[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: 29CFR1926.252]

[Page 225]
 
                             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 H_Materials Handling, Storage, Use, and Disposal
 
Sec. 1926.252  Disposal of waste materials.

    (a) Whenever materials are dropped more than 20 feet to any point 
lying outside the exterior walls of the building, an enclosed chute of 
wood, or equivalent material, shall be used. For the purpose of this 
paragraph, an enclosed chute is a slide, closed in on all sides, through 
which material is moved from a high place to a lower one.
    (b) When debris is dropped through holes in the floor without the 
use of chutes, the area onto which the material is dropped shall be 
completely enclosed with barricades not less than 42 inches high and not 
less than 6 feet back from the projected edge of the opening above. 
Signs warning of the hazard of falling materials shall be posted at each 
level. Removal shall not be permitted in this lower area until debris 
handling ceases above.
    (c) All scrap lumber, waste material, and rubbish shall be removed 
from the immediate work area as the work progresses.
    (d) Disposal of waste material or debris by burning shall comply 
with local fire regulations.
    (e) All solvent waste, oily rags, and flammable liquids shall be 
kept in fire resistant covered containers until removed from worksite.