[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 115 (Thursday, June 13, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 29957-29958]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-15052]



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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

29 CFR Part 1915

[Docket No. S-045]
RIN 1218-AA74 (AB06)


Personal Protective Equipment for Shipyard Employment (PPE)

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Department of 
Labor.

Action: Final Rule; corrections.

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Summary: This document makes corrections to the final rule on Personal 
Protective Equipment for Shipyard Employment, which was published in 
the Federal Register on May 24, 1996 at 61 FR 26322.

EFFECTIVE DATE: Section 1915.152(b) will not become effective until an 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number is received and 
displayed for this ``collection of information'' in accordance with the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. ANNE C. CYR, Acting Director, 
Office of Information, Division of Consumer Affairs, Room N-3647, 
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 
20210; Telephone (202) 219-8151.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document contains corrections to the 
final rule for Personal Protective Equipment for Shipyard Employment, 
which was published on May 24, 1996 (61 FR 26322). As published, the 
final rule contained an error in the placement of Note 1 to 
Sec. 1915.152(b) in the regulatory text of the final rule.

    Authority: This document was prepared under the direction of 
Joseph A. Dear, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety 
and Health, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, D.C. 20210.

    Signed at Washington, DC this 10th day of June, 1996.
Joseph A. Dear,
Assistant Secretary of Labor.

    Accordingly, the publication on May 24, 1996 of Personal Protective 
Equipment for Shipyard Employment (61 FR 26322) is hereby corrected as 
set forth below.


Sec. 1915.152 [Corrected]

    1. On page 26352, in the third column, paragraph (b) is corrected 
to read:
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    (b) Hazard assessment and equipment. The employer shall assess its 
work activity to determine whether there are hazards present, or likely 
to be present, which necessitate the employee's use of PPE. If such 
hazards are present, or likely to be present, the employer shall:
    (1) Select the type of PPE that will protect the affected employee 
from the hazards identified in the occupational hazard assessment;
    (2) Communicate selection decisions to affected employees;
    (3) Select PPE that properly fits each affected employee; and
    (4) Verify that the required occupational hazard assessment has 
been performed through a document that contains the following 
information: occupation, the date(s) of the hazard assessment, and the 
name of the person performing the hazard assessment.

    Note 1 to paragraph (b): A hazard assessment conducted according 
to the trade or occupation of affected employees will be considered 
to comply with paragraph (b) of this section, if the assessment 
addresses any PPE-related hazards to which employees are exposed in 
the course of their work activities.
    Note 2 to paragraph (b): Non-mandatory Appendix A to this 
subpart contains examples of procedures that will comply

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with the requirement for an occupational hazard assessment.
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[FR Doc. 96-15052 Filed 6-12-96; 8:45 am]
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