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May 22, 2024 2:29 PM

I'm looking for OSHA regulations with respect to construction workers. In particular, I am looking for numbers like maximum allowed number of hours work/day and days/week. Can you point me in the right direction?

I don't see that information here:
https://www.osha.gov/construction

posted by falsedmitri to Work & Money (8 answers total)

Best answer: Here's a link to the federal health and safety regulations promulgated re: the construction industry specifically.

OSHA doesn't appear to generally regulate hours worked, nor do I see anything here restricting said hours for the construction industry. There are only restrictions on how many hours in a day a worker can be exposed to certain substances, like lead. For construction companies subject to FLSA, the DOL lays out the overtime rules for extended shifts here, but there's no outright restriction on working long hours in FLSA.
posted by peppercorn at 2:56 PM on May 22 [2 favorites]

Best answer: Yeah, OSHA is not primarily concerned with things like working hours - they're more concerned with physical safety from hazards. Equipment safety, workplace conditions, hazardous materials, things of that nature are generally what OSHA deals with. When it comes to hours worked, there's not really one single regulatory standard. A lot depends on:

- What state you're in
- What city you're in (sometimes cities have more restrictive rules around construction start/end times, depending on neighborhood noise ordinances)
- Is the job site unionized? If so what union? If not what does the company set as its rules?
- What kind of construction is it? New residential home construction might have a different set of hour limits than road building crews, for instance

Contact your state's department of labor, and they might be able to get you started down what could end up being a very convoluted rabbit hole.
posted by pdb at 3:25 PM on May 22 [3 favorites]

Pretty sure that's a state department of labor issue, not OSHA. That's probably why it's been hard to find.
posted by summerstorm at 4:22 PM on May 22 [2 favorites]

I think max work hours would be in a union contract.
posted by JohnnyGunn at 4:23 PM on May 22 [1 favorite]

Response by poster: >>Not union
>> State DOL - good point. I'll look there.
posted by falsedmitri at 4:36 PM on May 22 [1 favorite]

It looks like you might be in Colorado based on your previous asks. I was able to find an info sheet on labor rights from the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment here.
posted by donut_princess at 5:33 PM on May 22 [2 favorites]

The info sheet I just linked to above is specifically for people working in construction.
posted by donut_princess at 5:34 PM on May 22

Can you point me in the right direction?
32-hour workweek Act (NBC) [pdf]
posted by HearHere at 4:47 AM on May 23 [1 favorite]