[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 5]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR1910.11]

[Page 107]
 
                             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. 1910.11  Scope and purpose.

    Authority: Secs. 4, 6, and 8 of the Occupational Safety and Health 
Act, 29 U.S.C. 653, 655, 657; Walsh-Healey Act, 41 U.S.C. 35 et seq.; 
Service Contract Act of 1965, 41 U.S.C. 351 et seq.; Sec.107, Contract 
Work Hours and Safety Standards Act (Construction Safety Act), 40 U.S.C. 
333; Sec. 41, Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C. 
941; National Foundation of Arts and Humanities Act, 20 U.S.C. 951 et 
seq.; Secretary of Labor's Order No. 12-71 (36 FR 8754), 8-76 (41 FR 
1911), 9-83 (48 FR 35736), 1-90 (55 FR 9033), or 6-96 (62 FR 111), as 
applicable.


    (a) The provisions of this subpart B adopt and extend the 
applicability of, established Federal standards in effect on April 28, 
1971, with respect to every employer, employee, and employment covered 
by the Act.
    (b) It bears emphasis that only standards (i.e., substantive rules) 
relating to safety or health are adopted by any incorporations by 
reference of standards prescribed elsewhere in this chapter or this 
title. Other materials contained in the referenced parties are not 
adopted. Illustrations of the types of materials which are not adopted 
are these. The incorporations by reference of parts 1915, 1916, 1917, 
1918 in Secs. 1910.13, 1910.14, 1910.15, and 1910.16 are not intended to 
include the discussion in those parts of the coverage of the 
Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act or the penalty 
provisions of the Act. Similarly, the incorporation by reference of part 
1926 in Sec. 1910.12 is not intended to include references to 
interpretative rules having relevance to the application of the 
Construction Safety Act, but having no relevance to the application to 
the Occupational Safety and Health Act.