Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 31 - Labor › 53b - Construction Safety › Section 31-53b-1 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
As used in sections 31-53b-1 through
				31-53b-5,
				inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies:
(1) "Certified payroll" means a certified
			 payroll required to be submitted to the contracting agency pursuant to section
			 31-53(f)
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes;
(2) "Completion document" means a card,
			 document, certificate or other written record issued by the federal
			 Occupational Safety and Health Administration, or by a federal Occupational
			 Safety and Health Administration authorized trainer, or by the Federal Mine
			 Safety and Health Administration in accordance with 30 CFR 48, or in the case
			 of telecommunications employees, in accordance with
			 29 CFR
			 1910.268, evidencing that a person subject to
			 these regulations has completed a construction safety and health course,
			 program or training, or a supplemental refresher training course;
(3) "Construction safety and health course,
			 program or training" means a course, program or training in construction safety
			 or health of at least ten hours duration approved by the federal Occupational
			 Safety and Health Administration, or a new miner training program approved by
			 the Federal Mine Safety and Health Administration in accordance with 30 CFR 48
			 or, in the case of telecommunications employees, at least ten hours of training
			 in accordance with
			 29 CFR
			 1910.268;
(4) A "Supplemental refresher training
			 course" means a course, program or training in construction safety or health,
			 which course includes, but is not limited to, an update of revised Occupational
			 Safety and Health Administration standards and a review of required
			 construction hazards training, of at least four hours in duration taught by a
			 federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration authorized trainer to
			 electricians or plumbers subject to the continuing education requirements of
			 section
			 20-334d
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes, who have completed a course of at least
			 ten hours in duration in construction safety and health approved by the federal
			 Occupational Safety and Health Administration five or more years prior to the
			 date such electrician or plumber begins work on such public works
			 project;
(5) "Employee" means
			 "employee" as defined in section
			 31-71a(2)
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes;
(6) "Labor Commissioner" means the
			 Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Labor;
(7) "Mechanic," "laborer," or "worker" means
			 any individual engaged in the duties of a mechanic, laborer or worker, pursuant
			 to the classifications of labor under Section
			 31-53
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes, but does not mean an employee of a public
			 service company, as defined in section
			 16-1 of
			 the Connecticut General Statutes, or drivers of commercial motor vehicles
			 driving such vehicles on public works projects and delivering or picking up
			 cargo from such projects, provided that such drivers perform no labor relating
			 to the projects other than the loading and the unloading of their
			 cargo;
(8) "Plumber" means any
			 person licensed in accordance with Chapter 393 of the Connecticut General
			 Statutes who is subject to the continuing education requirements of section
			 20-334d
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes and who performs "plumbing and piping work"
			 as defined in section
			 20-330(3)
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes;
(9) "Electrician" means any person licensed
			 in accordance with Chapter 393 of the Connecticut General Statutes who is
			 subject to the continuing education requirements of section
			 20-334d
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes and who performs "electrical work" as
			 defined in section
			 20-330(2)
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes; and
(10) "Public works project" means a public
			 works project to which subsection (g) of section
			 31-53
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes applies.