10 CFR § 851.1 - Scope and purpose.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t10/s851.1"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "10 CFR § 851.1 - Scope and purpose."
title_number: 10
title_name: "Energy"
section_number: "851.1"
section_name: "Scope and purpose."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY"
part_number: "851"
part_name: "WORKER SAFETY AND HEALTH PROGRAM"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "42 U.S.C. 2201(i)(3), (p); 42 U.S.C. 2282c; 42 U.S.C. 5801 42 U.S.C. 7101 50 U.S.C. 2401 28 U.S.C. 2461 note."
regulatory_source: "71 FR 6931, Feb. 9, 2006, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "851"
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# 851.1 Scope and purpose.
(a) The worker safety and health requirements in this part govern the conduct of contractor activities at DOE sites.
(b) This part establishes the:
(1) Requirements for a worker safety and health program that reduces or prevents occupational injuries, illnesses, and accidental losses by providing DOE contractors and their workers with safe and healthful workplaces at DOE sites; and
(2) Procedures for investigating whether a violation of a requirement of this part has occurred, for determining the nature and extent of any such violation, and for imposing an appropriate remedy.