---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 1917.154"
title: "29"
number: "1917.154"
heading: "Compressed air."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/1917.154"
---

# §1917.154. Compressed air.


Employees shall be protected by chip guarding and personal protective equipment complying with the provisions of [subpart E](/cfr/29/subpartE.md) of this part during cleaning with compressed air. Compressed air used for cleaning shall not exceed a pressure of 30 psi. Compressed air shall not be used to clean employees.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 941; 29 U.S.C. 653, 655, 657; Secretary of Labor's Order No. 12-71 (36 FR 8754), 8-76 (41 FR 25059), 9-83 (48 FR 35736), 1-90 (55 FR 9033), 6-96 (62 FR 111), 3-2000 (65 FR 50017), 5-2002 (67 FR 65008), 5-2007 (72 FR 31160), 4-2010 (75 FR 55355), 1-2012 (77 FR 3912), 8-2020 (85 FR 58393), or 7-2025 (90 FR 27878), as applicable; and 29 CFR part 1911. Sections 1917.28 and 1917.31 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 553. Section 1917.29 also issued under 49 U.S.C. 1801-1819 and 5 U.S.C. 553.

### Source

Source: 48 FR 30909, July 5, 1983, unless otherwise noted.