---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 C.F.R. § 851.1"
title: "10"
number: "851.1"
heading: "Scope and purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/10/851.1"
---

# §851.1. Scope and purpose.

- (a) The worker safety and health requirements in this part govern the conduct of contractor activities at DOE sites.
- (b) **This part establishes the—**
  - (1) Requirements for a worker safety and health program that reduces or prevents occupational injuries, illnesses, and accidental losses by providing DOE contractors and their workers with safe and healthful workplaces at DOE sites; and
  - (2) Procedures for investigating whether a violation of a requirement of this part has occurred, for determining the nature and extent of any such violation, and for imposing an appropriate remedy.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2201(i)(3), (p); 42 U.S.C. 2282c; 42 U.S.C. 5801 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.; 50 U.S.C. 2401 et seq.; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note.

### Source

Source: 71 FR 6931, Feb. 9, 2006, unless otherwise noted.