803 KAR 2:315. Hand and portable powered
tools and other hand-held equipment.
RELATES TO: KRS 338.051, 338.061, 29
C.F.R. 1910.241 -910.246
STATUTORY AUTHORITY: KRS 338.051(3),
338.061
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS
338.051(3) requires the Kentucky Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board
to adopt and promulgate occupational safety and health administrative
regulations necessary to accomplish the purposes of KRS Chapter 338. 29 C.F.R.
1910.241 to 1910.246 establishes the federal requirements relating to hand and
portable powered tools and other hand-held equipment. This administrative
regulation establishes the hand and portable powered tools and other hand-held
equipment standards to be enforced by the Department of Workplace Standards in
general industry.
Section 1. Definitions. (1)
"Act" means KRS Chapter 338.
(2) "Assistant Secretary of
Labor" means Secretary, Labor Cabinet or Commissioner, Department of
Workplace Standards, Labor Cabinet.
(3) "C.F.R." means Code of
Federal Regulations.
(4) "Employee" is defined by
KRS 338.015(2).
(5) "Employer" is defined in
KRS 338.015(1).
(6) "Standard" is defined in
KRS 338.015(3).
Section 2. Except as modified by the
definitions in Section 1 of this administrative regulation and the requirements
in Section 3 of this administrative regulation, general industry shall comply
with the following federal requirements published by the Office of the Federal
Register, National Archives and Records Services, General Services Administration:
29 C.F.R. 1910.241-1910.246, revised July 1, 2008. (16 Ky.R. 697; eff.
12-15-89; Am. 23 Ky.R. 1719; eff. 12-13-96; 33 Ky.R. 1719; 2300; eff. 3-9-2007;
35 Ky.R. 1298; 1757; eff. 3-6-09; TAm eff. 7-12-12.)