[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 5]
[Revised as of July 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR1910.11]

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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. 1910.11  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 Sec. Sec. 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'

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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.