---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 C.F.R. § 851.10"
title: "10"
number: "851.10"
heading: "General requirements."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/10/851.10"
---

# §851.10. General requirements.

- (a) **With respect to a covered workplace for which a contractor is responsible, the contractor must—**
  - (1) Provide a place of employment that is free from recognized hazards that are causing or have the potential to cause death or serious physical harm to workers; and
  - (2) **Ensure that work is performed in accordance with—**
    - (i) All applicable requirements of this part; and
    - (ii) **The worker safety and health program for that workplace.**
- (b) The written worker safety and health program must describe how the contractor complies with the:
  - (1) Requirements set forth in subpart C of this part that are applicable to the hazards associated with the contractor's scope of work; and
  - (2) Any compliance order issued by the Secretary pursuant to [§ 851.4](/cfr/10/851.4.md).

## Notes

### Amendments

[71 FR 6931, Feb. 9, 2006, as amended at 80 FR 5009, Jan. 30, 2015]

### 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.

### Amendments

[71 FR 6931, Feb. 9, 2006, as amended at 80 FR 5009, Jan. 30, 2015]