Section 408.44501. Scope

Rule 4501. (1) The rules in this part set forth the minimum requirements and criteria for fall protection in construction workplaces, their applications, and definitions that are applicable to these rules.

(2)     These rules do not apply where an employee is making an inspection, an investigation, or an assessment of workplace conditions before the actual start of construction work or after all construction work has been completed.

(3)    The following provisions of the occupational safety and health administration (OSHA) regulations, except as amended in these rules, are adopted by reference in these rules:

(a)    29 C.F.R. § 1926.500 “Scope, Application, and definitions applicable to this subpart.”

(b)   29 C.F.R. § 1926.501 “Duty to have fall protection.”

(c)   29 C.F.R. § 1926.502 “Fall protection systems criteria and practices.”

(d)  29 C.F.R. § 1926.503 “Training requirements.”

(4)     All of the following provisions are amendments to the OSHA regulations adopted by reference in these rules and are referenced in R 408.44502:

(a)       Additional performance requirements for personal climbing equipment, lineman's body belts, safety straps, and lanyards are contained in Construction Safety Standard Part 16. “Power Transmission and Distribution.”

(b)   The specifications for fall protection requirements for an employee working on certain types of derricks are contained in Construction Safety Standard Part 10. “Lifting and Digging Equipment,” and Construction Safety Standard Part 32. “Aerial Work Platforms.”

(c)   The specifications for fall protection requirements for an employee working on ladders and the performance requirements for stairways, stair rail systems, and handrails are contained in Construction Safety Standard Part 11. “Fixed and Portable Ladders” and Construction Safety Standard Part 21 “Guarding of Walking and Working Areas.”

(d)  The specifications for fall protection requirements for an employee working on a scaffold;  performance  requirements   for  a  guardrail  system;  or  for  the  performance

requirements for falling object protection used on scaffolds are contained in Construction Safety Standard Part 12. “Scaffolds and Scaffold Platforms.”

(e)   The specifications for fall protection requirements for an employee working on or in certain types of equipment used in tunneling operations are contained in Construction Safety Standard Part 14. “Tunnels, Shafts, Caissons, and Cofferdams.”

(f)  The specifications for fall protection requirements for an employee working from aerial lifts, on poles, towers, or similar structures while engaged in the construction of electric transmission or distribution lines or equipment are contained in Construction Safety Standard Part 32. “Aerial Work Platforms.”

(g)   The specifications for fall protection requirements for an employee performing steel erection work on buildings are contained in Construction Safety Standard Part 26. “Steel Erection.”

History: 1996 AACS; 2015 AACS.