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111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3094 
To strengthen the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 by revising 
regulations to increase worker safety on construction sites and, con-
sequently, to protect child trespassers from unforeseen dangers. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 26, 2009 
Ms. EDWARDS of Maryland introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To strengthen the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 
1970 by revising regulations to increase worker safety 
on construction sites and, consequently, to protect child 
trespassers from unforeseen dangers. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Alexander L. Booker 
Child Protection Construction Site Safety Act’’. 
SEC. 2. REVISION OF REGULATIONS REQUIRED. 
Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Labor shall revise regulations 
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promulgated under the Occupational Safety and Health 
Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 651 et seq.) and contained in sec-
tion 1926 of title 29, Code of Federal Regulations as fol-
lows: 
(1) Revise section 1926.200— 
(A) in subsection (a), to require that signs 
and symbols be on prominent display when a 
hazard exists, even during hours when work is 
not being performed; 
(B) in subsection (b)(1), to require danger 
signs to display clear warnings to children, as 
well as adults, of the danger present in a con-
struction site, including signs indicating the 
danger of equipment present on such site, and 
shall warn such individuals to not enter the site 
or touch or tamper with such equipment; and 
(C) in subsection (b)(2), to require danger 
signs to be large in size and contain graphic 
figures, such as a person falling with a no tres-
pass sign overlaying the figure, to indicate the 
present danger of falling or other bodily harm 
present on the construction site. 
(2) Revise section 1926.600(a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), to require that all 
equipment left unattended at night, adjacent to 
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a highway in normal use, construction areas 
where work is in progress, or schools or other 
areas where children are known to congregate 
(such as bike trails and parks), have adequate 
and sufficient barricades— 
(i) preventing access to the equipment 
by any person; 
(ii) equipped with appropriate lights, 
reflectors, and signage warning trespassers 
to keep out and indicating that construc-
tion equipment is enclosed; and 
(iii) surrounding areas of imminent 
danger such as areas near transformers or 
sink holes; and 
(B) in paragraph (3)(ii), to require that, 
when not in use, all equipment must set the 
parking brakes and have devices attached, 
which— 
(i) cannot be triggered by the inser-
tion of coins or other objects; and 
(ii) set off an audible alarm when 
tampered with or broken. 
(3) Revise section 1926.601(b)— 
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(A) in paragraph (1), to require that all 
motorized vehicles be equipped with safety lock 
systems which— 
(i) shall render the vehicle inoperable 
when the vehicle is not in use; 
(ii) cannot be triggered by the inser-
tion of coins or other objects; 
(iii) which trigger an audible alarm 
when broken or tampered with; and 
(iv) 
are 
inspected 
regularly 
for 
functionality; and 
(B) in paragraph (11), to require that op-
erating levers controlling hoisting or dumping 
devices on haulage bodies or start or stop de-
vices on motorized construction equipment, in-
cluding all-terrain vehicles, shall be equipped 
with safety latches or other devices which— 
(i) will prevent accidental starting or 
tripping of the operating levers controlling 
hoisting or dumping devices on haulage 
bodies or start or stop devices on motor-
ized construction equipment; 
(ii) ensure that, once the safety 
latches or other devices are engaged and 
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the motorized equipment is turned off, the 
motorized equipment cannot be started; 
(iii) cannot be triggered by the inser-
tion of coins or other objects; and 
(iv) will trigger an audible alarm when 
such safety latches or other devices are 
tampered with, removed, or destroyed. 
Æ 
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