803 KAR 2:413. Adoption of 29 C.F.R. Part 1926.550-556.

      RELATES TO: KRS Chapter 338

      STATUTORY AUTHORITY: KRS 338.051, 338.061

      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 rules, administrative regulations, and standards. Express authority to incorporate by reference established federal standards and national consensus standards is also given to the board. The following administrative regulation contains those standards to be enforced by the Division of Occupational Safety and Health Compliance in the area of construction. The standards are arranged in numerical order in order to facilitate reference to 29 C.F.R. 1926.

      Section 1. The Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board hereby adopts 29 C.F.R. Part 1926.550-.556 revised as of July 1, 1986, published by the Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Services, General Services Administration. These standards are hereby incorporated by reference with the following additions, exceptions, and deletions:

      (1) 29 C.F.R. 1926.550(b)(2), "Cranes and Derricks," shall be revised as follows: revisions as published in the Federal Register, Volume 52, Number 187, September 28, 1987 are incorporated by reference.

      (a) Additions to 29 C.F.R. 1926.550 (Section g), "Cranes and Derricks," as published in Federal Register, Volume 53, Number 148, August 2, 1988, are incorporated by reference.

      (b) Additions to 29 C.F.R. 1926.550, as published in the Federal Register, Volume 54, Number 73, April 18, 1989, is incorporated by reference.

      (c) The addition to 29 C.F.R. 1926.550, "Cranes and Derricks", as published in Federal Register, Volume 58, Number 124, June 30, 1993, is incorporated by reference.

      (d) The revisions to 29 C.F.R. 1926.550, "Cranes and Derricks", as published in Federal Register, Volume 59, Number 152, August 9, 1994, are incorporated by reference.

      (2) 29 C.F.R. 1926.552(b)(8) of the paragraph on "Material Hoists," shall read as follows: All material hoists shall conform to the requirements of ANSI A10.5-1969, Safety Requirements for Material Hoists, with the exception that material hoists manufactured prior to January 1, 1970 may be used with a drum pitch diameter at least eighteen (18) times the normal rope diameter provided the hoisting wire rope is at least equal in flexibility to 6 x 37 classification wire rope.

      (3) 29 C.F.R. 1926.552(c)(15), "Material Hoists, Personnel Hoists and Elevators," shall be revised as follows: revisions as published in the Federal Register, Volume 52, Number 187, September 28, 1987 are incorporated by reference.

      Section 2. Public Notice. (1) In accordance with KRS 13A.224(3)(c), this material may be inspected and copied at: Kentucky Department of Labor, Division of Education and Training, U.S. 127 South, Frankfort, Kentucky 40601.

      (2) Office hours are 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. (EST), Monday through Friday. (16 Ky.R. 714; eff. 12-15-89; Am. 17 Ky.R. 1858; eff. 1-6-91; 20 Ky.R. 2720; eff. 5-11-94; 21 Ky.R. 2271; eff. 4-20-95; TAm eff. 8-9-2007.)