CFR 1910.266) when performing logging operations, such as felling trees. Proposed citations of employers in SIC 0783 under the logging standard are reviewed by OSHA's National Office.
Electric Power Generation, Transmission, and Distribution; Electrical Protective Equipment; Final Rule. CSP 01-01-028 [STP 2-1.172], (April 15, 1994). Describes a federal program change to the regions and state designees.
Electrical Safety-Related Work Practices -- Inspection Procedures and Interpretation Guidelines. STD 01-16-007 [STD 1-16.7], (July 1, 1991). Establishes policies and provides interpretive guidelines to ensure uniform enforcement of the standard for Electrical Safety-Related Work Practices, 29 CFR 1910.331 through 29 CFR 1910.335.

Additional Letters of Interpretation

Note: The “Letters of interpretation” bullets above link to interpretations related to each OSHA standard. The letters in this list provide additional information that is not necessarily connected to a specific OSHA standard highlighted on this Safety and Health Topics page.

Protection of ground-level workers from lowering of aerial lift bucket. (September 23, 1999).
Clarification of 1910.269 as applied to line-clearance tree-trimming operations. (April 26, 1999).
Occupational noise exposure standard affords protection to landscape service industry employees. (March 19, 1999).
Apparel requirements for line-clearance tree-trimmers. (October 29, 1998).
Fall protection anchorage points: guardrail systems and cranes. (June 8, 1998).
Interpretation of the electric power generation, transmission, and distribution standard. (June 4, 1996).
Scope of logging standard - 1910.266. (March 12, 1996).
Clarification of electric power generators, transmission and distribution standard. (July 18, 1994).
Landscape employees working in extreme temperatures. (July 14, 1992).
The correct testing procedure for tree-trimming saddle belts. (May 7, 1982).

State Standards

There are twenty-eight OSHA-approved State Plans, operating state-wide occupational safety and health programs. State Plans are required to have standards and enforcement programs that are at least as effective as OSHA's and may have different or more stringent requirements.

National Consensus Standards

Note: These are NOT OSHA regulations. However, they do provide guidance from their originating organizations related to worker protection.

American National Standards Institute (ANSI)

The following voluntary ANSI standards may be applicable to the landscaping and horticultural industry. Compliance with ANSI standards does not ensure compliance with OSHA policy, although the requirements of some ANSI standards have been adopted within OSHA standards. This list is provided for reference use only.

A10.14, Requirements for Safety belts, Harnesses, Lanyards, Lifelines, and Drop Lines for Constructional and Industrial Use
A14.1, Ladders - Portable Wood - Safety Requirements
A14.2, Ladders - Portable Metal - Safety Requirements
A14.5, Stepladders and Platform Ladders, Aluminum Magnesium, Fiberglass Ladders
A92.2, Vehicle-Mounted Elevating and Rotating Aerial Devices
A300, Tree Care Operations - Tree, Shrub and Other Woody Plant Maintenance - Standard Practices
B30.5, Mobile and Locomotive Truck Cranes
B71.1, Powered Lawn Mowers and Garden Tractors
B71.3, Snow Throwers
B71.4, Commercial Turf Type Equipment
B71.6, Shredders and Grinders
B71.8, Tillers
B175.1, Gasoline Powered Chain Saws, Safety Requirements
B175.2, Blowers
B175.3, Trimmers and Brushcutters
Z41, Protective Footgear Requirements
Z87.1, Occupational and Educational Eye and Face Protection Devices
Z89.1, Personnel Protection - Protective Headgear for Industrial Workers - Requirements
Z133.1, Arboricultural Operations Safety
Z308.1, Minimum Requirements for Workplace First Aid Kits
Z359.1, Safety Requirements for Personal Fall Arrest Systems, Subsystems, and Components

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