OSHA Final Rule: Personal Protective Equipment in Construction

OSHA is finalizing a revision to its personal protective equipment standard for construction to explicitly require that the equipment must fit properly.

DATES: This final rule is effective January 13, 2025. Published in the Federal Register December 12, 2024, page 100321.

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Part 1926 Subpart E—Personal Protective and Life Saving Equipment

Authority:40 U.S.C. 3701et seq.;29 U.S.C. 653, 655, 657; Secretary of Labor's Order No. 12-71 (36 FR 8754), 8-76 (41 FR 25059), 9-83 (48 FR 35736), 1-90 (55 FR 9033), 6-96 (62 FR 111), 5-2002 (67 FR 65008), 5-2007 (72 FR 31160), 4-2010 (75 FR 55355), or 1-2012 (77 FR 3912), as applicable; and 29 CFR part 1911.

§1926.95 Criteria for personal protective equipment.

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(c)Design.All personal protective equipment shall be of safe design and construction for the work to be performed.