Barricading Swing Radius of Backhoes.
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June 13, 1977
William G. Wadman
Assistant Executive Director
Associated General Contractors
of Maine, Inc.
P.O. Box N
Augusta, Maine 04330
Dear Mr. Wadman:
Subject: Barricading Swing Radius of Backhoes
We offer the following comments in response to your letter of May 19, 1977, requesting interpretation of 1926.550(a)(9) of the OSHA Construction Standards as it applies to backhoes.