803 KAR 2:313. Materials handling and storage.

 

      RELATES TO: KRS 338.051(3), 338.061, 29 C.F.R. 1910

      STATUTORY AUTHORITY: KRS 338.051(3), 338.061, 29 C.F.R. 1910

      NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS 338.051 and 338.061 authorize the Kentucky Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board to adopt and promulgate occupational safety and health administrative regulations. KRS 338.061(2) provides that the board may incorporate by reference established federal standards and national consensus standards. The following administrative regulation contains those standards to be enforced by the Division of Occupational Safety and Health Compliance in the area of general industry.

 

      Section 1. Definitions Applicable to this Part. (1) "Act" means KRS Chapter 338.

      (2) "Assistant Secretary of Labor" means the Secretary of Labor, Commonwealth of Kentucky.

      (3) "Standard" means a standard which requires conditions or the adoption or use of one (1) or more practices, means, methods, operations, or processes, reasonably necessary or appropriate to provide safe and healthful employment. "Standard" has the same meaning as and includes the words "regulation" and "rule".

      (4) "U.S. Department of Labor" means the Kentucky Department of Labor or the U.S. Department of Labor.

 

      Section 2. Incorporation by Reference. (1) The following material is incorporated by reference:

      (a) 29 C.F.R. 1910.176-.190, Subpart N, "Materials Handling and Storage", revised as of July 1, 1998, published by the Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Services, General Services Administration.

      (b) The revision to the revision to 29 C.F.R. 1910.178, "Powered Industrial Trucks", as published in the Federal Register, Volume 63, Number 230, December 1, 1998, is incorporated by reference.

      (c) The revision to 29 C.F.R. 1910.178, "Powered Industrial Trucks", as published in the Federal Register, Volume 64, Number 80, April 27, 1999, is incorporated by reference.

      (2) This material may be inspected, obtained, and copied at: Kentucky Department of Labor, Division of Education and Training, U.S. 127 South, Frankfort, Kentucky 40601. Office hours are 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. (ET), Monday through Friday. (16 Ky.R. 695; eff. 12-15-89; Am. 17 Ky.R. 1849; eff. 1-6-91; 20 Ky.R. 2697; eff. 5-11-94; 23 Ky.R. 1714; eff. 12-13-96; 25 Ky.R. 2448; eff. 6-16-99; 26 Ky.R. 652; 1008; eff. 11-15-99; TAm eff. 8-9-2007.)