Indiana Administrative Code
Title 620 - OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY STANDARDS COMMISSION
Article 1 - HEALTH AND SAFETY STANDARDS
Rule 1 - Jurisdiction; Filing; Parties; Pleadings; Conduct of Hearings; Settlement
Section 1-30 - Adoption by reference from 54 Federal Register

(1) The amendment to 29 C.F.R. 1910.1000 concerning exposure to air contaminants at new permissible exposure levels (PEL's) for four hundred twenty-eight (428) chemicals already regulated by federal OSHA with revised tables Z-1-A, Z-2, and Z-3 as published in 54 Fed. Reg. 12, Thursday, January 19, 1989, on pages 2920 through 2983.

(2) Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response; Final Rule, 29 C.F.R. 1910.120 concerning work practices on hazardous waste sites as defined in the scope of the standard and emergency response operations for hazardous substances without regard to location as published in 54 Fed. Reg. 42, Monday, March 6, 1989, on pages 9317 through 9336.

(3) Underground Construction; Final Rule, 29 C.F.R. 1926.800 concerning safety and health regulations, clarifies the existing standard, covers hazards not effectively addressed previously, and reflects the current technology and methods used in underground construction as published in 54 Fed. Reg. 105, Friday, June 2, 1989, on pages 23850 through 23857.

(4) Powered Platforms for Building Maintenance; Final Rule, 29 C.F.R. 1910.66 concerning standards to allow the use of alternative stabilization systems on platforms due to different building facades. Also, it includes updates to existing requirements, coverage of interior installations, requirements for emergency planning, employee training, and personal fall protection for employees using power platforms as published in 54 Fed. Reg. 144, Friday, July 28, 1989, on pages 31456 through 31477.

(5) Occupational Exposure to Formaldehyde, 29 C.F.R. 1910.1048 to extend the administrative stay concerning formaldehyde warning signs and possible incorporation into the hazard communication standard ( 29 C.F.R. 1910.1200 ) as published in 54 Fed. Reg. 166, Tuesday, August 29, 1989, on page 35639.

(6) Control of Hazardous Energy Source (Lockout/Tagout); Final Rule, 29 C.F.R. 1910.147 to establish guidelines covering the use of lockout/tagout procedures on hazardous energy sources, such as electrical, steam, hydraulic, and pneumatic systems as published in 54 Fed. Reg. 169, Friday, September 1, 1989, on pages 36687 through 36696.

(7) Occupational Safety and Health Standards - Excavations; Final Rule, 29 C.F.R. 1926, Subpart P and includes 29 C.F.R. 1926.650, 29 C.F.R. 1926.651, 29 C.F.R. 1926.652, Appendix A Soil Classification, Appendix B Sloping and Benching, Appendix C Timber Shoring for Trenches, Appendix D Aluminum Hydraulic Shoring for Trenches, Appendix E Alternative to Timber Shoring, and Appendix F Selection of Protective Systems. The revised standard uses performance criteria where possible, rather than specification requirements; consolidates and simplifies many of the existing provisions; adds and clarifies definitions; reformats the standard to eliminate duplicate provisions and ambiguous language; provides a consistent method of soil classification; and gives employers added flexibility in providing protection for employees as published in 54 Fed. Reg. 209, Tuesday, October 31, 1989, on pages 45959 through 45991.

(8) Air Contaminants - Permissible Exposure Limits, 29 C.F.R. 1910.1000 to grant petitions for reconsideration of three (3) exposure limits and partial stays of effective dates for four (4) substances as published in 54 Fed. Reg. 170, Tuesday, September 5, 1989, on pages 36767 through 36768 and Table Z-1-A.

(9) Air Contaminants - Permissible Exposure Limits, 29 C.F.R. 1910.1000 to correct the entry in the Substance column, "Iron oxide dust and fume (as Fe) total particulate" is corrected to read "Iron oxide fume" as published in 54 Fed. Reg. 219, Wednesday, November 15, 1989, on page 47513.

(10) Occupational Exposure to Formaldehyde, 29 C.F.R. 1910.1048 to correct typographical errors, include information inadvertently omitted, and correct inconsistencies in the preamble and regulatory text as published in 54 Fed. Reg. 133, Thursday, July 13, 1989, on pages 29545 through 29546.

(11) Occupational Exposure to Formaldehyde, 29 C.F.R. 1910.1048 to correct in Table 1, in the first column, in the heading, in the second line, "of" should read "or" as published in 54 Fed. Reg. 146, Tuesday, August 1, 1989, on page 31765.

(12) Occupational Exposure to Formaldehyde, 29 C.F.R. 1910.1048 to administratively stay the formaldehyde standards cancer warning label requirements for a second nine (9) month period to June 13, 1990, as published in 54 Fed. Reg. 166, Tuesday, August 29, 1989, on page 35639.

(13) Occupational Exposure to Formaldehyde, 29 C.F.R. 1910.1048 to correct in the first column, in the SUMMARY, in the eleventh line, "December 18, 1988" to read "December 13, 1988" as published in 54 Fed. Reg. 174, Monday, September 11, 1989, on page 37531.

(14) Concrete and Masonry Construction Safety Standards, 29 C.F.R. 1926.704 to correct the word "should" in 29 C.F.R. 1926.704(b) to the word "shall" as published in 54 Fed. Reg. 192, Thursday, October 5, 1989, on page 41088.

(15) Occupational Exposure to Asbestos, Tremolite, Anthophyllite, and Actinolite, 29 C.F.R. 1910.1001, 29 C.F.R. 1910.1101, and 29 C.F.R. 1926.58 to extend the partial administrative stay for general industry and construction industry insofar as they apply to occupational exposure to nonasbestiform tremolite, anthophyllite, and actinolite to November 30, 1990, as published in 54 Fed. Reg. 139, Friday, July 21, 1989, on pages 30704 through 30705.

(16) Occupational Exposure to Asbestos, Tremolite, Anthophyllite, and Actinolite, 29 C.F.R. 1910.1001, 29 C.F.R. 1910.1101, and 29 C.F.R. 1926.58 to (1) remove the ban on the spraying of asbestos-containing materials; (2) change the regulatory text to clarify when construction employers must resume periodic monitoring; and (3) explain why OSHA is not amending the regulatory text at this time to clarify the limited exemption for "small-scale, short-duration operations" in the construction industry standard, to amend 29 C.F.R. 1910.1001 by removing paragraph (f)(1)(vii), to amend 29 C.F.R. 1926.58 by redesignating paragraph (f)(4), termination of monitoring, as paragraph (f)(4)(i), adding a new paragraph (f)(4)(ii), and removing paragraph (g)(2)(iii) as published in 54 Fed. Reg. 243, Wednesday, December 20, 1989, on pages 52027 through 52028.

(17) Control of Hazardous Energy (Lockout/Tagout), 29 C.F.R. 1910.147 to suspend the effective date until January 2, 1990, as published in 54 Fed. Reg. 213, Monday, November 6, 1989, on page 46610.

(18) Occupational Safety and Health Standards - Excavations, 29 C.F.R. 1926, Subpart P to delay the effective date until March 5, 1990, as published in 54 Fed. Reg. 247, Wednesday, December 27, 1989, on page 53055.