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For the purpose of this Section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
COMMISSIONER. Commissioner of the Inspectional Services Department, or a designee.
DEMOLITION. Demolition is the dismantling, razing, destroying of any building or structure or any part thereof.
DEPARTMENT. The Inspectional Services Department.
INSPECTOR OF BUILDINGS. The individual charged with the administration and enforcement of the commonwealth’s Building Code in accordance with M.G.L. Chapter 143, Sections 3 and 3A.
OSHA. The Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The Agency charged with ensuring safe and healthful working conditions for workers by enforcing workplace safety standards and by providing training, outreach, education and assistance to private employers.
OSHA 30-HOUR CERTIFICATION. A comprehensive safety program authorized by the Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) that trains workers and employers on recognition, avoidance, abatement and prevention of safety and health hazards in the workplace.
SITE SAFETY COORDINATOR. A site safety coordinator is a person with at least an OSHA 30-hour certification that is designated by the owner, agent, construction manager or general contractor at all construction projects larger than 50,000 square feet and all demolition projects for buildings four stories or larger to perform the duties defined in this Section.
SITE SAFETY PLAN AFFIDAVIT. A sworn statement on a form determined by the Department certifying that the permit holder, or his or her designee, has prepared and will implement a project- specific Site Safety Plan that defines planned protections from the potential hazards to people on the project site, the public and property from construction and demolition operations and meets the applicable requirements defined by the Department. As part of the AFFIDAVIT, the permit holder, or his or her designee, will attest that their project will comply with all applicable OSHA health and safety regulations.
PERMIT. A permit for the construction, alteration or demolition of a structure issued by the Inspectional Services Department.
PERMIT HOLDER. An individual or entity that has secured a permit from the Inspectional Services Department for construction work and is responsible for the work conducted pursuant to that permit.
(Ord. 2023 c. 6)
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