Residential Construction Industry
Standards
Residential construction is addressed in specific OSHA standards for recordkeeping, general industry, and construction. This section highlights OSHA standards and documents related to the residential construction industry.
OSHA Standards
Highlighted Standards
Recordkeeping (29 CFR 1904) |
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General Industry (29 CFR 1910) |
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1910 Subpart N - Materials Handling and Storage | ||
1910.178, Powered Industrial Trucks |
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1910 Subpart Z - Toxic and Hazardous Substances | ||
1910.1200, Hazard Communication. |
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1910.1201, Retention of DOT markings, placards and labels. |
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Construction Industry (29 CFR 1926) |
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1926 - Safety and Health Regulations for Construction | ||
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State Plan Standards
There are 29 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.
Additional Federal Register notices
Note: The 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.
- Compliance Directive for Fall Protection in Residential Construction. Notice 75:80315, (December 22, 2010).
Additional Directives
Note: 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.
- Compliance Guidance for Residential Construction. STD 03-11-002, (June 16, 2011).
- Inspection Procedures for Enforcing Subpart L, Scaffolds Used in Construction - 29 CFR 1926.450-454. CPL 02-01-023, (January 07, 1997).
Additional Letters of Interpretation
Note: 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.
- Residential fall protection: safety monitors; walking top plate of braced walls in installation; warning line; plating exterior walls; height limitation; non-roofer PPE; slide guards (November 30, 2004).
- Evaluation of the use of aluminum forms as an exit route from trench excavations (May 11, 2004).
- Fall protection during roofing inspections, investigations, and assessments (March 12, 2004).
- The predominant use of structural steel would not be considered "residential construction" (March 01, 2004).
- Fall protection requirements for stairwells and mechanical chase openings surrounded by interior stud walls in residential construction (December 22, 2003).
- Clarification on several issues regarding OSHA's construction industry standards for fall protection (December 18, 2003).
- Fall protection requirements for construction workers doing work while on a roof (December 15, 2003).
- Requirements for fall protection when ladder jack scaffolds are used for residential and commercial construction (July 07, 2003).
- Fall protection requirements for employees, other than roofers, working on low-slope roofs (November 15, 2002).