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This rule becomes effective on August 3, 2015 and is intended to match the rules currently in place in the general industry standards. There are five new requirements and several areas where OSHA clarified existing requirements.
As noted above, provisions were included to clarify existing requirements as set forth in the general industry standards. These clarifications include:
Finally, several terms have been added to the “definitions” that are set out in the construction standards. For example, terms such as “entry employer” and “entry rescue” have been added to describe the employer who directs workers to enter a space and to clarify the differences in the types of rescue. |