Competent Person

for Construction
What is a “competent
person?”
 Capable of identifying
• Existing and predictable hazards
• Unsanitary, hazardous, dangerous
conditions

 Authorized to take corrective

measures

1a
Why use a competent
person?
 Standards explicitly require

 Employer to
train employees

 Safetyand
health aspects
2a
Other OSHA standards

 Employer’s responsibility to
limit

 Jobassignments
to employees

2b
Other OSHA standards
 “Certified,” “competent,” or
“qualified”

 Special previous
training

2c
OSHA believes
 Training is an essential part

 Safetyand
health program

2d
“Competent person”
plays a role
 1926.20,General safety and
health provisions

 1926.53, Ionizing
radiation

3a
“Competent person”
plays a role
 1926.62, Lead

 1926.101,
Hearing Protection

3b
“Competent person”
plays a role
 1926.251,Rigging equipment for
material handling

 1926.354, Welding,
cutting, and
heating in way
of preservative
coatings
3c
“Competent person”
plays a role
 1926.404,Wiring design and
protection
 1926.451,
Scaffolds
 1926.454,
Scaffolds, Training
requirements
3d
“Competent person”
plays a role
 1926.500, Fall Protections,
Scope, application, and
definitions applicable
to this subpart

3e
“Competent person”
plays a role
 1926.502,
Fall protection
systems criteria and practices

 1926 Subpart M App C, Personal

Fall Arrest Systems - Non-
Mandatory Guidelines for
Complying with 1926.502(d)

3f
“Competent person”
plays a role
 1926 Subpart M App E, Sample
Fall Protection Plan - Non-
Mandatory Guidelines
for Complying with
1926.502(k)

3g
“Competent person”
plays a role
 1926.503,Fall Protection,
Training Requirements

 1926.550,
Cranes
and
derricks

3h
“Competent person”
plays a role
 1926.552,Material hoists,
personnel hoists, and elevators

 1926Subpart P
App A,
Excavations,
Soil
Classification
3i
“Competent person”
plays a role
 1926
Subpart P App B,
Excavations, Sloping and
Benching

3j
“Competent person”
plays a role
 1926.651,
Specific Excavation
Requirements
 1926.651,
Specific Excavation
Requirements

3k
“Competent person”
plays a role
 1926.705, Concrete and
Masonry Construction,
Requirements
for lift-slab
operations

3l
“Competent person”
plays a role
 1926.752, Steel Erection,
Bolting, riveting,
fitting-up, and
plumbing-up

3m
“Competent person”
plays a role
 1926.800,Underground
Construction

 1926.803,Underground
Construction, Caissons,
Cofferdams, and Compressed
Air, Compressed air

3n
“Competent person”
plays a role
 1926.850, Demolition,
Preparatory operations

 1926.859, Mechanical
demolition

3o
“Competent person”
plays a role
 1926.900,Blasting and the Use
of Explosives

 1926.1053, Ladders

3p
“Competent person”
plays a role
 1926.1060, Stairways and
Ladders, Training requirements

 1926.1101,
Asbestos

3q
“Competent person”
plays a role
 1926.1101 App F, Work
practices and engineering
controls for Class I
Asbestos
Operations –
non-mandatory

3r
“Competent person”
plays a role
 1926.1127, Cadmium

3s