---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 1926.701"
title: "29"
number: "1926.701"
heading: "General requirements."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/1926.701"
---

# §1926.701. General requirements.

- (a) **Construction loads.** No construction loads shall be placed on a concrete structure or portion of a concrete structure unless the employer determines, based on information received from a person who is qualified in structural design, that the structure or portion of the structure is capable of supporting the loads.
- (b) **Reinforcing steel.** All protruding reinforcing steel, onto and into which employees could fall, shall be guarded to eliminate the hazard of impalement.
- (c) **Post-tensioning operations.**
  - (1) No employee (except those essential to the post-tensioning operations) shall be permitted to be behind the jack during tensioning operations.
  - (2) Signs and barriers shall be erected to limit employee access to the post-tensioning area during tensioning operations.
- (d) **Riding concrete buckets.** No employee shall be permitted to ride concrete buckets.
- (e) **Working under loads.**
  - (1) No employee shall be permitted to work under concrete buckets while buckets are being elevated or lowered into position.
  - (2) To the extent practical, elevated concrete buckets shall be routed so that no employee, or the fewest number of employees, are exposed to the hazards associated with falling concrete buckets.
- (f) **Personal protective equipment.** No employee shall be permitted to apply a cement, sand, and water mixture through a pneumatic hose unless the employee is wearing protective head and face equipment.

## Notes

### Amendments

[53 FR 22643, June 16, 1988, as amended at 59 FR 40730, Aug. 9, 1994]

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 107, Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act (Construction Safety Act) (40 U.S.C. 333); Secs. 4, 6 and 8 Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 653, 655, and 657); Secretary of Labor's Order No. 12-71 (36 FR 8754), 8-76 (41 FR 25059), 9-83 (48 FR 35736), or 1-90 (55 FR 9033), as applicable; and 29 CFR part 1911.

### Source

Source: 53 FR 22643, June 16, 1988, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 40 U.S.C. 3704; 29 U.S.C. 653, 655, and 657; and 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 31159), 4-2010 (75 FR 55355), 1-2012 (77 FR 3912), or 8-2020 (85 FR 58393), as applicable; and 29 CFR part 1911, unless otherwise noted Sections 1926.58, 1926.59, 1926.60, and 1926.65 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 553 and 29 CFR part 1911. Section 1926.61 also issued under 49 U.S.C. 1801-1819 and 5 U.S.C. 553. Section 1926.62 also issued under sec. 1031, Public Law 102-550, 106 Stat. 3672 (42 U.S.C. 4853). Section 1926.65 also issued under sec. 126, Public Law 99-499, 100 Stat. 1614 (reprinted at 29 U.S.C.A. 655 Note) and 5 U.S.C. 553.

### Source

Source: 44 FR 8577, Feb. 9, 1979; 44 FR 20940, Apr. 6, 1979, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[53 FR 22643, June 16, 1988, as amended at 59 FR 40730, Aug. 9, 1994]