---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 1918.96"
title: "29"
number: "1918.96"
heading: "Maintenance and repair work in the vicinity of longshoring operations."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/1918.96"
---

# §1918.96. Maintenance and repair work in the vicinity of longshoring operations.

- (a) **Noise interference—** (See also [§ 1918.1(b)(6)](/cfr/29/1918.1.md?p=b-6).) Longshoring operations shall not be carried on when noise interferes with communications of warnings or instructions.
- (b) **Falling objects.** Longshoring operations shall not be carried on in the hold or on deck beneath work being conducted overhead whenever such work exposes the employee to a hazard of falling objects.
- (c) **Hot work.** Longshoring operations shall not be carried on where the employee is exposed to damaging light rays, hot metal, or sparks from welding or cutting.
- (d) **Abrasive blasting and spray painting.** Longshoring operations shall not be carried on in the immediate vicinity of abrasive blasting or spray painting operations.
- (e) **Machine guarding.** (See also [§ 1918.2](/cfr/29/1918.2.md), definition of “Danger zone”.)
  - (1) Danger zones on machines and equipment used by employees shall be guarded.
  - (2) The power supply to machines shall be turned off, locked out, and tagged out during repair, adjustment, or servicing.

## 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), or 8-2020 (85 FR 58393), as applicable; and 29 CFR 1911. Sections 1918.90 and 1918.110 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 553. Section 1918.100 also issued under 49 U.S.C. 5101 et seq. and 5 U.S.C. 553.

### Source

Source: 62 FR 40202, July 25, 1997, unless otherwise noted.