Scope: This standard provides the scope and applicability of the marine terminal standards as well as general industry (1910) standards that apply to marine terminals.

Special Requirements: References other standards

Part 1910 of this chapter does not apply to marine terminals except for the following provisions:

• 1917.1(a)(2)(i) - Abrasive blasting. Subpart G, § 1910.94(a).

• 1917.1(a)(2)(ii) - Access to employee exposure and medical records. Subpart Z, § 1910.1020;

• 1917.1(a)(2)(iii) - Commercial diving operations. Subpart T of part 1910;

• 1917.1(a)(2)(iv) - Electrical. Subpart S of part 1910;

• 1917.1(a)(2)(v) - Grain handling facilities. Subpart R, § 1910.272;

• 1917.1(a)(2)(vi) - Hazard communication. Subpart Z, § 1910.1200;

• 1917.1(a)(2)(vii) - Ionizing radiation. Subpart Z, § 1910.1096;

• 1917.1(a)(2)(viii) - Noise. Subpart G, § 1910.95;

• 1917.1(a)(2)(ix) - Nonionizing radiation. Subpart G, § 1910.97;

• 1917.1(a)(2)(x) - Respiratory protection. Subpart I, § 1910.134;

• 1917.1(a)(2)(xi) - Safety requirements for scaffolding. Subpart D, § 1910.28;

• 1917.1(a)(2)(xii) - Servicing multi-piece and single piece rim wheels. Subpart N, § 1910.177;

• 1917.1(a)(2)(xiii) - Toxic and hazardous substances. Subpart Z applies to marine cargo handling activities except for the following:

  • 1917.1(a)(2)(xiii)(A) - When a substance or cargo is contained within a sealed, intact means of packaging or containment complying with Department of Transportation or International Maritime Organization requirements; ¹

  • 1917.1(a)(2)(xiii)(B) - Bloodborne pathogens, § 1910.1030;

  • 1917.1(a)(2)(xiii)(C) - Carbon monoxide, § 1910.1000 [See § 1917.24(a)]; and

  • 1917.1(a)(2)(xiii)(D) - Hydrogen sulfide, § 1910.1000 [See § 1917.73(a)(2)]; and

  • 1917.1(a)(2)(xiii)(E) - Hexavalent chromium § 1910.1026 (See § 1915.1026)

• 1917.1(a)(2)(xiv) - Powered industrial truck operator training, Subpart N, § 1910.178(1) - operator training.

1917.1(b) - Section 1915.1026 applies to any occupational exposures to hexavalent chromium in workplaces covered by this part.

Scope: This standard provide the compliance duties owed to employees. 

Special Requirements: Personal protective equipment, training, training program, compliance duty, affected employee

1917.5(a) - Personal protective equipment. Standards in this part requiring the employer to provide personal protective equipment (PPE), including respirators and other types of PPE, because of hazards to employees impose a separate compliance duty with respect to each employee covered by the requirement. The employer must provide PPE to each employee required to use the PPE, and each failure to provide PPE to an employee may be considered a separate violation.

1917.5(b) - Training. Standards in this part requiring training on hazards and related matters, such as standards requiring that employees receive training or that the employer train employees, provide training to employees, or institute or implement a training program, impose a separate compliance duty with respect to each employee covered by the requirement. The employer must train each affected employee in the manner required by the standard, and each failure to train an employee may be considered a separate violation.