New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 12 - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Chapter I - Industrial Board Of Appeals
Subchapter A - The Industrial Code
Part 23 - Protection In Construction, Demolition And Excavation Operations
Subpart 23-1 - General Provisions
Section 23-1.2 - Finding of fact
Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 12, March 26, 2025
The board finds that the trades and occupations of persons employed in construction, demolition and excavation operations involve such elements of danger to the lives, health and safety of such persons and of persons lawfully frequenting the areas of such activities as to require special regulations for their protection in that such persons are exposed to the following:
(a) The hazards of falling and of falling objects and materials.
(b) The hazards associated with the operation of vehicles and of construction, demolition and excavation machinery and equipment.
(c) The hazards of fire, explosion and electricity.
(d) The hazards of injury from the use of and contact with dangerous tools, machines and materials.
(e) The hazards incidental to the handling and movement of heavy materials.
(f) The hazards of exposure to the elements and air contaminants.
