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Exposures to cadmium are
addressed in specific standards for the general industry, shipyard employment,
construction industry, and the agricultural
industry. This page highlights OSHA standards, preambles to final
rules (background to final rules), Federal Registers (rules, proposed rules, and
notices), directives (instructions for compliance
officers), and standard interpretations (official letters of interpretation of
the standards) related to cadmium.
Section
5(a)(1) of the OSH Act, often referred to as the General Duty Clause,
requires employers to "furnish to each of his employees employment and a
place of employment which are free from recognized hazards that are causing or
are likely to cause death or serious physical harm to his employees". Section
5(a)(2) requires employers to "comply with occupational safety
and health standards promulgated under this Act".
Note:
Twenty-four states, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands have OSHA-approved
State Plans and have adopted their own standards and enforcement
policies. For the most part, these States adopt standards that are
identical to Federal OSHA. However, some States have adopted different
standards applicable to this topic or may have different enforcement
policies. |
Highlighted Standards
General Industry (29
CFR 1910)
- 1910 Subpart
B, Adoption and extension of established federal standards
- 1910.19, Special provisions for air contaminants
- 1910 Subpart
Z, Toxic and hazardous substances [related
topic page]
- 1910.1027, Cadmium. Applies to the worksites covered by
29
CFR 1910.16 (longshoring and
marine terminals) unless specified otherwise.
- Appendix A, Substance safety data sheet - cadmium
- Appendix B, Substance technical guidelines for cadmium
- Appendix C, Qualitative and quantitative fit testing procedures
[removed]
- Appendix D, Occupational health history interview with reference to cadmium
exposure
- Appendix E, Cadmium in workplace atmospheres
- Appendix F, Nonmandatory protocol for biological monitoring
Shipyard Employment (29 CFR
1915)
Construction Industry (29 CFR
1926)
- 1926 Subpart
Z, Toxic and hazardous substances
- 1926.1127,
Cadmium. The requirements applicable to construction work under these appendices are identical to those set forth in the appendices of this chapter 29 CFR 1910.1027.
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Appendix A, Substance safety data sheet - cadmium
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Appendix B, Substance technical guidelines for cadmium
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Appendix C, Qualitative and quantitative fit testing procedures
[removed]
- Appendix D, Occupational health history interview with reference to cadmium
exposure
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Appendix E, Cadmium in workplace atmospheres
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Appendix F, Nonmandatory protocol for biological monitoring
Agricultural Industry (29 CFR
1928)
Preambles to Final Rules
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Occupational Exposure to Cadmium.
(1992). Reviews the existing regulations for
occupational exposures in other countries worldwide. The range of existing PELs runs from the ban of all non-essential uses of cadmium in Sweden to
OSHA's existing time weighted average (TWA) PEL of 200ug/m(3) for cadmium
dust, which was originally set forth by American National Standards Institute
(ANSI).
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Search all available preambles to final
rules.
Federal Registers
- Standards
Improvement Project-Phase II; Final Rule. Final Rules 70:1111-1144, (2005, January 5).
Revises
or removes a number of health provisions in its standards for general
industry, shipyard employment, and construction that are outdated,
duplicative, unnecessary, or inconsistent. For example: OSHA removes the
requirement for a physician to sign a medical opinion regarding whether an
employee may continue to work in cadmium-exposed jobs from the cadmium
standards 29
CFR 1910.1027, 29
CFR 1915.1027, and 29
CFR 1926.1127.
- Occupational
Safety and Health Standards for Cadmium in Shipyard Employment and
Construction. Final Rules 59:146-215, (1994, January 3). Corrects an
error in the final rule,
which appeared in the Federal Register on July 1, 1993, and had the effect of
mistakenly inferring that the cadmium standard for shipyard employment from
the Code of Federal Regulations was being deleted though the preamble made it
clear it was retained. OSHA has redesignated the cadmium standard for construction employment. The
redesignation merged it in with the newly created subpart that contains
specific toxic substance standards for construction.
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Employee exposure to Cadmium. Final Rules 57:42389,
(1992, September 14). Discusses the events that lead to the development of the proposal,
cadmium's physical properties, manufacture and use, the health effects
associated with exposure to cadmium, and the degree and the significance of
the risk.
- Search
all available Federal
Registers on cadmium.
Directives
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Recordkeeping Policies and Procedures Manual. CPL 02-00-135,
(2004, December 30). Creates a recordkeeping manual for the rule that assembles recordkeeping compliance policies and procedures
from several existing OSHA Instructions. Recording Criteria for Cases
Involving Medical Removal. The employer is required to record the case on
the OSHA 300 Log if an employee is medically removed under the medical
surveillance requirements of an OSHA standard. Currently the medical
surveillance requirements of OSHA's Cadmium standards [General industry
standard (29
CFR 1910.1027(l)); Shipyard standard
(29
CFR 1915.1027); and Construction
standard (29
CFR 1926.1127)] have medical removal requirements.
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Search all available directives
on cadmium.
Standard Interpretations
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