DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY
DIRECTOR’S OFFICE
CONSTRUCTION SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARD
(By authority conferred on the director of the department of labor and economic
opportunity by sections 14, 16, 19, 21, and 24 of the Michigan occupational safety and
health act, 1974 PA 154, MCL 408.1014, 408.1016, 408.1019, 408.1021, and 408.1024,
and Executive Reorganization Order Nos. 1996-1, 1996-2, 2003-1, 2008-4, 2011-4, and
2019-3, MCL 330.3101, 445.2001, 445.2011, 445.2025, 445.2030, and 125.1998)
CONSTRUCTION SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARD
PART 609. CADMIUM IN CONSTRUCTION
R 325.60901 Scope, adoption, and availability of standards.
Rule 901. (1) These rules apply to all occupational exposures to cadmium and cadmium
compounds, in all forms, in all construction work where an employee may potentially be
exposed to cadmium.
(2) Construction work is defined as work involving construction, alteration, or repair,
including, but not limited to, all of the following:
(a) Wrecking, demolition, or salvage of structures where cadmium or materials
containing cadmium are present.
(b) Use of cadmium containing-paints and cutting, brazing, burning, grinding, or
welding on surfaces that were painted with cadmium-containing paints.
(c) Construction, alteration, repair, maintenance, or renovation of structures, substrates,
or portions thereof, that contain cadmium, or materials containing cadmium.
(d) Cadmium welding, cutting and welding cadmium-plated steel, or brazing or
welding with cadmium alloys.
(e) Installation of products containing cadmium.
(f) Electrical grounding with cadmium welding, or electrical work using
cadmium-coated conduit.
(g) Maintaining or retrofitting cadmium-coated equipment.
(h) Cadmium contamination or emergency cleanup, or both.
(i) Transportation, disposal, storage, or containment of cadmium or materials
containing cadmium on the site or location at which construction activities are performed.
(3) The following federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
regulations are adopted by reference in these rules:
(a) 29 CFR 1926.1127 “Cadmium,” as amended May 14, 2019.
(b) 29 CFR 1926.1127, appendix A “Substance Safety Data Sheet – Cadmium,” as
amended June 20, 1996.
(c) 29 CFR 1926.1127, appendix B “Substance Technical Guidelines for Cadmium,” as
amended June 20, 1996.
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