10 CFR § 851.24 - Functional areas.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t10/s851.24"
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title: "10 CFR § 851.24 - Functional areas."
title_number: 10
title_name: "Energy"
section_number: "851.24"
section_name: "Functional areas."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY"
part_number: "851"
part_name: "WORKER SAFETY AND HEALTH PROGRAM"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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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."
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# 851.24 Functional areas.

(a) Contractors must have a structured approach to their worker safety and health program which at a minimum, include provisions for the following applicable functional areas in their worker safety and health program: construction safety; fire protection; firearms safety; explosives safety; pressure safety; electrical safety; industrial hygiene; occupational medicine; biological safety; and motor vehicle safety.

(b) In implementing the structured approach required by paragraph (a) of this section, contractors must comply with the applicable standards and provisions in appendix A of this part, entitled “Worker Safety and Health Functional Areas.”