[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: 29CFR1910.12]

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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. 1910.12  Construction work.

    (a) Standards. The standards prescribed in part 1926 of this chapter 
are adopted as occupational safety and health standards under section 6 
of the Act and shall apply, according to the provisions thereof, to 
every employment and place of employment of every employee engaged in 
construction work. Each employer shall protect the employment and places 
of employment of each of his employees engaged in construction work by 
complying with the appropriate standards prescribed in this paragraph.
    (b) Definition. For purposes of this section, Construction work 
means work for construction, alteration, and/or repair, including 
painting and decorating. See discussion of these terms in Sec. 1926.13 of 
this title.
    (c) Construction Safety Act distinguished. This section adopts as 
occupational safety and health standards under section 6 of the Act the 
standards which are prescribed in part 1926 of this chapter. Thus, the 
standards

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(substantive rules) published in subpart C and the following subparts of 
part 1926 of this chapter are applied. This section does not incorporate 
subparts A and B of part 1926 of this chapter. Subparts A and B have 
pertinence only to the application of section 107 of the Contract Work 
Hours and Safety Standards Act (the Construction Safety Act). For 
example, the interpretation of the term ``subcontractor'' in paragraph 
(c) of Sec. 1926.13 of this chapter is significant in discerning the 
coverage of the Construction Safety Act and duties thereunder. However, 
the term ``subcontractor'' has no significance in the application of the 
Act, which was enacted under the Commerce Clause and which establishes 
duties for ``employers'' which are not dependent for their application 
upon any contractual relationship with the Federal Government or upon 
any form of Federal financial assistance.
    (d) For the purposes of this part, to the extent that it may not 
already be included in paragraph (b) of this section, ``construction 
work'' includes the erection of new electric transmission and 
distribution lines and equipment, and the alteration, conversion, and 
improvement of the existing transmission and distribution lines and 
equipment.