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Virginia Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 10, 2017) |
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Title 16. Labor and Employment |
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Agency 25. Safety and Health Codes Board |
| Chapter 10. Public Participation Guidelines (Repealed) |
| Chapter 11. Public Participation Guidelines |
| Chapter 20. Regulation Concerning Licensed Asbestos Contractor Notification, Asbestosproject Permits, and Permit Fees |
| Chapter 35. Regulation Concerning Certified Lead Contractors Notification, Lead Projectpermits and Permit Fees |
| Chapter 40. Standard for Boiler and Pressure Vessel Operator Certification |
| Chapter 50. Boiler and Pressure Vessel Regulations |
| Chapter 55. Financial Requirements for Boiler and Pressure Vessel Contract Fee Inspectors |
| Chapter 60. Administrative Regulation for the Virginia Occupational Safety and Healthprogram |
| Chapter 70. Virginia Confined Space Standard for the Telecommunications Industry |
| Chapter 73. Regulation Applicable to Tree Trimming Operations |
| Chapter 75. General Industry Standard for Telecommunications, General, Approach Distances |
| Chapter 80. Access to Employee Exposure and Medical Records (Repealed) |
| Chapter 85. Recording and Reporting Occupational Injuries and Illnesses |
| Chapter 90. Federal Identical General Industry Standards |
| Chapter 97. Reverse Signal Operation Safety Requirements for Motor Vehicles, Machineryand Equipment in General Industry and the Construction Industry |
| Chapter 100. Federal Identical Shipyard Employment Standards |
| Chapter 110. [Reserved] |
| Chapter 120. Federal Identical Marine Terminals Standards |
| Chapter 130. Federal Identical Longshoring Standards for Hazard Communications |
| Chapter 137. Federal Identical Gear Certification |
| Chapter 140. Virginia Confined Space Standard for the Construction Industry (Repealed) |
| Chapter 145. Safety Standards for Fall Protection in Steel Erection, Construction Industry |
| Chapter 150. Underground Construction, Construction Industry (Repealed) |
| Chapter 155. Virginia Construction Industry General Requirements for Clearances,Construction of Electric Transmission and Distribution Lines and Equipment (Repealed) |
| Chapter 160. Construction Industry Standard for Sanitation |
| Chapter 170. Virginia Excavation Standard, Construction Industry (29 CFR 1926.650 -1926.652) (Repealed) |
| Chapter 175. Federal Identical Construction Industry Standards |
| Chapter 180. Virginia Field Sanitation Standard, Agriculture |
| Chapter 190. Federal Identical Agriculture Industry Standards |
EDITOR'S NOTICE
AGENCY SUMMARY
The Safety and Health Codes Board, with the advice of the Commissioner of Labor and Industry, is authorized to adopt, alter, amend, or repeal rules and regulations to further protect and promote the safety and health of employees in places of employment over which it has jurisdiction and to effect compliance with the federal Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (P.L. 91-596) under the State Plan for agreement for the enforcement of occupational safety and health, between the Commonwealth and federal OSHA. The Board is mandated to adopt the occupational safety and health standard that most adequately assures, to the extent feasible, on the basis of the best available evidence, that no employee will suffer material impairment of health or functional capacity. However, such standards shall be at least as stringent as the standards promulgated by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970. Such rules and regulations of the Board are to be enforced by the Commissioner and the Department. The Board may determine appeals submitted by employers who contest Department orders denying variances from its standards. Code of Virginia, Title 40.1, Chapters 1 and 3.
The Board is also authorized to adopt, alter, amend, or repeal rules, regulations, and standards to ensure the proper demolition and renovation of asbestos containing structures or buildings and effect compliance with the National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) asbestos requirements of the U.S. Clean Air Act, administered by the Environmental Protection Agency. Code of Virginia, Title 40.1, Chapter 3.3.
The Board is authorized to adopt, alter, amend, or repeal definitions, rules, regulations, and standards that are designed for the protection of human life and property from the unsafe or dangerous construction, installation, inspection, operation, maintenance and repair of boilers and pressure vessels in the Commonwealth. Code of Virginia, Title 40.1, Chapter 3.1.
The Board is authorized to adopt definitions, rules, regulations, and standards necessary for the operation of the Voluntary Protection Program in a manner that will promote safe and healthy workplaces throughout the Commonwealth. Code of Virginia, Title 40.1, Chapter 3.
The Board is further authorized to promulgate regulations requiring contract fee inspectors, as a condition of their doing business in the Commonwealth, to demonstrate sufficient financial responsibility. Code of Virginia, Title 40.1, Chapter 3.1. The Board is authorized to establish standards to be used in determining the ability, proficiency, and qualifications of a person applying for certification as a boiler and pressure vessel operator. Code of Virginia, Title 15.2, Chapter 9.
The Board is authorized to adopt reasonable rules and regulations designed to protect the safety and health of the employees engaged in the construction, maintenance, repair and operation of tramways or any other hauling or lifting devices used as a public or employee conveyance, and to protect the safety and health of the public or the employees when using such conveyance in, about, or in connection with recreational areas. Code of Virginia, Article 5 of Title 40.1, Chapter 3.
Agency regulations may be accessed by means of:
(i) the Virginia Legislative Information System website at:
http://law.lis.virginia.gov/admincode/title16;
(ii) email at: http://www.doli.virginia.gov;
(iii) regular mail from:
Department of Labor and Industry
Main Street Centre
600 East Main Street, Suite 207
Richmond, VA 23219-2430;
(iv) or in person at:
Department of Labor and Industry,
Main Street Centre,
600 East Main Street, 17th Floor
Richmond, VA 23219-2430.
Rev. 10/2016
AGENCY SUMMARY
The Safety and Health Codes Board, with the advice of the Commissioner of Labor and Industry, is authorized to adopt, alter, amend, or repeal rules and regulations to further protect and promote the safety and health of employees in places of employment over which it has jurisdiction and to effect compliance with the federal Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (P.L. 91-596) under the State Plan for agreement for the enforcement of occupational safety and health, between the Commonwealth and federal OSHA. The Board is mandated to adopt the occupational safety and health standard that most adequately assures, to the extent feasible, on the basis of the best available evidence, that no employee will suffer material impairment of health or functional capacity. However, such standards shall be at least as stringent as the standards promulgated by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970. Such rules and regulations of the Board are to be enforced by the Commissioner and the Department. The Board may determine appeals submitted by employers who contest Department orders denying variances from its standards. Code of Virginia, Title 40.1, Chapters 1 and 3.
The Board is also authorized to adopt, alter, amend, or repeal rules, regulations, and standards to ensure the proper demolition and renovation of asbestos containing structures or buildings and effect compliance with the National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) asbestos requirements of the U.S. Clean Air Act, administered by the Environmental Protection Agency. Code of Virginia, Title 40.1, Chapter 3.3.
The Board is authorized to adopt, alter, amend, or repeal definitions, rules, regulations, and standards that are designed for the protection of human life and property from the unsafe or dangerous construction, installation, inspection, operation, maintenance and repair of boilers and pressure vessels in the Commonwealth. Code of Virginia, Title 40.1, Chapter 3.1.
The Board is authorized to adopt definitions, rules, regulations, and standards necessary for the operation of the Voluntary Protection Program in a manner that will promote safe and healthy workplaces throughout the Commonwealth. Code of Virginia, Title 40.1, Chapter 3.
The Board is further authorized to promulgate regulations requiring contract fee inspectors, as a condition of their doing business in the Commonwealth, to demonstrate sufficient financial responsibility. Code of Virginia, Title 40.1, Chapter 3.1. The Board is authorized to establish standards to be used in determining the ability, proficiency, and qualifications of a person applying for certification as a boiler and pressure vessel operator. Code of Virginia, Title 15.2, Chapter 9.
The Board is authorized to adopt reasonable rules and regulations designed to protect the safety and health of the employees engaged in the construction, maintenance, repair and operation of tramways or any other hauling or lifting devices used as a public or employee conveyance, and to protect the safety and health of the public or the employees when using such conveyance in, about, or in connection with recreational areas. Code of Virginia, Article 5 of Title 40.1, Chapter 3.
Agency regulations may be accessed by means of:
(i) the Virginia Legislative Information System website at:
http://law.lis.virginia.gov/admincode/title16;
(ii) email at: http://www.doli.virginia.gov;
(iii) regular mail from:
Department of Labor and Industry
Main Street Centre
600 East Main Street, Suite 207
Richmond, VA 23219-2430;
(iv) or in person at:
Department of Labor and Industry,
Main Street Centre,
600 East Main Street, 17th Floor
Richmond, VA 23219-2430.
Rev. 10/2016