General Industry Standards

Exposure limits The permissible exposure limits (PELs) in air, set by the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA), can be found in the Code of Federal Regulations (General Industry Standards for Toxic and Hazardous Substances, 1977). Unless noted otherwise, the PELs are 8-h time-weighted average (TWA) concentrations. 

OSHA. 1982. General Industry Standards for Toxic and Hazardous Substances. U.S. Code of Federal Regulations 1910, Subpart Z, Section 1910.1000. 

OSHA also requires medical examinations under its General Industry Standard for any employee exposed to fiber levels in the air at or above the OSHA action level (0.1 f/cc) and/or the excursion limit (1.0 f/cc). In both cases - the action level and excursion limit - the OSHA medical examination requirement applies if the exposure occurs for at least one day per year. 

The OSHA sets safe and healthy workplace standards. When OSHA was formed, they adopted the then current ACGIH TLV - TWAs and TLV-Cs as occupational exposure limits and made them federal standards. However, instead of calling them TLV -TWAs, OSHA called them PELs. OSHA has both TWA and ceiling values for various chemicals. PELs are listed in Title 29 of the Code of Eederal Regulations (CER), Part 1910, Subpart Z, General Industry Standards for Toxic and Hazardous Substances. Emergency responders should understand that ACGIH and OSHA values are not always the same for each chemical. 

U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), OSHA general industry standards. Toxic and hazardous substances. Air contaminants. Code of Federal Regulations 29 CFR 1910.1000, http //www.setonresourcecenter.eom/29CFR/1910/19101000.htm. 

A. Fall Hazards Covered Under General Industry Standards... 

A. Fall hazards covered under the following general industry standards ... 

A major and valid justification for OSHA to adopt the laboratory safety standard to supersede the general industry standards and the hazard communication standard for the laboratory environment was thatthe laboratory environment is radically different from industrial facilities and most other types of occupations. The organizational structure for research institutions is not nearly so structured, especially in the academic environment,and operations are different in size and character. The laboratory standard uses this difference as a criterion as to whether the laboratory standard is to be applied to a program. 

OSHA General Industry Standards, 29 CFRPstft 1910, Sections 101-104. 

Neither Combustible II or Combustible IIIA materials may include mixtures in which more than 99% of the volume is made up of components with flashpoints of 93.3° (200) or higher. The OSHA Laboratory Safely Standard supersedes the OSHA General Industry Standard... 

The OSHA regulations regarding container sizes are based on sections of the 1969 version of the NFPA Standard 30. Before returning to the topic of flammable material storage cabinets. Table 3.5 defines the various classes of flammable and combustible liquids and the maximum container sizes permitted by OSHA for each class. Table 3.5 is equivalent to Table H-12 from the OSHA General Industry Standards. Table 3.5 A provides similar data from NFPA 30-1996. Recall, however, that unless adopted by a local jurisdiction, the NFPA standards are only recommendations, not regulations. 

Wooden flammable material storage cabinets, if properly constructed according to the provisions of Section 1910.106(dX3)(iiXb) of the OSHA General Industry Standards, are also acceptable. These provisions are ... 

One of the most devastating injuries a person can suffer is loss of eyesight. There are a number of protective measures which should be taken in the laboratory to prevent eye injury. However, should aU of these measures fail and chemicals enter the eye, an effective eyewash station is an essential item of fixed equipment that should be immediately available. Although superseded by the Laboratory Safety Standard, OSHA does require in Section 1910.151(c) of the General Industry Standards that... 

OSHA does not mandate automatic fire extinguishing systems, but the General Industry Standards, Subpart L, Sections 1910.155-165, do provide regulations covering the essential requirements which installed systems must meet. 

OSFIA General Industry Standards, 29 CFR 1910, Subpart L, Section 155-165. 

OSHA does not include the use of respirators under the medical program, but it is closely related since under the General Industry Standard 29 CFR 1910.134 the ability to use a respirator depends upon the employee s health. A basic requirement is the ability of the employee to pass a pulmonary function test, but the employee must not have any other health problems which would preclude the use of respirators if they are needed or required to protect the employee. A statement must be included in the CHP that the or ization has a respirator protection program which meets the requirements of the general industry standards. This program should be a written one and included in the employee s training. 

Occupational Safety and Health Administration, General Industry Standards, Title 29, Code of Federal... 

OSHA, General Industry Standards, Subpart Z, Occupational Health and Environmental Control, 1910.1000-... 

Generally refers to the Oeeupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standards and requirements defined in 29 CFR 1910. OSHA uses the term general industry to refer to aU industries not included in agriculture, eonstruction, or maritime. General industries are regulated by OSHA s general industry standards, direetives, and standard interpretations. 

OSHA and state OSHA programs do not have specific offshore wind farm regulations. Instead, they would apply current regulations, depending on the nature of the work performed and the hazards presented. For offshore wind farms located in U.S. navigable waters, including state territorial seas and U.S. inland waters, OSHA would most likely apply rules from its construction standards (29 CFR 1926), general industry standards (29 CFR 1910), and maritime standards (29 CFR 1915,1917, and 1918). 

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