OSHA and Regulatory Compliance

OSHA

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)'s mission is to assure America's workers have safe and healthful working conditions free from unlawful retaliation. OSHA carries out its mission by setting and enforcing standards; enforcing anti-retaliation provisions of the OSH Act and other federal whistleblower laws; providing and supporting training, outreach, education, and assistance; and working collaboratively with our state OSHA programs as well as ensuring that they are at least as effective as federal OSHA, furthering a national system of worker safety and health protections.

ANSI (A10) Construction and Demolition Operations Standards

The ANSI A10 series is a comprehensive set of safety and health standards developed by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). This series provides guidelines for construction and demolition operations, addressing various aspects of worker safety, hazard prevention, and site management. These standards serve as essential safety frameworks for construction, demolition, and related industries, helping employers and contractors reduce risks, ensure compliance, and protect workers in high-risk environments.

A10 Standards

A10.1 Planning for Construction Safety & Health

A10.2 Safety, Health & Environmental Training - Construction & Demolition

A10.3 Powder-Actuated Fastening Systems

A10.4 Personnel Hoists & Employee Elevators

A10.5 Material Hoists

A10.6 Demolition Operations

A10.7 Transportation, Storage Handling & Use of Commercial Explosives & Blasting Agents

A10.8 Scaffolding

A10.9 Concrete & Masonry Construction

A10.11 Personnel Nets

A10.12 Safety Requirements for Excavation

A10.13 Steel Erection

A10.15 Dredging

A10.16 Tunnels, Shafts & Caissons

A10.18 Safety Requirements for Temporary Roof and Floor Holes, Wall Openings, Stairways, and Other Unprotected Edges in Construction and Demolition Operations

A10.19 Pile Installation & Extraction Operations

A10.21 Safe Construction and Demolition of Wind Generation/Turbine Facilities

A10.22 Rope-Guided & Non-Guided Workers' Hoists

A10.23 Safety Requirements for the Installation of Drilled Shafts

A10.24 Roofing - Safety Requirements for Low-Sloped Roofs

A10.25 Sanitation in Construction

A10.26 Emergency Procedures for Construction Sites

A10.28 Work Platforms Suspended from Cranes or Derricks

A10.30 Safety Requirements for the Installation of Ground Anchors and Micropiles

A10.31 Digger-Derricks

A10.32 Personal Fall Protection Systems Used in Construction and Demolition Operations

A10.33 Safety & Health Program Requirements for Multi-Employer Projects

A10.34 Public Protection

A10.35 Safety Requirements for Pressure Testing Steel and Copper Piping Systems

A10.37 Debris Nets

A10.38 Basic Elements of an Employer’s Program to Provide a Safe and Healthful Work Environment

A10.39 Construction Safety & Health Audit Program

A10.40 Reduction of Musculoskeletal Problems

A10.42 Rigging Qualifications & Responsibilities in the Construction Industry

A10.43 Confined Spaces in Construction

A10.44 Lockout/Tagout in Construction

A10.46 Hearing Loss Prevention

A10.47 Work Zone Safety for Roadway Construction

A10.48 Communication Tower Structures

A10.49 Control of Chemical Health Hazards in Construction

A10.50 Standard for Heat Stress Management In Construction and Demolition Operations

ANSI (B11) Machine Guarding

The ANSI B11 series of American National Standards and Technical Reports consists of nearly three dozen different documents that deal with machine / machinery / machine tool safety, and they specify requirements for both the manufacturers (suppliers) and users of the machines.

B11 Standards

ANSI B11.0 – Safety of Machinery

ANSI B11.1 - Safety Requirements for Mechanical Power Presses

ANSI B11.2 - Safety Requirements for Hydraulic and Pneumatic Power Presses

ANSI B11.3 - Safety Requirements for Power Press Brakes

ANSI B11.4 - Safety Requirements for Shears

ANSI B11.5 - Ironworkers - Safety Requirements for Construction, Care, and Use

ANSI B11.6 - Safety Requirements for Manual Turning Machines with or without Auto Control

ANSI B11.7 - Cold Headers & Cold Formers-Safety Requirements for Construction, Care, and Use

ANSI B11.8 - Safety Requirements for Manual Milling, Drilling, & Boring Machines with or without Automatic Control

ANSI B11.9 - Safety Requirements for Grinding Machines

ANSI B11.10 - Safety Requirements for Metal Sawing Machines

ANSI B11.12 - Safety Requirements for Roll Forming & Roll Bending Machines

ANSI B11.13 - Single and Multiple-Spindle Automatic Bar, and Chucking Machines- Safety Requirements for Construction, Care, and Use

ANSI B11.15 - Safety Requirements for Bar, Pipe, Tube and Shape Bending Machines

ANSI B11.16 - Safety Requirements for Powder/Metal Compacting Presses

ANSI B11.17 - Safety Requirements for Horizontal Extrusion Press Systems

ANSI B11.18 - Safety Requirements for Machines Processing or Slitting Coiled or Non-coiled Metal

ANSI B11.19 - Performance Requirements for Risk Reduction Measures: Safeguarding and other Means of Reducing Risk

ANSI B11.20 - Safety Requirements for the Integration of Machinery into a System

ANSI B11.21 - Safety Requirements for Machine Tools Using Lasers for Processing Materials

ANSI B11.22 - Safety Requirements for Turning Centers and Automatic Numerically Controlled Turning Machines

ANSI B11.23 - Safety Requirements for Machining Centers and Automatic Numerically Controlled Milling, Drilling and Boring Machines

ANSI B11.24 - Safety Requirements for Transfer Machines

ANSI B11.25 - Safety Requirements for Large Machines

ANSI B11.26 - Functional Safety: General Principles for Designing Safety-Related Parts of Control Systems for Machinery

ANSI B11.27 - Safety Requirements for Electro Discharge Machines

B11 Series of Technical Reports

B11.TR0 - Guide To Establishing a Machine Safety Process

B11.TR1 - Ergonomic Guidelines for the Design, Installation And Use of Machine Tools

B11.TR4 - Selection of Programmable Electronic Systems (PES/PLC) for Machine Tools

B11.TR5 - Sound Level Measurement Guidelines

B11.TR7 - Designing for Safety and Lean Manufacturing: A guide on integrating safety and lean manufacturing principles in the use of machinery

B11.TR8 - Guide to Inspection of Risk Reduction Measures

NIOSH

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is the federal institute responsible for conducting research and making recommendations for the prevention of work-related injury and illness. The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 established NIOSH as a research institute focused on the study of worker safety and health, and empowering employers and workers to create safe and healthy workplaces. NIOSH has the mandate to assure "every man and woman in the Nation safe and healthful working conditions and to preserve our human resources."

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