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  1. OSHA construction standards are codified in which part of the Code of Federal Regulations?

    Answer: 29 CFR 1926

    29 CFR 1926 contains OSHA's safety and health regulations for construction.

  2. Under OSHA Subpart P, at what excavation depth is a protective system generally required unless the excavation is entirely in stable rock?

    Answer: 5 feet

    OSHA requires protective systems for trenches 5 feet deep or more unless made entirely in stable rock.

  3. Per OSHA, a protective system for an excavation deeper than 20 feet must be designed by whom?

    Answer: A registered professional engineer

    29 CFR 1926.652 requires protective systems for excavations over 20 feet deep to be designed by a registered professional engineer.

  4. In construction, OSHA generally requires fall protection when employees work at heights of how many feet or more above a lower level?

    Answer: 6 feet

    29 CFR 1926.501 sets the general construction fall protection threshold at 6 feet.

  5. Under OSHA's excavation rules, a ladder or other means of egress is required in trench excavations 4 feet or deeper so that no worker must travel more than how far laterally to reach it?

    Answer: 25 feet

    29 CFR 1926.651(c)(2) limits lateral travel to an egress point to 25 feet in trenches 4 feet or deeper.

  6. On federal construction projects, the Davis-Bacon Act requires contractors to pay laborers what?

    Answer: Locally prevailing wages and fringe benefits as determined by the Department of Labor

    Davis-Bacon requires payment of DOL-determined prevailing wages on federally funded construction contracts exceeding $2,000.

  7. Which federal law requires most federally funded construction projects to use American-made iron, steel, manufactured products, and construction materials?

    Answer: Build America, Buy America Act

    The Build America, Buy America Act, enacted in the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, sets domestic content requirements for federally assisted infrastructure.