On October 28, 2025, the Institute of Hazardous Materials Management filed comments on OSHA Notice of Proposed Rulemaking [NPRM] concerning construction illumination. As with all IHMM filings, we begin by illustrating the expertise of its certificants who participated in comments, our CSHMs, CSMPs, CHMMs, and CHMPs. Docket No. OSHA–2025–0040-0002
The proposal seeks to rescind the construction‐illumination requirements currently codified in the construction standards under Title 29 C.F.R. Part 1926 (specifically §§ 1926.26 and 1926.56) for construction workplaces. In its summary, OSHA asserts that these illumination standards are “not reasonably necessary or appropriate” under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSH Act) for reducing a “significant risk” to worker safety in the construction environment.
In short, OSHA is proposing to eliminate a prescriptive lighting requirement for the construction industry, on the rationale that the standard’s benefit no longer justifies its regulatory burden or does not satisfy the statutory necessity threshold.
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