[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 5]
[Revised as of July 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR1910.15]

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                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
CHAPTER XVII--OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT 
                                OF LABOR
 
PART 1910--OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS--Table of Contents
 
   Subpart B--Adoption and Extension of Established Federal Standards
 
Sec. 1910.15  Shipyard employment.

    (a) Adoption and extension of established safety and health 
standards for shipyard employment. The standards prescribed by part 1915 
(formerly parts 1501-1503) of this title and in effect on April 28, 1971 
(as revised), are adopted as occupational safety or health standards 
under section 6(a) of the Act and shall apply, according to the 
provisions thereof, to every employment and place of employment of every 
employee engaged in ship repair, shipbreaking, and shipbuilding, or a 
related employment. Each employer shall protect the employment and 
places of employment of each of his employees engaged in ship repair, 
shipbreaking, and shipbuilding, or a related employment, by complying 
with the appropriate standards prescribed by this paragraph.
    (b) Definitions. For purposes of this section:
    (1) Ship repair means any repair of a vessel, including, but not 
restricted to, alterations, conversions, installations, cleaning, 
painting, and maintenance work;
    (2) Shipbreaking means any breaking down of a vessel's structure for 
the purpose of scrapping the vessel, including the removal of gear, 
equipment, or any component of a vessel;
    (3) Shipbuilding means the construction of a vessel, including the 
installation of machinery and equipment;
    (4) Related employment means any employment performed as an incident 
to, or in conjunction with, ship repair, shipbreaking, and shipbuilding 
work, including, but not restricted to, inspection, testing, and 
employment as a watchman; and
    (5) Vessel includes every description of watercraft or other 
artificial contrivance used, or capable of being used, as a means of 
transportation on water, including special purpose floating structures 
not primarily designed for, or used as a means of, transportation on 
water.

[58 FR 35308, June 30, 1993]