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29 CFR 1926.702: Requirements for equipment and tools

Subpart Q—Concrete and Masonry Construction

61citations since 2015
60employers cited
92%serious, willful or repeat
$2,458median penalty per item

OSHA has cited 29 CFR 1926.702 61 times since 2015, against 60 employers. Penalties on these items add up to $208,725 at their current amounts.

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1926.702(j)(1) · 21 citations

(j) Lockout/Tagout Procedures. (1) No employee shall be permitted to perform maintenance or repair activity on equipment (such as compressors, mixers, screens or pumps used for concrete and masonry construction activities) where the inadvertent operation of the equipment could occur and cause injury, unless all potentially hazardous energy sources have been locked out and tagged.

1926.702(i)(1) · 20 citations

(i) Masonry saws. (1) Masonry saws shall be guarded with a semicircular enclosure over the blade.

1926.702(h) · 15 citations

(h) Bull floats. Bull float handles, used where they might contact energized electrical conductors, shall be constructed of nonconductive material or insulated with a nonconductive sheath whose electrical and mechanical characteristics provide the equivalent protection of a handle constructed of nonconductive material.

1926.702(c) · 2 citations

(c) Power concrete trowels. Powered and rotating type concrete troweling machines that are manually guided shall be equipped with a control switch that will automatically shut off the power whenever the hands of the operator are removed from the equipment handles.

1926.702(e)(1) · 1 citations

(e) Concrete pumping systems. (1) Concrete pumping systems using discharge pipes shall be provided with pipe supports designed for 100 percent overload.

1926.702(g) · 1 citations

(g) Tremies. Sections of tremies and similar concrete conveyances shall be secured with wire rope (or equivalent materials) in addition to the regular couplings or connections.

1926.702(j)(2) · 1 citations

(2) Tags shall read Do Not Start or similar language to indicate that the equipment is not to be operated.

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  • Construction 58
  • Manufacturing 2
  • Wholesale Trade 1

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