[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 5]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR1910.11]

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                             TITLE 29--LABOR

 
CHAPTER XVII--OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT 

                                OF LABOR

 
PART 1910_OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS--Table of Contents

 
    Subpart B_Adoption and Extension of Established Federal Standards

 
Sec. 1910.11  Scope and purpose.


    Authority: Secs. 4, 6, and 8 of the Occupational Safety and Health 

Act, 29 U.S.C. 653, 655, 657; Walsh-Healey Act, 41 U.S.C. 35 et seq.; 

Service Contract Act of 1965, 41 U.S.C. 351 et seq.; Sec.107, Contract 

Work Hours and Safety Standards Act (Construction Safety Act), 40 U.S.C. 

333; Sec. 41, Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C. 

941; National Foundation of Arts and Humanities Act, 20 U.S.C. 951 et 

seq.; Secretary of Labor's Order No. 12-71 (36 FR 8754), 8-76 (41 FR 

1911), 9-83 (48 FR 35736), 1-90 (55 FR 9033), or 6-96 (62 FR 111), as 

applicable.





    (a) The provisions of this subpart B adopt and extend the 

applicability of, established Federal standards in effect on April 28, 

1971, with respect to every employer, employee, and employment covered 

by the Act.

    (b) It bears emphasis that only standards (i.e., substantive rules) 

relating to safety or health are adopted by any incorporations by 

reference of standards prescribed elsewhere in this chapter or this 

title. Other materials contained in the referenced parties are not 

adopted. Illustrations of the types of materials which are not adopted 

are these. The incorporations by reference of parts 1915, 1916, 1917, 

1918 in Sec. Sec. 1910.13, 1910.14, 1910.15, and 1910.16 are not 

intended to include the discussion in those parts of the coverage of the 

Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act or the penalty 

provisions of the Act. Similarly, the incorporation by reference of part 

1926 in Sec. 1910.12 is not intended to include references to 

interpretative rules having relevance to the application of the 

Construction Safety Act, but having no relevance to the application to 

the Occupational Safety and Health Act.



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