[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 8]
[Revised as of July 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR1926.10]

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                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
CHAPTER XVII--OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT 
                                OF LABOR
 
PART 1926_SAFETY AND HEALTH REGULATIONS FOR CONSTRUCTION--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart B_General Interpretations
 
Sec. 1926.10  Scope of subpart.

    Authority: Sec. 107, Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act 
(Construction Safety Act) (40 U.S.C. 333).


    (a) This subpart contains the general rules of the Secretary of 
Labor interpreting and applying the construction safety and health 
provisions of section 107 of the Contract Work Hours and Safety 
Standards Act (83 Stat. 96). Section 107 requires as a condition of each 
contract which is entered into under legislation subject to 
Reorganization Plan Number 14 of 1950 (64 Stat. 1267), and which is for 
construction, alteration, and/or repair, including painting and 
decorating, that no contractor or subcontractor contracting for any part 
of the contract work shall require any laborer or mechanic employed in 
the performance of the contract to work in surroundings or under working 
conditions which are unsanitary, hazardous, or dangerous to his health 
or safety, as determined under construction safety and health standards 
promulgated by the Secretary by regulation.