[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: 29CFR1910.101]

[Page 225]
 
                             TITLE 29--LABOR

 
CHAPTER XVII--OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT 

                                OF LABOR

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

 
                      Subpart H_Hazardous Materials

 
Sec. 1910.101  Compressed gases (general requirements).


    Authority: Sections 4, 6, and 8 of the Occupational Safety and 

Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 653, 655, 657); Secretary of Labor's 

Orders Nos. 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 5-2002 (67 

FR 65008), as applicable; and 29 CFR part 1911.

    Sections 1910.103, 1910.106 through 1910.111, and 1910.119, 

1910.120, and 1910.122 through 126 also issued under 29 CFR part 1911.

    Section 1910.119 also issued under section 304, Clean Air Act 

Amendments of 1990 (Pub. L. 101-549), reprinted at 29 U.S.C. 655 Note.

    Section 1910.120 also issued under section 126, Superfund Amendments 

and Reauthorization Act of 1986 as amended (29 U.S.C. 655 Note), and 5 

U.S.C. 553.





    (a) Inspection of compressed gas cylinders. Each employer shall 

determine that compressed gas cylinders under his control are in a safe 

condition to the extent that this can be determined by visual 

inspection. Visual and other inspections shall be conducted as 

prescribed in the Hazardous Materials Regulations of the Department of 

Transportation (49 CFR parts 171-179 and 14 CFR part 103). Where those 

regulations are not applicable, visual and other inspections shall be 

conducted in accordance with Compressed Gas Association Pamphlets C-6-

1968 and C-8-1962, which is incorporated by reference as specified in 

Sec. 1910.6.

    (b) Compressed gases. The in-plant handling, storage, and 

utilization of all compressed gases in cylinders, portable tanks, rail 

tankcars, or motor vehicle cargo tanks shall be in accordance with 

Compressed Gas Association Pamphlet P-1-1965, which is incorporated by 

reference as specified in Sec. 1910.6.

    (c) Safety relief devices for compressed gas containers. Compressed 

gas cylinders, portable tanks, and cargo tanks shall have pressure 

relief devices installed and maintained in accordance with Compressed 

Gas Association Pamphlets S-1.1-1963 and 1965 addenda and S-1.2-1963, 

which is incorporated by reference as specified in Sec. 1910.6.



[39 FR 23502, June 27, 1974, as amended at 61 FR 9236, Mar. 7, 1996]