803 KAR 2:315. Hand and portable powered tools and other hand-held equipment.

 

      RELATES TO: KRS 338.051, 338.061, 29 C.F.R. 1910.241 -910.246

      STATUTORY AUTHORITY: KRS 338.051(3), 338.061

      NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS 338.051 requires the Kentucky Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board to adopt and promulgate occupational safety and health administrative regulations necessary to accomplish the purposes of KRS Chapter 338. This administrative regulation establishes the standards for hand-held equipment to be enforced by the Division of Occupational Safety and Health Compliance in the area of general industry.

 

      Section 1. Definitions. (1) "Act" means KRS Chapter 338.

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

      (3) "Employee" is defined by KRS 338.015(2).

      (4) "Employer" is defined in KRS 338.015(1).

      (5) "Standard" is defined in KRS 338.015(3).

 

      Section 2. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, general industry shall comply with the requirements of 29 C.F.R. 1910.241 - 1910.246, revised as of July 1, 2006, as amended by the definitions established in Section 1 of this administrative regulation.

      (2) An employer required by subsection (1) of this section to report information to the U.S. Department of Labor or a subsidiary thereof shall report the information to the Kentucky Department of Labor, Office of Occupational Safety and Health, US 127 South, Frankfort, Kentucky 40601. (16 Ky.R. 697; eff. 12-15-89; Am. 23 Ky.R. 1719; eff. 12-13-96; 33 Ky.R. 1719; 2300; eff. 3-9-2007.)