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Standard Interpretations (Archived) - Publication Date

December

12/27/1994 - Review of Manual for training personnel engaged in oil spill emergency response. - [1910.120; 1910.121; 1910.146; 1910.1200; 1910.1030]
12/23/1994 - Fall protection during rebar assembly construction. - [1926.501]
12/09/1994 - Latex allergy a priority for action on the agenda of workplace hazards. - [1910.1030]
12/07/1994 - Recording protocol for work related cumulative trauma disorder cases. - [1904]

November

11/30/1994 - Recording occupational asthma cases on the OSHA 200 Log. - [1904]
11/22/1994 - Bloodborne Pathogen and HAZWOPER-Media Coverage. - [1910.1030]
11/22/1994 - Exemptions from the OSHA injury and illness recordkeeping requirements. - [1904]
11/18/1994 - OSHA's Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response Standard. - [1910.120]
11/07/1994 - Requesting interpretation of the Process Safety Management Standard of Highly Hazardous Chemicals Standard. - [1910.119]
11/03/1994 - Exemptions from the OSHA Injury and Illness recordkeeping requirements. - [1904]

October

10/18/1994 - Employer Obligation to Pay for Personal Protective Equipment. - [1910.132; 1910.138]
10/17/1994 - Recording of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses. - [1904]
10/11/1994 - Clarification and Interpretations of the PSM Standard.
10/11/1994 - Explosives and Blasting Agents. - [1910.109]

September

09/30/1994 - Requirements for emergency eyewashes and showers. - [1910.151(c); 1926.50(g)]
09/29/1994 - HHC as it applies to tank battery. - [1910.119]
09/16/1994 - Recording and Reporting Deaths, Injuries and Illnesses Resulting from Acts of Workplace Violence. - [1904.2]

August

08/25/1994 - Detector Tube Test Kits. - [1910.430]
08/25/1994 - Posting requirements for non-fixed construction sites. - [1904]
08/19/1994 - PSM as it may apply to processes containing HHCs. - [1910.119]
08/17/1994 - Storage of diesel fuel and kerosene at construction sites. - [1926.155]
08/12/1994 - Lockout/tagout procedures, including work permits and groups of machines/equipment. - [1910.147(c)(4); 1910.333(b)(2)]
08/11/1994 - Construction vs. Maintenance. - [1926.32; 1910.12]
08/11/1994 - Presence sensing devices (PSDs) for power presses - [1910.217(c)(3); 1910.303(a)]
08/08/1994 - Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals standard as it may apply to the batch chemical processes. - [1910.119]
08/05/1994 - Authorized employees and periodic lockout/tagout inspections. - [1910.147]
08/04/1994 - Clarifications of the OSHA standards, 29 CFR 1910.109 and 29 CFR 1910.119. - [1910.109; 1910.119]
08/02/1994 - OSHA Regulation 1910.1030 and the Applicability to Electric Utilities. - [1910.1030]
08/01/1994 - A review of the publication "Safety News" as it relates to the OSHA regulation 1910.1030. - [1910.1030]
08/01/1994 - Recording of an illness involving lost workdays. - [1904]

July

07/28/1994 - HAZWOPER refresher training requirements. - [1910.120]
07/26/1994 - Clarification of the Control of Hazardous Energy (Lockout/Tagout) Standard. - [1910.147]
07/18/1994 - OSHA's policy for inspections related to the Process Safety Management standard. - [1910.119]
07/15/1994 - Process Safety Management of highly hazardous chemicals - parts cleaning station involving flammable liquids. - [1910.119]
07/15/1994 - The necessity for the standard and the standard's requirements, as well as other pertinent regulations. - [1910.1030]
07/11/1994 - Respirator use of spray operations involving paints containing isocyanates. - [1910.134]
07/08/1994 - Fall protection during steel erection activities.
07/07/1994 - Control of Hazardous Energy (Lockout/Tagout) standard. - [1910.147]
07/07/1994 - HHC's as it applies to wood digestion process containing multiple toxic and flammable liquid HHCs. - [1910.119]

June

06/30/1994 - State approval of a State occupational safety and health program.
06/29/1994 - Key to open locked exits. - [1910.36]
06/28/1994 - Central repository for violence in the workplace materials.
06/27/1994 - Recording of a hearing injury. - [1904]
06/24/1994 - Process Safety Management Standard (PSM) of Highly Hazardous Chemicals (HHCs) standard. - [1910.119]
06/21/1994 - Out-of-doors emergency eyewash and shower installations in freezing and hot temperature areas. - [1910.151]
06/13/1994 - Fall Protection for Steep Roofs and During the Performance of Built-Up Roofing Work. - [1926.451]
06/09/1994 - HHC's as it applies to hydrochloric acid, hydrofluoric acid, hydrogen sulfide, hydrogen cyanide. - [1910.119]
06/06/1994 - Fall protection for steel erection and the requirements for lifting tandem loads. - [1926.550]
06/01/1994 - Use of davit arm system for hoisting personnel. - [1915.116]

May

05/26/1994 - Fall Protection Plans in New Subpart M (1926). - [1926 Subpart M]
05/26/1994 - The Reporting of Fatality of Multiple Hospitalization Incidence. - [1904.8]
05/25/1994 - Chimney platforms and space between the scaffold working edge and the structure.
05/25/1994 - Worker's Compensation Laws and the OSHA recordkeeping requirements. - [1904]
05/20/1994 - The standard does not mandate that tag lines must be used every time a load is being moved. - [1926.751]
05/19/1994 - Recording of cases involiving heat realted disorders. - [1904]
05/19/1994 - Recording of needlestick injuries on the OSHA 200 log. - [1904]
05/12/1994 - Clarification of "lost workday" for reporting purposes. - [1904]
05/12/1994 - Completing the OSHA Supplementary Record of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses. - [1904]
05/11/1994 - Hoisting of two loaded containers connected together by self-locking cones.
05/06/1994 - OSHA requires the use of a tuberculocidal disinfectant to clean up blood or body fluids. - [1910.1030]
05/03/1994 - Employer exemptions to the recordkeeping requirements. - [1904]
05/02/1994 - Annual written test may suffice to meet annual training requirements if hazard and assigned duty remain the same.
05/02/1994 - Noise Citation Policy for Construction. - [1926.52]

April

04/21/1994 - Oregon Fall Protection Policy for Residential Construction. - [1926.105]
04/21/1994 - Request for Review of Potential 5(a)(1) Citations for Fall Protection in Steel Erection.
04/19/1994 - Girder Lock Overhang Form System. - [1926.451; 1926.550]
04/13/1994 - The requirements for disinfection as referenced in CPL 2-2.44C, the Directive for Bloodborne Pathogens Standard. - [1910.1030]
04/12/1994 - Policy on fall protection in steel erection.
04/11/1994 - Vessel Safety - OSHA or U.S. Coast Guard. - [1919.1]
04/08/1994 - Ergonomic problems and recordkeeping issues. - [1904]
04/08/1994 - Recording hearing loss on the OSHA 200 log. - [1904]
04/08/1994 - Retest of audiogram for hearing loss. - [1904]
04/07/1994 - Highly Hazardous Chemicals, hydrocarbon fuels. - [1910.119]
04/01/1994 - Washington Inspection Procedures for Enforcing Excavation Standards.

March

03/31/1994 - Medical Services and First Aid. - [1910.151]
03/31/1994 - Toeboard requirements on walkways over interior of a water tank. - [1910.23]
03/24/1994 - Clarification of occupational illness for OSHA 200 log. - [1904]
03/24/1994 - Parking facilities are not considered part of an employer's premises for OSHA recordkeeping purposes. - [1904]
03/21/1994 - Highly Hazardous Chemicals, hydrochloric acid. - [1910.119]
03/03/1994 - Mechanical equipment, such as an unguarded agitator, posing a hazard within a permit space must be locked out or tagged. - [1910.146; 1910.147]

February

02/25/1994 - Capping of Rebar to Prevent Impalement (OSHA 2202).
02/22/1994 - Incidents involving hospitalization of multiple employees. - [1904.8]
02/16/1994 - Testing ground fault circuit interrupters. - [1926.505]
02/15/1994 - Recording TB related cases on the OSHA 200 Log. - [1904]
02/14/1994 - Recording of hearing loss on the OSHA Log 200.
02/11/1994 - Physician vs employee on the employee's ability to perform restricted work activity. - [1904]
02/11/1994 - Restricted work definitions. - [1904]
02/10/1994 - Clarification of several recordkeeping issues. - [1904]
02/09/1994 - Interpretation of the term "in near proximity". - [1910.151(b)]
02/09/1994 - Interpretation of the term "in near proximity". - [1910.151(b)]
02/09/1994 - Interpretation of the term "in near proximity". - [1910.151(b)]
02/09/1994 - Interpretation of the term "in near proximity". - [1910.151(b)]
02/09/1994 - Interpretation of the term "in near proximity". - [1910.151(b)]
02/09/1994 - Interpretation of the term "in near proximity". - [1910.151(b)]
02/09/1994 - Interpretation of the term "in near proximity". - [1910.151(b)]
02/09/1994 - Interpretation of the term "in near proximity". - [1910.151(b)]
02/09/1994 - OSHA's lockout/tagout standard is not applicable to maritime employment. - [1910.147]
02/08/1994 - Operation of a crane in close proximity to overhead power lines. - [1910.137; 1926.550(a)(15)]
02/07/1994 - Equivalency of "Roof Creeper Kit Apparatus".
02/02/1994 - Accidents involving wood or brush chippers.
02/02/1994 - Requirements for containers used for storage and handling one gallon or less of flammable liquids such as gasoline.
02/02/1994 - Safety regulations for roof top rolling scaffolds. - [1926.451(h)(4); 1926.451(k)(10); 1910.66; 1926.451(a)(3); 1926.451(a)(7); 1910.28(a)(4)]
02/01/1994 - The proper use of "U" bar guards to temporarily guard flush manholes opened during shipbuilding or ship repair operations. - [1915.73(b)]

January

01/31/1994 - Highly Hazardous Chemicals as it applies to toxic or reactive chemical mixtures which are not explosive and which are not flammable liquids or gases. - [1910.119]
01/31/1994 - Proper recording of a bloodborne pathogens case. - [1904]
01/27/1994 - De minimis violations are not included in a citation. - [1926.550(f)(1)(iv)]
01/27/1994 - IMIS Software Release CPLN 5.4.0.
01/27/1994 - OSHA does not cross reference general industry and construction standards. - [1910.146; 1926.21]
01/19/1994 - Statement of compliance for skylights.
01/13/1994 - Recording bloodborne related cases on the OSHA 200 Log. - [1904]
01/10/1994 - Proper recording of second degree burns on the OSHA 200 Log. - [1904]
01/06/1994 - Proper recording of restricted work activity on the OSHA 200 Log. - [1904]
01/04/1994 - Laptop computer usage and repetitive motion disorders.

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