803 KAR 2:402. General safety and health provisions.

 

      RELATES TO: KRS 338.051(3), 338.061, 29 C.F.R. 1926

      STATUTORY AUTHORITY: KRS 338.051(3), 338.061, 29 C.F.R. 1926

      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 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 construction.

 

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

      (a) 29 C.F.R. 1926.20-.35 revised as of July 1, 1997 published by the Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Services, General Services Administration.

      (b) The amendment to 29 C.F.R. 1926.31, "Incorporation by Reference", as published in the Federal Register, Volume 63, Number 117, June 18, 1998.

      (2) This material may be inspected 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. (EST), Monday through Friday. (16 Ky.R. 1099; eff. 12-15-89; Am. 20 Ky.R. 2704; eff. 5-11-94; 23 Ky.R. 1732; eff. 12-13-96; 3938; eff. 7-17-97; 25 Ky.R. 2457; eff. 6-16-99; TAm eff. 8-9-2007.)