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Washing facilities at permanent construction workplaces

Summary An OSHA regional office asked how construction washing-facility requirements applied. OSHA said paragraphs 1926.51(f)(2) through (f)(4) applied only to permanent workplaces, because a limiting scope clause was inadvertently omitted when the rules were published. It said the standards office was working on a correction.
Document
Federal guidance
Agency
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
Document number
1994-02-10-0
Date issued
February 10, 1994
Status
Active
Status last verified October 9, 2026
Topics
Workplace Safety OSHA 1926 Sanitation Construction
Source
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February 10, 1994

MEMORANDUM FOR: EDWARD J. KASSAK, ARA, FSO, REGION VIII

FROM: ROY F. GURNHAM, DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF CONSTRUCTION AND MARITIME COMPLIANCE ASSISTANCE

SUBJECT: Application of 29 CFR 1926.51(f)

This is in response to your November 18 memorandum requesting guidance for the application of the washing facility requirements that were published on June 30 as part of the Incorporation of General Industry Safety and Health Standards Applicable to Construction Work.

In answer to your eight questions concerning the application of 1926.51(f), please be advised that paragraphs 1926.51(f)(2) through 1926.51(f)(4) only apply to permanent places of employment. The general scope statement (1910.141(a)(1)) limiting the application of these provisions was inadvertently omitted in the June 30 Federal Register publication. The Office of Construction and Civil Engineering Safety Standards is in the process of correcting this situation.

If you have any further questions please contact me or Mr. Dale Cavanaugh of my staff at (202) 219-8136.

[A November 18, 1993, internal request memorandum follows on OSHA's page; omitted here.]

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