803 KAR 2:421. Adoption of 29 C.F.R. Part 1926.950-960.
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 Chapter 29, Part 1926 of the Code of Federal Regulations, 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) Amend subparagraph 1926.950(c)(1)(i) to read as follows: "The employee is insulated or guarded from the energized part. Insulating gloves, as well as insulating sleeves when necessary, rated for the voltage involved shall be considered insulation of the employee from the energized part, or......."
(2) The revision to 29 C.F.R. 1926.951, "Tools and Protective Equipment", as published in the Federal Register, Volume 59, Number 152, August 9, 1994, is 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. 719; eff. 12-15-89; Am. 21 Ky.R. 2276; eff. 4-20-95; TAm eff. 8-9-2007.)