OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) categorizes its regulations and standards into four main categories: General Industry, Construction, Maritime, and Agriculture. Each category addresses specific safety and health hazards relevant to those sectors. General Industry covers a wide range of workplaces, while Construction focuses on safety practices for building sites. Maritime pertains to the shipping and fishing industries, and Agriculture addresses safety in farming and related activities.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) categorizes its standards into four main categories: General Industry, Construction, Maritime, and Agriculture. Each category addresses specific safety and health regulations tailored to the unique hazards associated with those industries. Additionally, OSHA has various subcategories and specific standards within these main categories to cover a wide range of workplace safety issues.
Federally funded construction projects fall under OSHA if the organization performing the work is subject to OSHA. If the work is performed, for example, by municipal employees in a state that does not have an OSHA approved Occupational Safety and health program, then the work does not fall under OSHA.
Falls, struck-by object incidents, caught-in or between incidents, and electrocution are referred to by OSHA as the "fatal four." These categories represent the top four causes of fatalities in the construction industry, highlighting the critical safety issues that need to be addressed to reduce workplace injuries and deaths.
Construction activity is regulated by OSHA under 29CFR1926.
All categories of business and industry are covered by OSHA standards, except for sole proprietorships.
Even if the fall was from a height lower than that at which fall protection is required, if the fall and subsequent injury results from some other violation of an occupational safety standard, or if circumstances made it a violation of the General Duty Clause, OSHA would have the authority to issue a citation.
OSHA's fall protection regulations, outlined in 29 CFR 1926.501, require employers to provide fall protection for workers at elevations of six feet in the construction industry and four feet in general industry. Employers must use guardrails, safety nets, or personal fall arrest systems to prevent falls. Additionally, they must ensure that all fall protection systems are properly maintained and that workers are trained in their use. Compliance with these regulations helps to minimize the risk of fall-related injuries and fatalities in the workplace.
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I think you are asking about the OSHA general Industry standard on walking and working surfaces. That is covered in Subpart D of the 1910 standards.
Employers must set up the work place to prevent employees from falling off of overhead platforms, elevated work stations or into holes in the floor and walls. OSHA requires that fall protection be provided at elevations of four feet in general industry workplaces, five feet in shipyards, six feet in the construction industry and eight feet in longshoring operations. In addition, OSHA requires that fall protection be provided when working over dangerous equipment and machinery, regardless of the fall distance.
The four broad categories are consumption, investment, government purchases, and net exports.
the four categories of lumberjacks are: high riggers sawyers or buckers skidders haulers