[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 248 (Tuesday, December 27, 2011)][Rules and Regulations][Pages 80735-80741]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-32853]
=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
29 CFR Parts 1910, 1915, and 1926
Corrections and Technical Amendments to 16 OSHA Standards
AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Notice of corrections and technical amendments to standards.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: OSHA is correcting typographical errors in, and making non-
substantive technical amendments to, 16 OSHA standards. The technical
amendments include updating or revising cross-references and updating
OSHA recordkeeping log numbers.
DATES: The effective date for the corrections and technical amendments
to the standards is December 27, 2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
General information and press inquiries: Contact Frank Meilinger,
Director, OSHA Office of Communications, Room N3647, U.S. Department of
Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210; telephone:
(202) 693-1999 or fax: (202) 693-1635.
Technical information: Contact Lisa Long, OSHA Directorate of Standards
and Guidance, Room N3609, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210; telephone: (202) 693-2222.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Summary and Explanation
OSHA is publishing technical amendments to 16 OSHA standards. These
revisions do not affect the substantive requirements or coverage of
those standards, do not modify or revoke existing rights or
obligations, and do not establish new rights or obligations.
A. Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals (Sec.
1910.119)
OSHA is correcting a typographical error in the reference to a
chemical covered by the Process safety management of highly hazardous
chemicals standard (29 CFR 1910.119; 57 FR 6403). Appendix A of the
standard lists the covered chemicals. The chemical Oleum appears in
Appendix A with an incorrect Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) number of
8014-94-7. The correct CAS number for Oleum is 8014-95-7 (see The Merck
Index, 13th Edition (2001)), and OSHA is correcting this error.
B. Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (Sec. 1910.120)
OSHA is updating a citation in the Hazardous waste operations and
emergency response (HAZWOPER) Standard (29 CFR 1910.120; 54 FR 9294).
In paragraph (a)(3) of the standard, OSHA defines the term "hazardous
substance." In that definition, OSHA refers to "Section 101(14)" of
the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation, and Liability
Act (CERCLA) (42 U.S.C. 9601). After OSHA published the standard,
Congress redesignated Section 101(14) of CERCLA as Section 103(14).
OSHA is revising the definition to include the new citation.
C. Permit-Required Confined Spaces (Sec. 1910.146)
OSHA is correcting a cross-reference in the Permit-required
confined spaces standard (29 CFR 1910.146; 58 FR 4549). Paragraph
(d)(4) of the standard lists equipment that the employer must provide
and maintain for permit-space entry. Specifically, paragraph (d)(4)(vi)
requires that the employer provide barriers and shields "as required
by paragraph (d)(3)(iv) of this section." Paragraph (d)(3) lists
various means, procedures, and practices the employer must develop and
implement for safe permit-space entry operations. When OSHA issued
Sec. 1910.146, paragraph (d)(3)(iv) listed as one of those practices
"providing pedestrian, vehicle, or other barriers as necessary to
protect entrants from external hazards." When OSHA revised Sec.
1910.146 in 1998, it inserted a new practice as paragraph (d)(3)(ii)
and renumbered the remaining practices (63 FR 230). Consequently, OSHA
redesignated paragraph (d)(3)(iv) as paragraph (d)(3)(v). However,
during that rulemaking, OSHA did not revise the cross-reference to this
provision. This notice corrects that oversight.
D. Medical Services and First Aid (Sec. Sec. 1910.151 and 1926.50)
OSHA is updating cross-references in Sec. Sec. 1910.151 and
1926.50, which establish requirements for medical services and first
aid in general industry and construction, respectively. In 1998, OSHA
added non-mandatory Appendix A to both standards to provide information
about basic first-aid supplies and to instruct employers to use OSHA
200 logs and OSHA 101 forms to identify unique or changing first-aid
needs.
After OSHA adopted Appendix A, it revised the rule on Recordkeeping
and reporting occupational injuries and illnesses rule (29 CFR part
1904). As part of that rulemaking, OSHA revised the forms that
employers must keep for recording and reporting workplace injuries and
illnesses (Sec. 1904.29). OSHA replaced the 200 Log and Summary of
Occupational Injuries and Illnesses with two separate forms--the OSHA
300 (Log of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses) and the OSHA 300A
(Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses). In addition, OSHA
replaced Form 101 (Supplementary Record of Occupational Injuries and
Illnesses) with OSHA Form 301 (Injury and Illness Incident Report).
During this rulemaking, OSHA planned to revise all references to the
recordkeeping forms in other OSHA standards. However, OSHA overlooked
the appendices in both Sec. Sec. 1910.151 and 1926.50. This notice is
updating those references.
E. Servicing Multi-Piece and Single-Piece Rim Wheels (Sec. 1910.177)
OSHA originally published the standard for servicing multi-piece
rim wheels, Sec. 1910.177, on January 29, 1980 (45 FR 6706). OSHA
amended the standard on February 3, 1984, to incorporate servicing
requirements for single-piece rim wheels, and to make minor revisions
to the multi-piece rim wheel servicing provisions (49 FR 4338). Having
developed its own charts in the interim by revising the National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) charts, OSHA amended the
standard to include these revisions and indicate the availability of
the new charts from OSHA (53 FR 34736).
Appendix B of the standard states that the regulated community can
obtain copies of the OSHA charts entitled "Demounting and Mounting
Procedures for Truck/Bus Tires" and "Multi-piece Rim Matching Chart"
directly from OSHA. However, OSHA has not had copies of these charts
available for distribution for several years. Similarly, the NHTSA
publications entitled "Demounting and Mounting Procedures Truck/Bus
Tires" and "Multi-piece Rim Matching Chart" appear to be no longer
available. Therefore, based on discussions with representatives from
the tire, rubber, and wheel manufacturing industries, OSHA determined
that new charts addressing current hazards in the tire-servicing
industry are necessary.
Given the information technologies available in the 1980s, large
posters containing the tire-servicing information appeared to OSHA to
be the most effective means of providing workers with the information
at the worksite necessary to perform tire-servicing operations safely.
This approach involved printing and distributing large numbers of these
posters. In updating this information, OSHA decided not to print large
posters with the updated information, but to provide an 8\1/2\ inch by
11-inch printed manual containing this information that employers could
use in the shop as an alternative to displaying the large posters. The
manual would be more portable and accessible than a large poster, which
employers typically mounted on a wall.
To reduce the distribution burden, OSHA will print and mail the
manuals, but not the posters. The posters, as well as the manuals, will
be available in electronic files (PDF) on the OSHA Web site at
http://www.osha.gov/publications (and type "tire chart" in the search
field). Since the file for the large poster will be available in
various sizes (including 8\1/2\ inches by 11 inches), OSHA determined
that, to be legible, posters located in the service area as specified
by 29 CFR 1910.177(d)(5) must be at least 2 feet by 3 feet in size
(i.e., the size of the former posters supplied by OSHA).
OSHA also is revising the content of its two existing charts. The
"Multi-piece Rim Matching Chart" will provide an updated list of
multi-piece rim wheel components, both current and obsolete, while the
"Demounting and Mounting Procedures for Truck/Bus Tires" chart will
consist of two separate charts entitled "Demounting and Mounting
Procedures for Tubeless Truck and Bus Tires" and "Demounting and
Mounting Procedures for Tube-Type Truck and Bus Tires."
OSHA believes that the new charts will reduce tire-servicing
accidents among employees and simplify compliance with the standard
because the new charts summarize updated information from many sources,
including the NHTSA and OSHA charts, rim manuals, and the OSHA
standard, and are more accessible and useable than the posters these
charts are replacing. In addition, the updated manuals and posters will
not increase the substantive obligation on employers under the standard
to provide employees with tire-servicing information. Consistent with
these revisions, OSHA is amending the definitions of "charts" in
paragraph (b) of the standard to refer to the new Department of Labor
charts (i.e., manuals or posters), or to any other information or
poster that provides at least the same instructions, safety
precautions, and other information contained in OSHA's charts, and that
is applicable to the types of rim wheels the employer is servicing. In
addition, OSHA is revising Appendix B to provide current ordering
information for the new OSHA manuals.
F. Mechanical Power Presses (Sec. 1910.217)
The Mechanical power presses standard (29 CFR 1910.217) requires
that employers submit to OSHA reports of employees injured while
operating such presses. Paragraph (g)(1) specifies that employers must
submit the reports to federal OSHA or, for state-plan states, the state
agency administering the plan. OSHA is revising this provision to
include the new title of the federal OSHA office designated to receive
the reports, and to provide an electronic address for submitting
reports, which the Paperwork Reduction Act and associated regulations
(44 U.S.C. chapter 35; 5 CFR 1320.8(a)(5)) encourages.
G. Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Mills (Sec. 1910.261)
OSHA is correcting three errors involving incorrect cross
references in this standard. On June 18, 1998 (63 FR 33450), OSHA
removed or revised provisions in its standards that were outdated,
duplicative, unnecessary, or inconsistent. Among other revisions, this
action deleted paragraphs (b)(1) and (b)(3) from this standard, which
referenced outdated American National Standards Institute national
consensus standards B15.1-1953, Safety Code for Mechanical Power-
Transmission Apparatus, and A12.1-1967, Safety Requirements for Floor
and Wall Openings, Railings, and Toeboards, respectively. However, in
doing so, OSHA did not amend paragraphs (e)(12)(i), which references
deleted paragraph (b)(3), or paragraph (e)(12)(ii), which references
deleted paragraph (b)(1). In addition, with the deletion of paragraphs
(b)(1), (b)(2), and (b)(3), OSHA redesignated paragraph (b)(4) as
paragraph (b)(1). However, OSHA did not revise the cross reference to
redesignated paragraph (b)(1) in paragraph (e)(12)(iii). Therefore,
with this notice, OSHA is removing the references to paragraphs (b)(3),
(b)(1), and (b)(4) in existing paragraphs (e)(12)(i), (e)(12)(ii), and
(e)(12)(iii), respectively, and replacing these references with the
correct references (29 CFR 1910.23, 29 CFR 1910.219, and paragraph
(b)(1) of 29 CFR 1910.261, respectively).
H. Sawmills (Sec. 1910.265)
OSHA is correcting a typographical error in a cross reference in
this standard. Paragraph (e)(2)(iv) of the standard, which establishes
safety requirements for twin circular-head saw rigs, provides: "Twin
circular head saw rigs such as scrag saws shall meet the specifications
for single circular head saws in paragraph (e)(1)(iii) of this section
where applicable." The cross reference to paragraph (e)(1)(iii) of the
standard is incorrect. The provision should cross reference paragraph
(e)(2)(iii), which specifies requirements for singular circular-head
saws; OSHA is correcting the error.
I. Grain Handling Facilities (Sec. 1910.272)
The Grain handling facilities standard (29 CFR 1910.272) applies to
general industry and, through incorporation by reference, to marine
terminals that handle grain (29 CFR 1917.1(a)(2)(v)). In 1985, OSHA
issued a compliance directive interpreting requirements of the standard
as it applied to marine terminals (see CPL 02-00-066). The directive
was the result of a settlement agreement with the National Grain and
Feed Association, Inc.
In 2002, OSHA conducted a regulatory review of the standard
pursuant to the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) and
Executive Order 12866. During the review, stakeholders recommended that
OSHA include in the standard a cross reference to the compliance
directive. OSHA agreed and, accordingly, is inserting a note in
paragraph (a) of the standard stating that OSHA will enforce the
standard, as it applies to marine terminals, consistent with the 1985
compliance directive.
J. Commercial Diving Operations (Sec. 1910.440)
Phase III of the Standards Improvement Project (SIP III) revised
requirements within OSHA standards that were confusing, outdated,
duplicative, or inconsistent. One such revision to the Commercial
Diving Operations standard at Sec. 1910.440(b)(5) removed the
requirement that employers transfer dive and employee medical records
to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) in
the absence of a successor employer. However, subsequent review of the
regulatory text at Sec. 1910.440(b)(4) identified a provision
requiring employers to transfer hospitalization and decompression-
related records to NIOSH after the five-year retention period for these
records expires. This record-transfer requirement involves records that
are similar to the records specified in the record-transfer requirement
in Sec. 1910.440(b)(5), which OSHA removed from the standard under SIP
III. Therefore, for the sake of consistency and accuracy, OSHA is
revising Sec. 1910.440(b)(4) by removing the record-transfer
requirement in Sec. 1910.440(b)(4).\1\ The rationale for removing this
record-transfer requirement is the same as the rationale expressed
earlier by OSHA when it removed Sec. 1910.440(b)(5) from the standard
(see 76 FR 33590, 33598).
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ OSHA received no comments on the proposal to remove Sec.
1910.440(b)(5) from the standard. Accordingly, OSHA considers the
action to remove the record-transfer requirement from Sec.
1910.440(b)(4) described in this notice to be non-controversial, and
unlikely to elicit an objection from any stakeholder.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
K. 13 Carcinogens (4-Nitrobiphenyl, etc.) (Sec. 1910.1003)
In the 13 Carcinogens standard (29 CFR 1910.1003), OSHA is deleting
two cross references to a section of the standard that it removed in
the second Standards Improvement Project rulemaking (70 FR 1116). In
that rulemaking, OSHA deleted paragraph (f) of the standard, which
required that employers submit to OSHA reports of operations involving
any of the 13 carcinogens and incidents resulting in the release of any
of them. However, during the rulemaking OSHA did not delete two cross
references to paragraph (f) contained in paragraph (d)(2) of the
standard (see paragraphs (d)(2)(v) and (d)(2)(iii)). OSHA is correcting
this oversight.
L. Lead (Sec. 1910.1025 and Sec. 1926.62)
The SIP III final rule also made revisions regarding medical
surveillance in the Lead standards at Sec. 1910.1025 (General
Industry) and Sec. 1926.62 (Construction). The purpose of these
revisions was to achieve consistency among the action levels for
employee notification across all OSHA Lead standards (see 76 FR 33590,
33598). Accordingly, the SIP III final rule revised the language in
Sec. Sec. 1910.1025(j) and 1926.62(j) regarding actionable
blood-lead levels for employee notification from "exceeds" 40 [mu]g/
dl to "is at or above" 40 [mu]g/dl.\2\ Subsequent review of the
regulatory text in Sec. Sec. 1910.1025 (j)(2)(iv)(B) and
1926.62(j)(2)(iv)(B) found that these paragraphs used the term
"exceeds" to describe the actionable blood-lead level for notifying
employees of requirements for temporary medical removal and employee
medical-removal protection benefits. For the sake of consistency and
accuracy among action levels across all OSHA Lead standards, and in
keeping with the original purpose specified in the SIP III rulemaking,
OSHA is replacing the term "exceeds" in Sec. Sec. 1910.1025
(j)(2)(iv)(B) and 1926.62(j)(2)(iv)(B) with the phrase "is at or
above" to designate the actionable blood-lead levels (i.e., 40 [mu]g/
dl) at which employers must notify their employees that the standard
requires temporary medical removal with medical-removal protection
benefits when an employee's blood-lead level is at or above a specified
level.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
\2\ OSHA received several comments in support of the proposal to
revise this language, and no comments against it. Therefore, OSHA
considers the revisions to Sec. Sec. 1910.1025 (j)(2)(iv)(B) and
1926.62(j)(2)(iv)(B) described in this notice to be non-
controversial, and unlikely to elicit an objection from any
stakeholder.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
M. Bloodborne Pathogens (Sec. 1910.1030)
OSHA is updating a cross reference to 29 CFR 1904.6 in the
Bloodborne pathogens standard (29 CFR 1910.1030). On January 18, 2001,
in conformance with the Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act (P.L.
106-430), OSHA revised the Bloodborne pathogens standard to require
that employers maintain logs of percutaneous injuries from contaminated
sharps (see Sec. 1910.1030(i)(5)). The revised standard at Sec.
1910.1030(i)(5)(iii) required that employers maintain the sharps injury
log for the period required by 29 CFR 1904.6. OSHA subsequently revised
the Recordkeeping rule (29 CFR 1904; 66 FR 6122). As part of that
rulemaking, OSHA reordered many sections of the Recordkeeping rule,
including Sec. 1904.6, which became Sec. 1904.33. Therefore, OSHA now
is updating the cross reference in paragraph (i)(5)(iii) of the
Bloodborne pathogens rule from 29 CFR 1904.6 to 29 CFR 1904.33.
N. Air Contaminants (Sec. 1915.1000)
OSHA is correcting a typographical error in the Air contaminants
standard for shipyard employment (29 CFR 1915.1000). The standard
contains requirements for limiting employee exposure to the hazardous
substances listed in Table Z of the rule. Paragraph (d) of the standard
contains a computation formula for determining exposure levels for
employees exposed to more than one substance for which subpart Z of
part 1915 lists an 8-hour time weighted average. Paragraph (d)(1)(ii)
of the standard contains an example to illustrate the computation
formula. In four places in this paragraph, the example incorrectly
refers to the abbreviation for "parts per million" as "p/m." In
this notice, OSHA is correcting the abbreviation to read "ppm."
II. Exemption From Notice-and-Comment Procedures
OSHA determined that this rulemaking is not subject to the
procedures for public notice and comment specified in Section 4 of the
Administrative Procedures Act (5 U.S.C. 553), Section 6(b) of the
Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 655(b)), and 29
CFR 1911.5. This rulemaking does not affect or change any existing
rights or obligations, and no stakeholder is likely to object to them.
Therefore, the Agency finds good cause that public notice and comment
are unnecessary within the meaning of 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(3)(B), 29 U.S.C.
655(b), and 29 CFR 1911.5.
List of Subjects
29 CFR Part 1910
Hazardous substances, Occupational safety and health, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements.
29 CFR Part 1915
Hazardous substances, Occupational safety and health, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements, Vessels.
29 CFR Part 1926
Construction industry, Hazardous substances, Occupational safety
and health, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
III. Authority and Signature
David Michaels, MPH, Ph.D., Assistant Secretary of Labor for
Occupational Safety and Health, U.S. Department of Labor, 200
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210, authorized the
preparation of this document. Accordingly, pursuant to Section 6 of the
Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 655), Section 107
of the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act (Construction
Safety Act) (40 U.S.C. 3704), Section 4 of the Administrative
Procedures Act (5 U.S.C. 553), Secretary of Labor's Order No. 4-2010
(75 FR 55355), and 29 CFR 1911.5, 29 CFR parts 1910, 1915 and 1926 are
amended as set forth below.
Signed at Washington, DC on December 19, 2011.
David Michaels,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
PART 1910--OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS
Subpart H--Hazardous Materials [Amended]
0
1. The authority citation for subpart H of part 1910 continues to read
as follows:
Authority: 29 U.S.C. 653, 655, 657; Secretary of Labor's Order
No. 12-71 (36 FR 8754), 8-76 (41 FR 25059), 9-83 (48 FR 35736), 1-90
(55 FR 9033), 6-96 (62 FR 111), 3-2000 (65 FR 50017), 5-2002 (67 FR
65008), 5-2007 (72 FR 31159), or 4-2010 (75 FR 55355), as
applicable; and 29 CFR part 1911.
Sections 1910.103, 1910.106 through 1910.111, and 1910.119,
1910.120, and 1910.122 through 1910.126 also issued under 29 CFR
part 1911.
Section 1910.119 also issued under Pub. L. 101-549, reprinted at
29 U.S.C. 655 Note.
Section 1910.120 also issued under 29 U.S.C. 655 Note, and 5
U.S.C. 553.
0
2. In Appendix A to Sec. 1910.119, revise the entry entitled "Oleum"
to read as follows:
Sec. 1910.119 Process safety management of highly hazardous
chemicals.
* * * * *
Appendix A to Sec. 1910.119--List of Highly Hazardous Chemicals,
Toxics and Reactives (Mandatory)
* * * * *
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chemical name CAS * TQ **
------------------------------------------------------------------------
* * * * *
Oleum (65% to 80% by weight; also called 8014-95-7 1,000
Fuming Sulfuric Acid)......................
* * * * *
------------------------------------------------------------------------
0
3. In paragraph (a)(3) of Sec. 1910.120, revise paragraph (A) of the
definition of "Hazardous substance" to read as follows:
Sec. 1910.120 Hazardous waste operations and emergency response.
* * * * *
(a) * * *
(3) * * *
Hazardous substance * * *
(A) Any substance defined under section 103(14) of the
Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act
(CERCLA) (42 U.S.C. 9601).
* * * * *
Subpart J--General Environmental Controls
0
4. Revise the authority citation for subpart J to read as follows:
Authority: 29 U.S.C. 653, 655, 657; Secretary of Labor's Order
No. 12-71 (36 FR 8754), 8-76 (41 FR 25059), 9-83 (48 FR 35736), 1-90
(55-FR 9033), 6-96 (62 FR 111), 3-2000 (65 FR 50017), 5-2007 (72 FR
31159), or 4-2010 (75 FR 55355), as applicable.
Sections 1910.141, 1910.142, 1910.145, 1910.146, and 1910.147
also issued under 29 CFR part 1911.
0
5. In of Sec. 1910.146, revise paragraph (d)(4)(vi) to read as
follows:
Sec. 1910.146 Permit-required confined spaces.
* * * * *
(d) * * *
(4) * * *
(vi) Barriers and shields as required by paragraph (d)(3)(v) of
this section.
* * * * *
Subpart K--Medical and First Aid
0
6. The authority citation for subpart K continues to read as follows:
Authority: 29 U.S.C. 653, 655, 657; Secretary of Labor's Order
No. 12-71 (36 FR 8754), 8-76 (41 FR 25059), 9-83 (48 FR 35736), 1-90
(55 FR 9033), 6-96 (62 FR 111), 3-2000 (65 FR 50017), or 4-2010 (75
FR 55355), as applicable, and 29 CFR part 1911.
0
7. In Appendix A to Sec. 1910.151, revise the second paragraph to read
as follows:
Sec. 1910. 151 Medical services and first aid.
* * * * *
Appendix A to Sec. 1910.151--First Aid Kits (Non-Mandatory)
* * * * *
In a similar fashion, employers who have unique or changing
first-aid needs in their workplace may need to enhance their first-
aid kits. The employer can use the OSHA 300 log, OSHA 301 log, or
other reports to identify these unique problems. Consultation from
the local fire/rescue department, appropriate medical professional,
or local emergency room may be helpful to employers in these
circumstances. By assessing the specific needs of their workplace,
employers can ensure that reasonably anticipated supplies are
available. Employers should assess the specific needs of their
worksite periodically and augment the first aid kit appropriately.
* * * * *
Subpart N--Materials Handling and Storage
0
8. The authority citation for subpart N of part 1910 continues to read
as follows:
Authority: 29 U.S.C. 653, 655, 657; Secretary of Labor's Order
No. 12-71 (36 FR 8754), 8-76 (41 FR 25059), 9-83 (48 FR 35736), 1-90
(55 FR 9033), 6-96 (62 FR 111), 3-2000 (65 FR 50017), 5-2002 (67 FR
65008), 5-2007 (72 FR 31160), or 4-2010 (75 FR 55355), as
applicable; and 29 CFR 1911.
Sections 1910.176, 1910.177, 1910.178, 1910.179, 1910.180,
1910.181, and 1910.184 also issued under 29 CFR part 1911.
0
9-10. In Sec. 1910.177:
0
a. In paragraph (b), revise the definition of "charts"; and
0
b. Revise Appendix B.
The revisions read as follows:
Sec. 1910.177 Servicing of multi-piece and single-piece rim wheels.
* * * * *
(b) * * *
Charts means the U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and
Health Administration publications entitled "Demounting and Mounting
Procedures for Tube-Type Truck and Bus Tires," "Demounting and
Mounting Procedures for Tubeless Truck and Bus Tires," and "Multi-
Piece Rim Matching Chart." These charts may be in manual or poster
form. OSHA also will accept any other manual or poster that provides at
least the same instructions, safety precautions, and other information
contained in these publications, which is applicable to the types of
wheels the employer is servicing.
* * * * *
Appendix B--Ordering Information for the OSHA Charts
The information on the OSHA charts is available on three
posters, or in a manual containing the three charts, entitled
"Demounting and Mounting Procedures for Tubeless Truck and Bus
Tires," "Demounting and Mounting Procedures for Tube-Type Truck
and Bus Tires," and "Multi-piece Rim Matching Chart." Interested
parties can download and print both the manuals and posters from
OSHA's Web site at http://www.osha.gov/publications (and type "tire
chart" in the search field). However, when used by the employer at
a worksite to provide information to employees, the printed posters
must be, at a minimum, 2 feet wide and 3 feet long. Copies of the
manual also are available from the Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA Office of Publications, Room N-3101, U.S.
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC
20210; telephone: (202) 693-1888; or fax: (202) 693-2498).
Subpart O--Machinery and Machine Guarding
0
11. The authority section citation for subpart O of part 1910 continues
to read as follows:
Authority: 29 U.S.C. 653, 655, 657; Secretary of Labor's Order
No. 12-71 (36 FR 8754), 8-76 (41 FR 25059), 9-83 (48 FR 35736), 1-90
(55 FR 9033), 5-2002 (67 FR 65008), or 4-2010 (75 FR 55355), as
applicable; 29 CFR part 1911. Sections 1910.217 and 1910.219 also
issued under 5 U.S.C. 553.
0
12. In Sec. 1910.217, revise paragraph (g)(1) and add paragraph (g)(2)
to read as follows:
Sec. 1910.217 Mechanical power presses.
* * * * *
(g) * * *
(1) The employer shall report, within 30 days of the occurrence,
all point-of-operation injuries to operators or other employees to
either (1) the Director of the Directorate of Standards and Guidance at
OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor, Washington, DC 20210
(http://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/mechanical.html), or
(2) The State agency administering a plan approved by the Assistant
Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
* * * * *
Subpart R--Special Industries
0
13. The authority citation for subpart R of part 1910 continues to read
as follows:
Authority: 29 U.S.C. 653, 655, 657; Secretary of Labor's Order
No. 12-71 (36 FR 8754), 8-76 (41 FR 25059), 9-83 (48 FR 35736), 6-96
(62 FR 111), 5-2007 (72 FR 31159), or 4-2010 (75 FR 55355), as
applicable; and 29 CFR part 1911.
0
14. In 1910.261, revise paragraphs (e)(12)(i), (ii), and (iii) to read
as follows:
Sec. 1910.261 Pulp, paper, and paperboard mills.
* * * * *
(e) * * *
(12) * * *
(i) When platforms or floors allow access to the sides of the
drums, a standard railing shall be constructed around the drums. When
two or more drums are arranged side by side, proper walkways with
standard handrails shall be provided between each set, in accordance
with the requirements of 29 CFR 1910.23, Guarding floor and wall
openings and holes.
(ii) Sprockets and chains, gears, and trunnions shall have standard
guards, in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1910.219,
Mechanical power-transmission apparatus.
(iii) Whenever it becomes necessary for a workman to go within a
drum, the driving mechanism shall be locked and tagged, at the main
disconnect switch, in accordance with paragraph (b)(1) of this section.
* * * * *
0
15. In Sec. 1910.265 revise paragraph (e)(2)(iv) to read as follows:
Sec. 1910.265 Sawmills.
* * * * *
(e) * * *
(2) * * *
(iv) Twin circular head saws. Twin circular head saws rigs such as
scrag saws shall meet the specifications for single circular head saws
in paragraph (e)(2)(iii) of this section where applicable.
* * * * *
0
16. In 1910.272, amend paragraph (a) by adding a note at the end of the
paragraph to read as follows:
Sec. 1910.272 Grain handling facilities.
(a) * * *
Note to paragraph (a): For grain-handling facilities in the
marine-terminal industry only, 29 CFR 1910.272 is to be enforced
consistent with the interpretations in OSHA Compliance Directive 02-
00-066, which is available on OSHA's Web page at www.osha.gov.
* * * * *
Subpart T--Commercial Diving Operations
0
17. The authority citation for subpart T continues to read as follows:
Authority: 29 U.S.C. 653, 655, 657; 40 U.S.C. 333; 33 U.S.C.
941; Secretary of Labor's Order No. 8-76 (41 FR 25059), 9-83 (48 FR
35736), 1-90 (55 FR 9033), 6-96 (62 FR 111), 3-2000 (65 FR 50017),
5-2002 (67 FR 65008), 5-2007 (72 FR 31160), or 4-2010 (75 FR 55355)
as applicable, and 29 CFR 1911.
0
18. In Sec. 1910.440, revise paragraph (b)(4) to read as follows:
Sec. 1910.440 Recordkeeping requirements.
* * * * *
(b) * * *
(4) The employer shall comply with any additional requirements set
forth at 29 CFR 1910.1020,
* * * * *
Subpart Z--[Amended]
0
19. The authority citation for subpart Z continues to read as follows:
Authority: 29 U.S.C. 653, 655, and 657; Secretary of Labor's
Order No. 12-71 (36 FR 8754), 8-76 (41 FR 25059), 9-83 (48 FR
35736), 1-90 (55 FR 9033), 6-96 (62 FR 111), 3-2000 (65 FR 50017),
5-2002 (67 FR 65008), 5-2007 (72 FR 31160), or 4-2010 (75 FR 55355),
as applicable, and 29 CFR 1911.
All of subpart Z issued under section 6(b) of the Occupational
Safety and Health Act, except those substances that have exposure
limits listed in Tables Z-1, Z-2, and Z-3 of 29 CFR 1910.1000. The
latter were issued under section 6(a) (29 U.S.C. 655(a)).
Section 1910.1000, Tables Z-1, Z-2, and Z-3 also issued under 5
U.S.C. 553, Section 1910.1000 Tables Z-1, Z-2, and Z-3, but not
under 29 CFR 1911, except for the arsenic (organic compounds),
benzene, cotton dust, and chromium (VI) listings.
Section 1910.1001 also issued under 40 U.S.C. 3704 and 5 U.S.C.
553.
Section 1910.1002 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 553, but not under
29 U.S.C. 655 or 29 CFR 1911.
Sections 1910.1018, 1910.1029, and 1910.1200 also issued under
29 U.S.C. 653.
Section 1910.1030 also issued under Pub. L. 106-430, 114 Stat.
1901.
Section 1910.1201 also issued under 49 U.S.C. 1801-1819 and 5
U.S.C. 533.
0
20. Amend Sec. 1910.1003 by:
0
a. Revising paragraph (d)(2)(iii); and
0
b. Removing paragraph (d)(2)(v) and redesignating paragraphs (d)(2)(vi)
as paragraph (d)(2)(v).
The revision reads as follows:
Sec. 1910.1003 13 Carcinogens (4-Nitrobiphenyl, etc.).
* * * * *
(d) * * *
(2) * * *
(iii) Special medical surveillance by a physician shall be
instituted within 24 hours for employees present in the potentially
affected area at the time of the emergency.
* * * * *
0
21. In Sec. 1910.1025, revise paragraph (j)(2)(iv)(B) to read as
follows:
Sec. 1910.1025 Lead.
* * * * *
(j) * * *
(2) * * *
(iv) * * *
(B) That the standard requires temporary medical removal with
Medical Removal Protection benefits when an employee's blood lead level
is at or above the numerical criterion for medical removal under
paragraph (k)(1)(i) of this section.
* * * * *
0
22. In Sec. 1910.1030, revise paragraph (i)(5)(iii) to read as
follows:
Sec. 1910.1030 Bloodborne pathogens.
* * * * *
(i) * * *
(5) * * *
(iii) The sharps injury log shall be maintained for the period
required by 29 CFR 1904.33.
* * * * *
PART 1915--OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR SHIPYARD
EMPLOYMENT
0
23. The authority citation for part 1915 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 33 U.S.C. 941; 29 U.S.C. 653, 655, 657; Secretary of
Labor's Order No. 12-71 (36 FR 8754), 8-76 (41 FR 25059), 9-83 (48
FR 35736), 1-90 (55 FR 9033), 6-96 (62 FR 111), 3-2000 (65 FR
50017), 5-2002 (67 FR 65008), 5-2007 (72 FR 31160), or 4-2010 (75 FR
55355), as applicable.
Section 1915.100 also issued under 49 U.S.C. 1801-1819 and 5
U.S.C. 553.
Sections 1915.120 and 1915.152 of 29 CFR also issued under 29
CFR 1911.
Subpart Z--Toxic and Hazardous Substances
0
24. In Sec. 1915.1000, revise paragraph (d)(1)(ii) to read as follows:
Sec. 1915.1000 Air contaminants.
* * * * *
(d) * * *
(1)(i) * * *
(ii) To illustrate the formula prescribed in paragraph (d)(1)(i) of
this section, assume that Substance A has an 8-hour time weighted
average limit of 100 ppm noted in Table Z--Shipyards. Assume that an
employee is subject to the following exposure:
Two hours exposure at 150 ppm
Two hours exposure at 75 ppm
Four hours exposure at 50 ppm
Substituting this information in the formula, we have
(2 x 150 + 2 x 75 + 4 x 50) / 8 = 81.25 ppm
Since 81.25 ppm is less than 100 ppm, the 8-hour time weighted
average limit, the exposure is acceptable.
* * * * *
PART 1926--SAFETY AND HEALTH REGULATIONS FOR CONSTRUCTION
Subpart D--Occupational Health and Environmental Controls
0
25. The authority citation for subpart D continues to read as follows:
Authority: 40 U.S.C. 3701 et seq.; 29 U.S.C. 653, 655, 657; and
Secretary of Labor's Order No. 12-71 (36 FR 8754), 8-76 (41 FR
25059), 9-83 (48 FR 35736), 1-90 (55 FR 9033), 6-96 (62 FR 111), 3-
2000 (65 FR 50017), 5-2002 (67 FR 65008), 5-2007 (72 FR 31160), or
4-2010 (75 FR 55355), as applicable; and 29 CFR 1911.
Sections 1926.58, 1926.59, 1926.60, and 1926.65 also issued
under 5 U.S.C. 553 and 29 CFR 1911.
Section 1926.61 also issued under 49 U.S.C. 1801-1819 and 5
U.S.C. 553.
Section 1926.62 of 29 CFR also issued under 42 U.S.C. 4853.
Section 1926.65 of 29 CFR also issued under 29 U.S.C. 655 note,
and 5 U.S.C.
0
26. In Appendix A to Sec. 1926.50, revise the second paragraph to read
as follows:
Sec. 1926.50 Medical services and first aid.
* * * * *
Appendix A to Sec. 1926.50--First Aid Kits (Non-Mandatory)
* * * * *
In a similar fashion, employers who have unique or changing
first-aid needs in their workplace may need to enhance their first-
aid kits. The employer can use the OSHA 300 log, OSHA 301 log, or
other reports to identify these unique problems. Consultation from
the local fire/rescue department, appropriate medical professional,
or local emergency room may be helpful to employers in these
circumstances. By assessing the specific needs of their workplace,
employers can ensure that reasonably anticipated supplies are
available. Employers should assess the specific needs of their
worksite periodically and augment the first aid kit appropriately.
* * * * *
0
27. In Sec. 1926.62, revise paragraph (j)(2)(iv)(B) to read as
follows:
Sec. 1926.62 Lead.
* * * * *
(j) * * *
(2) * * *
(B) The employer shall notify each employee whose blood lead level
is at or above 40 [mu]g/dl that the standard requires temporary medical
removal with Medical Removal Protection benefits when an employee's
blood lead level is at or above the numerical criterion for medical
removal under paragraph (k)(1)(i) of this section.
* * * * *
[FR Doc. 2011-32853 Filed 12-23-11; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4510-26-P
