[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3094 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3094

    To strengthen the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 by 
 revising regulations to increase worker safety on construction sites 
    and, consequently, to protect child trespassers from unforeseen 
                                dangers.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 26, 2009

   Ms. Edwards of Maryland introduced the following bill; which was 
            referred to the Committee on Education and Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
    To strengthen the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 by 
 revising regulations to increase worker safety on construction sites 
    and, consequently, to protect child trespassers from unforeseen 
                                dangers.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Alexander L. Booker Child Protection 
Construction Site Safety Act''.

SEC. 2. REVISION OF REGULATIONS REQUIRED.

    Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of Labor shall revise regulations promulgated under the 
Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 651 et seq.) and 
contained in section 1926 of title 29, Code of Federal Regulations as 
follows:
            (1) Revise section 1926.200--
                    (A) in subsection (a), to require that signs and 
                symbols be on prominent display when a hazard exists, 
                even during hours when work is not being performed;
                    (B) in subsection (b)(1), to require danger signs 
                to display clear warnings to children, as well as 
                adults, of the danger present in a construction site, 
                including signs indicating the danger of equipment 
                present on such site, and shall warn such individuals 
                to not enter the site or touch or tamper with such 
                equipment; and
                    (C) in subsection (b)(2), to require danger signs 
                to be large in size and contain graphic figures, such 
                as a person falling with a no trespass sign overlaying 
                the figure, to indicate the present danger of falling 
                or other bodily harm present on the construction site.
            (2) Revise section 1926.600(a)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), to require that all equipment 
                left unattended at night, adjacent to a highway in 
                normal use, construction areas where work is in 
                progress, or schools or other areas where children are 
                known to congregate (such as bike trails and parks), 
                have adequate and sufficient barricades--
                            (i) preventing access to the equipment by 
                        any person;
                            (ii) equipped with appropriate lights, 
                        reflectors, and signage warning trespassers to 
                        keep out and indicating that construction 
                        equipment is enclosed; and
                            (iii) surrounding areas of imminent danger 
                        such as areas near transformers or sink holes; 
                        and
                    (B) in paragraph (3)(ii), to require that, when not 
                in use, all equipment must set the parking brakes and 
                have devices attached, which--
                            (i) cannot be triggered by the insertion of 
                        coins or other objects; and
                            (ii) set off an audible alarm when tampered 
                        with or broken.
            (3) Revise section 1926.601(b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), to require that all motorized 
                vehicles be equipped with safety lock systems which--
                            (i) shall render the vehicle inoperable 
                        when the vehicle is not in use;
                            (ii) cannot be triggered by the insertion 
                        of coins or other objects;
                            (iii) which trigger an audible alarm when 
                        broken or tampered with; and
                            (iv) are inspected regularly for 
                        functionality; and
                    (B) in paragraph (11), to require that operating 
                levers controlling hoisting or dumping devices on 
                haulage bodies or start or stop devices on motorized 
                construction equipment, including all-terrain vehicles, 
                shall be equipped with safety latches or other devices 
                which--
                            (i) will prevent accidental starting or 
                        tripping of the operating levers controlling 
                        hoisting or dumping devices on haulage bodies 
                        or start or stop devices on motorized 
                        construction equipment;
                            (ii) ensure that, once the safety latches 
                        or other devices are engaged and the motorized 
                        equipment is turned off, the motorized 
                        equipment cannot be started;
                            (iii) cannot be triggered by the insertion 
                        of coins or other objects; and
                            (iv) will trigger an audible alarm when 
                        such safety latches or other devices are 
                        tampered with, removed, or destroyed.
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