<searchTitle>Updating OSHA Standards Based on National Consensus Standards; Personal Protective Equipment; Federal Register Vol. 74, Issue </searchTitle>
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<accessId>E9-21360</accessId>
<agency order="1">DEPARTMENT OF LABOR</agency>
<agency order="2">Occupational Safety and Health Administration</agency>
<effectiveDate>2009-10-09</effectiveDate>
<departmentDoc>Docket No. OSHA-2007-0044</departmentDoc>
<rin number="1218-AC08"/>
<billingCode>4510-26-P</billingCode>
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<action>Final rule.</action>
<summary>OSHA is issuing this final rule to revise the personal protective equipment (PPE) sections of its general industry, shipyard employment, longshoring, and marine terminals standards regarding requirements for eye- and face-protective devices, head protection, and foot protection. OSHA is updating the references in its regulations to recognize more recent editions of the applicable national consensus standards, and is deleting editions of the national consensus standards that PPE must meet if purchased before a specified date. In addition, OSHA is amending its provision that requires safety shoes to comply with a specific American National Standards Institute (ANSI) standard, and a provision that requires filter lenses and plates in eye- protective equipment to meet a test for transmission of radiant energy specified by another ANSI standard. In amending these paragraphs, OSHA will require this safety equipment to comply with the applicable PPE design provisions. These revisions are a continuation of OSHA's effort to update or remove references to specific consensus and industry standards located throughout its standards.</summary>
<dates>This final rule will become effective on October 9, 2009.</dates>
<contact>General information and press inquiries: Contact Jennifer Ashley, Director, OSHA Office of Communications, Room N-3647, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210; telephone: (202) 693-1999.</contact>
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<subject>Cutting and Brazing</subject>
<subject>Eye and Face Protection</subject>
<subject>Foot Protection</subject>
<subject>Head Protection</subject>
<subject>Incorporation by Reference</subject>
<subject>Ventilation</subject>
<subject>Welding</subject>
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