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Industrial sling rules and laundry nets

Summary An industrial laundry group asked whether OSHA’s industrial-sling rule covered large laundry nets. OSHA said it had no standard under that provision for the nets.
Document
Federal opinion letter
Agency
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
Document number
1975-12-09
Date issued
December 9, 1975
Status
Active
Status last verified October 10, 2026
Topics
Workplace Safety OSHA 1910 Slings
Source
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December 9, 1975

Mr. Mervyn Sluizer, Jr.
IIL Technical Director
Institute of Industrial Launderers
[Recipient address omitted]
Dear Mr. Sluizer:

This is in response to your letter dated December 1, 1975, which requested clarification of 29 CFR 1910.184.

A review of the Industrial Slings standard finds that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration does not have standards which cover large laundry nets.

If I may be of further assistance, please feel free to contact me. Thank you for your interest in occupational safety.

Sincerely,

John K. Barto, Chief
Division of Occupational
Safety Programming

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