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OhioBWC - Employer:  (Safety & Hygiene) - OAC Safety Codes

Ohio Administrative Code (OAC) Safety Codes

These are the current and complete versions of the BWC safety codes. The Division of Safety & Hygiene reviews and updates these safety codes as required. To learn more about the review process, contact the DSH technical advisors. To learn about previous versions of these safety codes, contact the DSH library. For more information about violations of these safety codes (VSSR), view the brochure from the safety violations investigation unit. If you have questions or if you need assistance meeting the requirements of these safety codes, contact the customer service office nearest you.


Operation of elevators
Construction
All workshops and factories
Metal casting
Steel mills
Laundering and drycleaning
Rubber and plastic industries
Window cleaning
Fire fighting  
 


4123:1-1 Operation of elevators
4123:1-1-01 Scope and definitions
4123:1-1-02 Certificate of operation
4123:1-1-03 Maintenance
4123:1-1-04 Operating characteristics of the elevator
4123:1-1-05 Operation of the elevator
4123:1-3 Construction
4123:1-3-01 Scope and definitions
4123:1-3-02 Temporary storage and disposal
4123:1-3-03 Personal protective equipment
4123:1-3-04 Floors, stairways, railing, overhead protection and guarding of open-sided floors, platforms and runways
4123:1-3-05 Mechanical power transmission apparatus
4123:1-3-06 Motor vehicles, mechanized equipment and marine operations
4123:1-3-07 Cranes, hoists and derricks
4123:1-3-08 Ropes, chains and slings
4123:1-3-09 Roofing devices
4123:1-3-10 Scaffolding
4123:1-3-11 Ladders
4123:1-3-12 Portable explosive-actuated fastening tools
4123:1-3-13 Trenches and excavations
4123:1-3-14 Electrical conductors, wires and equipment
4123:1-3-15 Explosives and blasting
4123:1-3-16 Tunnels and shafts, caissons, cofferdams, and compressed air
4123:1-3-17 Cutting and welding
4123:1-3-18 Heating, ventilating and exhaust equipment
4123:1-3-19 Demolition
4123:1-3-20 Steel erection
4123:1-3-21 Diving operations
4123:1-3-22 Woodworking machines, power saws, and other tools and equipment
4123:1-3-23 Helicopters
4123:1-3-24 Roof car suspended platforms - construction Top
4123:1-5 All workshops and factories
4123:1-5-01 Scope and definitions
4123:1-5-02 Guarding floor and wall openings and holes
4123:1-5-03 Ladders and scaffolds
4123:1-5-04 Mechanical power transmission apparatus
4123:1-5-05 Auxiliary equipment
4123:1-5-06 Portable explosive-actuated fastening tools
4123:1-5-07 Hand tools, hand-held portable powered tools, other hand-held equipment and portable safety containers
4123:1-5-08 Power-driven saws and knives
4123:1-5-09 Woodworking machinery
4123:1-5-10 Mechanical power presses
4123:1-5-11 Forging machines, other power machines and machine tools, hydraulic and pneumatic presses, and power press brakes
4123:1-5-12 Abrasive grinding and cutting, polishing and wire buffing equipment
4123:1-5-13 Motor vehicles, mobile mechanized equipment, and marine operations
4123:1-5-14 Power-driven cranes and hoists
4123:1-5-15 Hoisting and haulage equipment
4123:1-5-16 Cutting and welding
4123:1-5-17 Personal protective equipment
4123:1-5-18 Control of air contaminants
4123:1-5-19 Manlifts of the endless belt type
4123:1-5-20 Roof car suspended platforms
4123:1-5-21 Storage batteries
4123:1-5-22 Confined spaces
4123:1-5-23 Electrical conductors and equipment
4123:1-5-24 Poles
4123:1-5-25 Vehicle-mounted elevating and rotating work platforms
4123:1-5-26 Trenches and excavations
4123:1-5-27 Lasers
4123:1-5-28 Helicopters
4123:1-5-29 Explosives and blasting
4123:1-5-99 Table of standard materials and dimensions
4123:1-5-991 Toxic concentration, flash point, boiling point, explosive limits and vapor density of common flammable and toxic liquids and gases
4123:1-5-992 Examples of local exhaust ventilation Top
4123:1-7 Metal casting
4123:1-7-01 Scope and definitions
4123:1-7-02 Floors and pits
4123:1:7-03 Galleries
4123:1-7-04 Passageways
4123:1-7-05 Ladles
4123:1-7-06 Trunnions
4123:1-7-07 Scrap breakers
4123:1-7-08 Cupolas
4123:1-7-09 Crucibles
4123:1-7-10 Sand mullers and mixers
4123:1-7-11 Molds and cores
4123:1-7-12 Sandblasting
4123:1-7-13 Tumbling mills
4123:1-7-14 Chipping and grinding Top
4123:1-9 Steel mills
4123:1-9-01 Scope and definitions
4123:1-9-02 Coke plants
4123:1-9-03 Blast furnaces
4123:1-9-04 Steel making
4123:1-9-05 Rolling operations Top
4123:1-11 Laundering and drycleaning
4123:1-11-01 Scope and definitions
4123:1-11-02 General requirements
4123:1-11-03 Laundering
4123:1-11-04 Drycleaning Top
4123:1-13 Rubber and plastic industries
4123:1-13-01 Scope and definitions
4123:1-13-02 Mills
4123:1-13-03 Calenders
4123:1-13-04 Other rubber and plastic processing machines Top
4123:1-17 Window cleaning
4123:1-17-01 Scope and definitions
4123:1-17-02 Ladders
4123:1-17-03 Swinging scaffolds
4123:1-17-04 Roof car suspended platforms - window cleaning
4123:1-17-05 Boatswain's chair
4123:1-17-06 Safety belts, safety harnesses, lifelines and lanyards
4123:1-17-07 Miscellaneous requirements Top
4123:1-21 Fire fighting
4123:1-21-01 Scope and definitions
4123:1-21-02 Personal protective clothing and equipment for structural fire fighting
4123:1-21-03 Personal protective clothing and equipment for wildland fire fighting
4123:1-21-04 Automotive fire apparatus
4123:1-21-05 Ground ladders
4123:1-21-06 Fire hose, couplings, and nozzles
4123:1-21-07 Fire department occupational safety and health