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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 4 - Occupational Safety and Health Division › Chapter 61 - Occupational Safety and Health › Article 9 - Painting Certification › 8 AAC 61.815 - Application for training program approval

Current through May 31, 2024
An application for approval of a painter certification
					 training program must be submitted to the department on an application form
					 supplied by the department, and must include
(1) the applicant's name, address, and
				  telephone number;
(2) a detailed
				  description of the contents of the training course which verifies inclusion of
				  the subjects and procedures described in
				  8 AAC 61.845;
(3) a copy of all written materials to be
				  used;
(4) a description and a copy
				  of all audio-visual materials to be used in the training course;
(5) a copy of the written examination to be
				  administered to trainees to test their skills and knowledge, and a copy of the
				  answers to the examination;
(6) a
				  description of the practical examination that will be administered to trainees
				  to determine the adequacy of their skills;
(7) a description of the scoring methodology
				  to be used in grading the written examination and in grading the practical
				  examination;
(8) a copy of the
				  informational materials that will be provided to trainees under
				  8 AAC 61.845(e);
(9) the name of the course instructor, and a
				  description of the instructor's qualifications which verifies that the
				  instructor meets the minimum instructor qualifications in
				  8 AAC 61.840.
Authority:
AS
						18.63.040
AS
						18.63.060
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 4 - Occupational Safety and Health Division › Chapter 61 - Occupational Safety and Health › Article 9 - Painting Certification › 8 AAC 61.820 - Action on applications

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The department will, within 30 days after
				  receipt, approve an application filed under
				  8 AAC 61.810 which meets the requirements of
				  8 AAC 61.815.
(b) If an application for training program
				  approval does not meet the requirements of
				  8 AAC 61.815, the department will assist the applicant
				  in meeting the requirements.
Authority:
AS
						18.63.040
AS
						18.63.060
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 4 - Occupational Safety and Health Division › Chapter 61 - Occupational Safety and Health › Article 9 - Painting Certification › 8 AAC 61.825 - Duration of training program approval

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The
				  department's approval of a training program is valid for one year after the
				  date of approval unless the department withdraws approval of the program under
				  8 AAC 61.875.
(b) The department will renew its approval of
				  a training program for a period of one year if the applicant submits
(1) a new application that meets the
				  requirements of
				  8 AAC 61.815;
(2) a description of the changes made to the
				  current approved program and the reasons for the changes; or
(3) an affidavit stating that no changes in
				  the program have occurred.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 4 - Occupational Safety and Health Division › Chapter 61 - Occupational Safety and Health › Article 9 - Painting Certification › 8 AAC 61.830 - Department notification and monitoring of training programs

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The operator of
				  a training program approved under
				  8 AAC 61.800 -
				  8 AAC 61.890 shall notify the department at least three
				  working days before a training course is scheduled to begin. The notification
				  must set out the date, time, and address where the training will be
				  conducted.
(b) A representative of
				  the department will, in the department's discretion, attend a training course
				  as an observer to verify that the training course is conducted in accordance
				  with the program approved under
				  8 AAC 61.810.
(c) The training instructor shall within 10
				  working days after completion of each training class, send a report to the
				  department which lists the trainees who passed the course. This report must
				  also include a brief evaluation of the course. This report may be used by the
				  training program operator to request changes to the program under
				  8 AAC 61.835.
Authority:
AS
						18.63.040
AS
						18.63.060
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 4 - Occupational Safety and Health Division › Chapter 61 - Occupational Safety and Health › Article 9 - Painting Certification › 8 AAC 61.835 - Changes to an approved training program

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A significant
				  change to an approved training program, such as a change in instructor or a
				  major revision to the curriculum, must be approved by the department.
(b) If a change in state or federal
				  occupational safety and health painting regulations occurs, the department will
				  notify the operator of an approved training program of the change. The training
				  program operator then must incorporate the change into the next scheduled
				  training course.
(c) A training
				  program shall include state-of-the-art information; a training program operator
				  shall update the training program accordingly.
Authority:
AS
						18.63.040
AS
						18.63.060
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 4 - Occupational Safety and Health Division › Chapter 61 - Occupational Safety and Health › Article 9 - Painting Certification › 8 AAC 61.840 - Minimum instructor qualifications

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An instructor
				  of a training course approved under
				  8 AAC 61.800 -
				  8 AAC 61.890 must be a person who
(1) has at least five years' experience in
				  applying paints, including at least one year of experience in applying
				  hazardous paints;
(2) has provided
				  instruction for at least five years in the abatement of health hazards,
				  including instruction in engineering controls and personal protective
				  equipment;
(3) is an industrial
				  hygienist with at least five years' experience or is certified by the American
				  Board of Industrial Hygiene; or
(4)
				  has at least five years of experience as a safety professional.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 4 - Occupational Safety and Health Division › Chapter 61 - Occupational Safety and Health › Article 9 - Painting Certification › 8 AAC 61.850 - Examinations

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An examination shall be given to each
				  trainee to test the trainee's knowledge and skill in the subjects and
				  procedures covered by a training course.
(b) The examination under this section shall
				  include a written examination that tests a trainee's knowledge of the material
				  covered in the training course, including
(1)
				  the requirements of
				  8 AAC 61.800 -
				  8 AAC 61.890, including the requirement that the
				  required certificate must be in the worker's possession when performing or
				  supervising hazardous painting work; the fines that may be assessed and
				  citations that may be issued for violations of the applicable statutes or
				  regulations; and renewal requirements;
(2) determining potential workplace hazards
				  of several paint products, using container labels, MSDSs, and the NIOSH
Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards;
a trainee should be able to
				  determine the following information from these reference materials:
(A) emergency telephone numbers to be called
				  in case of an overexposure;
(B) the
				  hazardous ingredients of the product;
(C) the exposure limits of the
				  product;
(D) the health hazards,
				  the symptoms of overexposure, and the parts of the body that can be
				  affected;
(E) the first aid and
				  medical response recommended if an emergency should occur;
(F) the fire and explosion hazards;
(G) the proper personal protective equipment
				  needed when working with the product.
(3) recognizing the signs and symptoms of
				  acute and chronic solvent neurotoxicity; the trainee should understand the
				  unreliability of using odor threshold in determining exposure levels, the
				  permanent neurobehavioral effects of solvent neurotoxicity, and the risk of
				  overexposure from skin contact;
(4)
				  the types of controls that may be used to control hazardous exposures; the
				  trainee should be able to provide examples of each type of control and the
				  priority in which they should be implemented;
(5) recognizing potential sources of ignition
				  for solvent vapors;
(6) setting up
				  ventilation systems, by using floor plans for various sizes and shapes of
				  rooms, to identify the steps to follow for adequate airflow; demonstrating a
				  push/pull system of ventilation; and demonstrating the proper work sequence;
				  and
(7) recognizing the airflow and
				  maintenance requirements for spray booths and rooms, and the proper placement
				  of work in the booth or room to reduce exposure.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 4 - Occupational Safety and Health Division › Chapter 61 - Occupational Safety and Health › Article 9 - Painting Certification › 8 AAC 61.855 - Issuance of hazardous painting certificate

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A hazardous
				  painting certificate will be issued by the department to a person who completes
				  a training course conducted under
				  8 AAC 61.800 -
				  8 AAC 61.890, passes the examination described in
				  8 AAC 61.845 and
				  8 AAC 61.850(a), and pays the
				  certificate fee required by
				  8 AAC 61.860. The department will issue a certificate
				  within 10 working days after receiving a completed application.
(b) A person must provide proof that the
				  person completed the training course not more than 90 days before sending the
				  application for a certificate to the department. Proof of completion must be on
				  the application form provided by the department to the operator of the training
				  program. The completed application form must indicate the applicant's name,
				  address, physical description, and the applicant's score on the examination
				  required under
				  8 AAC 61.850(a).
(c) A person may submit an application for a
				  certificate by mail, electronic mail, or in person at the Mechanical Inspection
				  office in Anchorage.
(d) A
				  certificate issued under this section will be on a form provided by the
				  department and will include the certificate's expiration date and the
				  certificate holder's name, physical description, and photograph. The
				  certificate is non-transferable.
(e) If a certificate holder loses the
				  certificate, the holder must contact the Anchorage office of the mechanical
				  inspection section of the department to obtain a duplicate
				  certificate.
For the purposes of
						8 AAC 61.855, the department can be contacted act
						department of Lakes and Workplace Development, Mechanical Inspection, 1251
						Muldoon Road, Suite 113, Anchorage, Ak 99504, phone: (907) 269-4925.
Authority:
AS
						18.63.020
AS
						18.63.060
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 4 - Occupational Safety and Health Division › Chapter 61 - Occupational Safety and Health › Article 9 - Painting Certification › 8 AAC 61.860 - Fee and duration of certificate

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An applicant
				  shall pay a fee of $100 to the department for a hazardous painting certificate
				  and $25 for a duplicate certificate.
(b) A certificate is valid for three years
				  after the date of issuance.
Authority:
AS
						18.63.020
AS 18.63.030
AS
						18.63.060
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 4 - Occupational Safety and Health Division › Chapter 61 - Occupational Safety and Health › Article 9 - Painting Certification › 8 AAC 61.865 - Renewal of certificate; refresher course

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A hazardous
				  painting certificate issued under
				  8 AAC 61.855 will be renewed by the department if the
				  certificate holder attends, and successfully completes, at least an 8-hour
				  refresher course conducted by a training program approved under
				  8 AAC 61.800 -
				  8 AAC 61.890. The refresher course must include
				  instruction in the following:
(1) changes in
				  state or federal regulations pertaining to painting practices and
				  procedures;
(2) changes in the
				  state of the art of painting practices, procedures, personal protection, and
				  engineering controls;
(3) new
				  hazardous paints and hazardous paint contents that have become available since
				  the certificate holder received his or her current certificate, and the
				  techniques for applying these new paints; and
(4) review of the training requirements set
				  out in 8 AAC 61.845 for wearing
				  air-supplied respirators, compressed air systems, confined space entry, and
				  medical implications from working with paints.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 4 - Occupational Safety and Health Division › Chapter 61 - Occupational Safety and Health › Article 9 - Painting Certification › 8 AAC 61.870 - Revocation of certificate

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The department
				  will, in its discretion, revoke a certificate issued under
				  8 AAC 61.855 if a certificate holder
(1) provides, to an employer or to the
				  department, false information relative to his or her hazardous painting
				  certification;
(2) has a mental or
				  physical impairment that the department determines might interfere with the
				  certificate holder's safe performance of painting; or
(3) knowingly or recklessly disregards safe
				  work practices while performing painting work.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 4 - Occupational Safety and Health Division › Chapter 61 - Occupational Safety and Health › Article 9 - Painting Certification › 8 AAC 61.875 - Withdrawal of training program approval

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The department
				  will, in its discretion, withdraw its approval under
				  8 AAC 61.800 -
				  8 AAC 61.890 of a training program if the operator of
				  the training program
(1) provides false
				  information to the department;
(2)
				  fails to provide training as specified in the approved training
				  program;
(3) fails to adequately
				  test a trainee as required by
				  8 AAC 61.850; or
(4) violates any other provision of
				  8 AAC 61.800 -
				  8 AAC 61.850.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 4 - Occupational Safety and Health Division › Chapter 61 - Occupational Safety and Health › Article 9 - Painting Certification › 8 AAC 61.880 - Appeals

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A revocation under
				  8 AAC 61.870, a withdrawal under
				  8 AAC 61.875, or a citation and penalty under
				  8 AAC 61.885 is final unless the person affected files
				  an appeal with the commissioner within 30 calendar days after receipt of the
				  notice of revocation, notice of withdrawal, or citation and penalty. The appeal
				  must be in writing and must include
(1) a
				  specification of objections to the department's findings, and a concise summary
				  of facts in support of each objection; and
(2) a description of the relief
				  sought.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 4 - Occupational Safety and Health Division › Chapter 61 - Occupational Safety and Health › Article 9 - Painting Certification › 8 AAC 61.885 - Citations and penalties

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) As provided in
				  AS
				  18.63.050(2) and
				  18.63.070, the department will
				  issue a citation, with a penalty, to a person who employs or contracts with a
				  professional painter to perform hazardous painting if the professional painter
				  does not have a certificate issued under
				  8 AAC 61.800 -
				  8 AAC 61.890. The department will also impose a civil
				  penalty on a person who provides a falsified hazardous painting certificate to
				  an employer or makes a false statement to an employer or the department
				  regarding the person's certification. The department will consider the severity
				  of the violation in determining the amount of a penalty under this
				  subsection.
(b) The department will
				  issue a citation with penalty, as provided in
				  AS
				  18.63.050(3) and
				  18.63.070, to a professional
				  painter who uses a falsified hazardous painting certificate to obtain
				  employment for which certification is required under AS 18.63 and
				  8 AAC 61.800 -
				  8 AAC 61.890.
(c) For purposes of (a) of this section, a
				  separate citation will be issued for each professional painter who is not
				  certified as required by AS 18.63 and
				  8 AAC 61.800 -
				  8 AAC 61.890. Each citation will, in the department's
				  discretion, include a separate penalty.
Authority:
AS
						18.63.010
AS 18.63.050
AS
						18.63.070
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 4 - Occupational Safety and Health Division › Chapter 61 - Occupational Safety and Health › Article 9 - Painting Certification › 8 AAC 61.890 - Definitions

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In
				  8 AAC 61.800 -
				  8 AAC 61.890,
(1)
				  "commissioner" means the commissioner of the Department of Labor and Workforce
				  Development or the commissioner's designee;
(2) "department" means the Department of
				  Labor and Workforce Development;
(3) "hazardous paints" means paints that
				  contain or are combined with a toxic or hazardous substance, as defined in
				  AS
				  18.60.105, and that are used in vaporized,
				  liquid, or particulate form to create a coating that will adhere to a surface
				  to protect or preserve the surface; "hazardous paints" do not include
				  water-based paints that do not contain emulsion epoxies or
				  isocyanates.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 4 - Occupational Safety and Health Division › Chapter 61 - Occupational Safety and Health › Article 10 - General Provisions (Relocated)

Current through May 31, 2024
As of Register 136, Jan. 1996, 8 AAC 61.930 - 8 AAC 61.960
					 were relocated by the regulations attorney to
					 8 AAC 61.1930 -
					 8 AAC 61.1960.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 4 - Occupational Safety and Health Division › Chapter 61 - Occupational Safety and Health › Article 11 - Occupational Safety and Health Standards › 8 AAC 61.1010 - Standards

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Under
				  AS
				  18.60.030,
				  29
				  C.F.R. 1904.0-
				  1904.38
				  and
				  1904.40
				  - 1904.46, as amended,
				  are occupational safety and health standards in this state, as revised in this
				  section and except as provided in
				  8
				  AAC 61.1015.
(b) Under
				  AS
				  18.60.030,
				  29 C.F.R. 1910.5(c) and
				  (d),
				  1910.6,
				  1910.7,
				  1910.12,
				  1910.19
				  -
				  1910.1018,
				  1910.1020,
				  and 1910.1024 -
				  1910.1450,
				  as amended, are occupational safety and health standards in this state, as
				  revised in this section and except as provided in
				  8 AAC 61.1020 -
				  8 AAC 61.1110.
(c) Under
				  AS
				  18.60.030,
				  29 C.F.R.
				  1926.10-
				  1926.29,
				  1926.31-1926.1153,
				  1926.1200 -
				  1926.1213,
				  and 1926.1400 -
				  1926.1442 as
				  amended, are occupational safety and health standards in this state, as revised
				  in this section and except as provided in
				  8
				  AAC 61.1145 -
				  8
				  AAC 61.1170.
(d) Under
				  AS
				  18.60.030,
				  29 C.F.R.
				  1928.21-
				  1928.1027, as amended,
				  are occupational safety and health standards in this state, as revised in this
				  section.
(e) Unless the context in
				  which a term is used clearly requires a different meaning, the following
				  revisions are necessary to make requirements of the federal regulations listed
				  in (a) - (d) of this section technically feasible in this state:
(1) all references to "Occupational Safety
				  and Health Review Commission" are revised to read "Alaska Occupational Safety
				  and Health Review Board";
(2) all
				  references to "Assistant Secretary," "Director," and "OSHA Area Director" are
				  revised to read "Director of Labor Standards and Safety";
(3) all references to "OSHA" are revised to
				  read "Alaska Occupational Safety and Health (AKOSH)."
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 4 - Occupational Safety and Health Division › Chapter 61 - Occupational Safety and Health › Article 11 - Occupational Safety and Health Standards › 8 AAC 61.1015 - Additional standards for recording and reporting occupational injury and illness: annual summary

Current through May 31, 2024
Notwithstanding the posting requirements of
					 29 C.F.R.
					 1904.32, as amended, which is listed in
					 8 AAC 61.1010(a) as an occupational
					 safety and health standard in this state, if an establishment is closed at the
					 end of a calendar year because the establishment operates on a seasonal
					 schedule, the annual summary required by
					 29 C.F.R.
					 1904.32 must be posted in a conspicuous
					 place
(1) beginning no later than 15
				  days after the establishment opens for the next season; and
(2) remain posted for
(A) 90 consecutive calendar days;
				  or
(B) if the establishment will be
				  open for less than 90 consecutive days in that season, the entire length of
				  time that the establishment is open in that season.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 4 - Occupational Safety and Health Division › Chapter 61 - Occupational Safety and Health › Article 11 - Occupational Safety and Health Standards › 8 AAC 61.1020 - Additional explosive and blasting standards

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In addition to
				  the requirements set out in
				  29 C.F.R.
				  1910.109(e), as amended, an
				  employer shall ensure the following:
(1) all
				  employees doing excavation, tunnel, quarry, earth removal, or construction
				  work, and who are emplacing explosives for detonation, installing primers,
				  fuses, wires, or other means of detonation, or detonating explosives, are
				  required to obtain a certificate of fitness for explosive handlers issued by
				  the department, the standards and application procedures for certificate of
				  fitness for explosive handlers are contained in
				  8 AAC 62.020 -
				  8 AAC 62.070;
(2) an employee handling explosive materials
				  shall be supervised by a holder of a certificate of fitness for explosive
				  handlers and shall be at least 18 years of age.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 4 - Occupational Safety and Health Division › Chapter 61 - Occupational Safety and Health › Article 11 - Occupational Safety and Health Standards › 8 AAC 61.1030 - Additional respiratory protection standards

Current through May 31, 2024
In addition to the requirements set out in
					 29 C.F.R.
					 1910.134(i) (5), as amended,
					 the employer shall either:
(1) station
				  a competent employee outside of the work area to monitor and attend the
				  compressor and other equipment that supplies breathing air; this employee must
				  be trained in supplied air systems and must receive instruction in the function
				  and maintenance of the particular supplied air system that is being used at the
				  work site; this employee must be able to demonstrate the ability to respond
				  appropriately to a malfunction of the system; or
(2) employ a compressed air system that
				  includes alarms for compressor failure and overheating; the system must be
				  equipped with a carbon monoxide alarm; all compressed air systems must be
				  equipped with in-line adsorbents and filters to deliver Grade D air; alarms
				  must alert respirator wearers of problems either remotely or by being loud
				  enough to be heard up to 300 feet away; the monitoring equipment, alarms, and
				  filters must be checked before use to ensure they are working
				  properly.
Authority:
AS
						18.60.020
AS
						18.60.030
AS
						18.60.075
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 4 - Occupational Safety and Health Division › Chapter 61 - Occupational Safety and Health › Article 11 - Occupational Safety and Health Standards › 8 AAC 61.1040 - Additional temporary labor camp standards

Current through May 31, 2024
(a)
										29 C.F.R.
				  1910.142(b)(2), as amended,
				  is revised to read: "Each room used for sleeping purposes shall contain at
				  least 60 square feet of floor space for each occupant. At least a 7-foot
				  ceiling shall be provided."
(b)
				  Notwithstanding (a) of this section, in temporary labor camps that are occupied
				  for a period of occupancy of no more than 60 consecutive days per year,
				  sleeping rooms shall contain at least 50 square feet of floor space for each
				  occupant. A period of occupancy begins with the first day of habitation in the
				  camp and ends 60 days later regardless of intermittent periods of closure or
				  vacancy. At least 60 days must elapse between periods of occupancy in
				  successive calendar years in order to utilize the 50-square-foot exception
				  available under this subsection.
Authority:
AS
						18.60.020
AS 18.60.030
AS
						18.60.075
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 4 - Occupational Safety and Health Division › Chapter 61 - Occupational Safety and Health › Article 11 - Occupational Safety and Health Standards › 8 AAC 61.1050 - Additional permit-required confined space standards

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) repealed
				  11/29/2017.
(b) Notwithstanding
				  29 C.F.R.
				  1910.146, the employer shall ensure that
				  double block and bleed systems are not used as a means of isolation when the
				  ambient air temperature at the point of isolation or the temperature of the
				  product in the line at the point of isolation is at or below 32 degrees
				  Fahrenheit (0 degrees Celsius).
(c)
				  The note provided in 29
				  C.F.R. 1910.146(d)(6) is
				  revised to read:
NOTE: Attendants may not be assigned to monitor more than
					 one permit space. Attendants may be stationed at any location outside the
					 permit space to be monitored as long as the duties described in
					 29 C.F.R.
					 1910.146(c)(5)(i) can be
					 effectively performed for each permit space that is monitored by the attendant.
					 The attendant must be in direct and constant communication with the
					 entrants.
(d) The following
				  definition supplements those definitions found in
				  29 C.F.R.
				  1910.146(b): "calibrated
				  direct-reading instrument" means a sampling instrument in which analysis takes
				  place within the instrument such that sampling information can be read directly
				  from a deal or display that has been checked for accuracy against a standard of
				  known specifications and adjusted, if necessary, according to specifications or
				  recommendations of the manufacturer to indicate values as close as possible to
				  the true value.
Authority:
AS
						18.60.020
AS
						18.60.030
AS
						18.60.075
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 4 - Occupational Safety and Health Division › Chapter 61 - Occupational Safety and Health › Article 11 - Occupational Safety and Health Standards › 8 AAC 61.1060 - Additional logging standards

Current through May 31, 2024
The State of Alaska Occupational Safety and Health
					 Additional Logging Standards dated July 31, 1995 are hereby adopted by
					 reference to supplement 29
					 C.F.R. 1910.266, as
					 amended.
Copies of all state-specific standards adopted by
						reference in
						8 AAC 61.1060 may be obtained by contacting the
						Department of Labor, division of labor standards and safety, at the (1)
						Occupational Safety and Health office located at 3301 Eagle Street, Suite 305,
						Anchorage, Alaska; phone: (907) 269-4940; (2) Occupational Safety and Health
						office located at 1111 W. Eighth Street, Suite 304, Juneau, Alaska; phone:
						(907) 465-4855; or (3) Occupational Safety and Health office, P.O. Box 107022,
						Anchorage, Alaska 99510-7022.
Copies of all standards adopted by reference in
						8 AAC 61.1060 will be issued to each state depository in
						this state and to the regional offices of the Department of Labor, division of
						labor standards and safety, located in Juneau, Anchorage, Fairbanks, Ketchikan,
						Sitka, and Kenai, and will be available for public inspection at these
						offices.
Authority:
AS
						18.60.020
AS 18.60.030
AS
						18.60.075
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 4 - Occupational Safety and Health Division › Chapter 61 - Occupational Safety and Health › Article 11 - Occupational Safety and Health Standards › 8 AAC 61.1070 - Additional telecommunication standards

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Notwithstanding
				  29 C.F.R.
				  1910.268(b)(7), as amended,
				  an employer may not allow an employee to approach or take any conductive
				  object, without an insulating handle that meets the requirements of
				  29 C.F.R.
				  1910.269, closer to exposed energized parts
				  of 5,000 volts or greater from phase-to-phase or phase-to-ground than shown in
				  Tables R-6 - R-10 contained in
				  29 C.F.R.
				  1910.269, as amended.
(b) Notwithstanding
				  29 C.F.R.
				  1910.268(b)(7), as amended,
				  an employer may not allow an employee to perform rubber glove work on energized
				  lines of 5,000 volts or greater from phase-to-phase or
				  phase-to-ground.
Authority:
AS
						18.60.020
AS 18.60.030
AS
						18.60.075
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 4 - Occupational Safety and Health Division › Chapter 61 - Occupational Safety and Health › Article 11 - Occupational Safety and Health Standards › 8 AAC 61.1080 - Additional electrical power generation, transmission, and distribution standards

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Notwithstanding
				  29 C.F.R.
				  1910.269(l)(2), as amended,
				  an employer may not allow an employee to approach or take any conductive
				  object, without an approved insulating handle that meets the requirements of
				  29 C.F.R.
				  1910.269(j)(1), closer to
				  exposed energized parts of 5,000 volts or greater from phase-to-phase or
				  phase-to-ground than shown in Tables R-6 - R-10 in
				  29 C.F.R.
				  1910.269, as amended.
(b) Notwithstanding
				  29 C.F.R.
				  1910.269(l)(2) and (l)(3),
				  as amended, an employer may not allow an employee to perform rubber glove work
				  on energized lines of 5,000 volts or greater from phase-to-phase or
				  phase-to-ground.
(c)
				  Notwithstanding 29 C.F.R.
				  1910.269(l)(2) and (q)(3),
				  as amended, live-line bare-hand work on overhead lines by employees is
				  prohibited.
Authority:
AS
						18.60.020
AS 18.60.030
AS
						18.60.075
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 4 - Occupational Safety and Health Division › Chapter 61 - Occupational Safety and Health › Article 11 - Occupational Safety and Health Standards › 8 AAC 61.1090 - Additional electrical safety-related work practices standards

Current through May 31, 2024
Notwithstanding
					 29 C.F.R.
					 1910.333(c)(3), as amended,
					 an employer may not allow an employee to perform rubber glove work on energized
					 lines of 5,000 volts or greater from phase-to-phase or
					 phase-to-ground.
Authority:
AS
						18.60.020
AS 18.60.030
AS
						18.60.075
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 4 - Occupational Safety and Health Division › Chapter 61 - Occupational Safety and Health › Article 11 - Occupational Safety and Health Standards › 8 AAC 61.1100 - Additional air contaminants standards

Current through May 31, 2024
Table Z-1-A of this section sets the standards to test
					 limits for air contaminants in place of Table Z-1 contained in
					 29 C.F.R.
					 1910.1000, as amended. Notwithstanding Table
					 Z-1-A, where 29 C.F.R.
					 1910.1053 applies, the permissible exposure
					 limit for crystalline silica is 50 micrograms per cubic meter.
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Authority:
AS
						18.60.020
AS
						18.60.030
AS
						18.60.075
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 4 - Occupational Safety and Health Division › Chapter 61 - Occupational Safety and Health › Article 11 - Occupational Safety and Health Standards › 8 AAC 61.1110 - Additional hazard communication standards

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In addition to
				  the requirements set out in
				  29 C.F.R
				  1910.1200, as amended, an employer shall have
				  a physical agent data sheet for each physical agent present in the employer's
				  workplace.
(b) Each physical agent
				  data sheet must be in English and must contain at least the following
				  information:
(1) the name of the physical
				  agent;
(2) a description of the
				  physical agent;
(3) the health
				  hazards of the physical agent, including signs and symptoms of exposure, and
				  any medical conditions that are generally recognized as being aggravated by
				  exposure to the physical agent;
(4)
				  the permissible exposure limit established by these regulations or American
				  Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists threshold limit
				  value;
(5) whether the physical
				  agent is a or a potential carcinogen;
(6) any generally applicable precautions or
				  safety procedures;
(7) any
				  generally applicable control measures, such as appropriate engineering
				  controls, work practices, or personal protective equipment;
(8) appropriate emergency or first aid
				  procedures related to exposure to the physical agent;
(9) the date of preparation of the physical
				  agent data sheet or the date of the last change to the sheet;
(10) the name, address, and telephone number
				  of the person responsible for the preparation and distribution of the physical
				  agent data sheet.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 4 - Occupational Safety and Health Division › Chapter 61 - Occupational Safety and Health › Article 11 - Occupational Safety and Health Standards › 8 AAC 61.1145 - Additional air contaminate standards for construction

Current through May 31, 2024
Notwithstanding
					 29 C.F.R.
					 1926.55, as amended, Table Z-1-A of
					 8 AAC 61.1100 sets out the standards to test limits for
					 air contaminants for construction in place of Appendix A contained in
					 29 C.F.R.
					 1926.55(a), as amended.
					 Notwithstanding Table Z-1-A, where
					 29 C.F.R.
					 1910.1053 applies, the permissible exposure
					 limit for crystalline silica is 50 micrograms per cubic
					 meter.
Authority:
AS
						18.60.020
AS
						18.60.030
AS
						18.60.075
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 4 - Occupational Safety and Health Division › Chapter 61 - Occupational Safety and Health › Article 11 - Occupational Safety and Health Standards › 8 AAC 61.1150 - Additional bolting, riveting, fitting-up, and plumbing-up standards

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In
				  addition to the requirements set out in
				  29 C.F.R.
				  1926.752, as amended, when connecting beams,
(1) the employer shall have one employee
				  giving signals and shall make sure other employees are kept a safe distance
				  from the beams being connected;
(2)
				  one end of the beam shall be bolted before an employee begins the process to
				  connect the other end;
(3) a beam
				  shall be connected with a minimum of two bolts at each end;
(4) a beam may not be cut free until the
				  minimum number of bolts have been installed; a connection of a beam by a wrench
				  or drift pin does not meet the requirements of this paragraph;
(5) when setting columns and before detaching
				  lifting falls, the employer shall ensure that either the anchor bolts are fully
				  tightened or temporary guys are affixed; and
(6) an employer shall ensure that, if
				  feasible, an employee straddle the beam rather than walk along the top of the
				  beam.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 4 - Occupational Safety and Health Division › Chapter 61 - Occupational Safety and Health › Article 11 - Occupational Safety and Health Standards › 8 AAC 61.1160 - Additional power transmission and distribution standards

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Notwithstanding
				  29 C.F.R.
				  1926.950(c)(1), as amended,
				  an employer may not allow an employee to perform rubber glove work on energized
				  lines of 5,000 volts or greater from phase-to-phase or
				  phase-to-ground.
(b)
				  Notwithstanding 29 C.F.R.
				  1926.950(c)(1), as amended,
				  an employer may not allow an employee to approach or take any conductive
				  object, without an insulating handle that meets the requirements of
				  29 C.F.R.
				  1910.269(j)(1), closer to
				  exposed energized parts of 5,000 volts or greater than shown in Tables R-6 -
				  R-10 contained in 29 C.F.R.
				  1910.269, as amended, or Table V-1 contained
				  in 29 C.F.R.
				  1926.950, as amended.
Authority:
AS
						18.60.020
AS 18.60.030
AS
						18.60.075
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 4 - Occupational Safety and Health Division › Chapter 61 - Occupational Safety and Health › Article 11 - Occupational Safety and Health Standards › 8 AAC 61.1170 - Additional overhead lines standards

Current through May 31, 2024
Notwithstanding
					 29 C.F.R.
					 1926.955(a)(5)(i) and (e),
					 as amended, the employer may not allow the use of live-line bare-hand work on
					 overhead lines.
Authority:
AS
						18.60.020
AS 18.60.030
AS
						18.60.075
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 4 - Occupational Safety and Health Division › Chapter 61 - Occupational Safety and Health › Article 11 - Occupational Safety and Health Standards › 8 AAC 61.1180 - Petroleum drilling and production standards

Current through May 31, 2024
The
State of Alaska Occupational Safety and Health
					 Petroleum Drilling and Production Standards
dated October 20, 1995 are
					 adopted by reference.
Copies of all state-specific standards adopted by
						reference in
						8 AAC 61.1180 may be obtained by contacting the
						Department of Labor and Workforce Development, division of labor standards and
						safety, at the (1) Occupational Safety and Health office located at 3301 Eagle
						Street, Suite 305, Anchorage, Alaska; phone: (907) 269-4940; (2) Occupational
						Safety and Health office located at 1111 W. Eighth Street, Suite 304, Juneau,
						Alaska; phone: (907) 465-4855; or (3) Occupational Safety and Health office,
						P.O. Box 107022, Anchorage, Alaska 99510-7022.
Copies of all standards adopted by reference in
						8 AAC 61.1180 will be issued to each state depository in
						this state and to the regional offices of the Department of Labor and Workforce
						Development, division of labor standards and safety, located in Juneau,
						Anchorage, Fairbanks, Ketchikan, Sitka, and Kenai, and will be available for
						public inspection at these offices.
As of Register 151 (October 1999), the regulations
						attorney made technical revisions under
						AS
						44.62.125(b)(6) to reflect
						the name change of the Department of Labor to the Department of Labor and
						Workforce Development made by ch. 58, SLA 1999 and the corresponding title
						change of the commissioner of labor.
Authority:
AS
						18.60.020
AS 18.60.030
AS
						18.60.075
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 4 - Occupational Safety and Health Division › Chapter 61 - Occupational Safety and Health › Article 11 - Occupational Safety and Health Standards › 8 AAC 61.1190 - Petroleum refining, transportation, and handling standards

Current through May 31, 2024
The
State of Alaska Occupational Safety and Health
					 Petroleum Refining, Transportation and Handling Standards
dated July
					 31, 1995 are adopted by reference.
Copies of all state-specific standards adopted by
						reference in
						8 AAC 61.1190 may be obtained by contacting the
						Department of Labor and Workforce Development, division of labor standards and
						safety, at the (1) Occupational Safety and Health office located at 3301 Eagle
						Street, Suite 305, Anchorage, Alaska; phone: (907) 269-4940; (2) Occupational
						Safety and Health office located at 1111 W. Eighth Street, Suite 304, Juneau,
						Alaska; phone: (907) 465-4855; or (3) Occupational Safety and Health office,
						P.O. Box 107022, Anchorage, Alaska 99510-7022.
Copies of all standards adopted by reference in
						8 AAC 61.1190 will be issued to each state depository in
						this state and to the regional offices of the Department of Labor and Workforce
						Development, division of labor standards and safety, located in Juneau,
						Anchorage, Fairbanks, Ketchikan, Sitka, and Kenai, and will be available for
						public inspection at these offices.
As of Register 151 (October 1999), the regulations
						attorney made technical revisions under
						AS
						44.62.125(b)(6) to reflect
						the name change of the Department of Labor to the Department of Labor and
						Workforce Development made by ch. 58, SLA 1999 and the corresponding title
						change of the commissioner of labor.
Authority:
AS
						18.60.020
AS 18.60.030
AS
						18.60.075
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 4 - Occupational Safety and Health Division › Chapter 61 - Occupational Safety and Health › Article 12 - General Provisions › 8 AAC 61.1930 - Place of employment

Current through May 31, 2024
"Place of employment" is any place such as, but not limited
					 to, a factory, plant, business, construction site, or other area, workplace or
					 environment where work is performed by an employee of an
					 employer.
Authority:
AS
						18.60.020
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 4 - Occupational Safety and Health Division › Chapter 61 - Occupational Safety and Health › Article 12 - General Provisions › 8 AAC 61.1940 - Establishment

Current through May 31, 2024
For the purposes of this chapter, an "establishment" is a
					 single location where business is conducted or where services or industrial
					 operations are performed. However
(1)
				  where distinctly separate activities are performed at a single physical
				  location, each activity will be treated as a separate establishment;
				  and
(2) where public employees are
				  employed, each specific governmental function performed at a single location,
				  or that location which is the lowest level where attendance or payroll records
				  are kept for a group of employees who perform the same governmental function or
				  who are in the same specific organizational unit, even though the activities
				  are carried on at more than a single physical location, will be treated as a
				  separate establishment.
Authority:
AS
						18.60.020
AS
						18.60.030
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 4 - Occupational Safety and Health Division › Chapter 61 - Occupational Safety and Health › Article 12 - General Provisions › 8 AAC 61.1950 - Posting of notice of AS 18.60.010 - 18.60.105

Current through May 31, 2024
Each employer shall post and keep posted a notice or
					 notices, to be furnished by the department, informing employees of the
					 protections and obligations provided for in
					 AS
					 18.60.010-18.60.105. The notice or notices
					 must be posted by the employer in each establishment in a conspicuous place or
					 places where notices to employees are customarily posted. Each employer shall
					 take steps to insure that the notices are not altered, defaced, or covered by
					 other material.
Authority:
AS
						18.60.020
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 4 - Occupational Safety and Health Division › Chapter 61 - Occupational Safety and Health › Article 12 - General Provisions › 8 AAC 61.1960 - Definitions

Current through May 31, 2024
Unless the context indicates otherwise, in this
					 chapter
(1) "board" means the
				  Occupational Safety and Health Review Board;
(2) "commissioner" means the Commissioner of
				  Labor and Workforce Development;
(3) "department" means the Alaska Department
				  of Labor and Workforce Development;
(4) "director" means the director of the
				  division of labor standards and safety, Department of Labor and Workforce
				  Development;
(5) "division" means
				  the division of labor standards and safety, Department of Labor and Workforce
				  Development.
As of Register 151 (October 1999), the regulations
						attorney made technical revisions under
						AS
						44.62.125(b)(6) to reflect
						the name change of the Department of Labor to the Department of Labor and
						Workforce Development made by ch. 58, SLA 1999 and the corresponding title
						change of the commissioner of labor.
Authority:
AS
						18.60.020
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 4 - Occupational Safety and Health Division › Chapter 62 - Explosives Handlers › 8 AAC 62.020 - Applications for certificates

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) All persons
				handling explosives who are required by
				AS
				08.52.020 to hold a certificate of fitness
				shall apply for a certificate in writing on a form prescribed by the
				department. The application must include the following information:
(1) applicant's name and address;
(2) applicant's age;
(3) applicant's citizenship;
(4) applicant's employment history;
(5) applicant's physical
				disabilities;
(6) whether applicant
				has ever been licensed as an explosive handler;
(7) whether applicant has ever been refused a
				license and the reason for the refusal;
(8) whether applicant's explosive handler's
				license was ever revoked;
(9)
				whether the applicant is under indictment for or has been convicted of a crime
				as described in
				18
				U.S.C. 842(i)(1) or
				8
				AAC 62.030(6);
(10) documentation
				of completion of a training course that meets the requirements of
				8 AAC 62.059;
(11) information related to any of the
				factors listed in
				18
				U.S.C. 842(i)(1) -
				(7).