29OccupationalSafetyandHealthAdmin.,Labor§1926.21VirginIslands,AmericanSamoa,Guam,TrustTerritoryofthePacificIslands,WakeIsland,OuterConti-nentalShelflandsdefinedintheOuterContinentalShelfLandsAct,JohnstonIsland,andtheCanalZone.(d)(1)Ifaparticularstandardisspe-cificallyapplicabletoacondition,practice,means,method,operation,orprocess,itshallprevailoveranydif-ferentgeneralstandardwhichmightotherwisebeapplicabletothesamecondition,practice,means,method,op-eration,orprocess.(2)Ontheotherhand,anystandardshallapplyaccordingtoitstermstoanyemploymentandplaceofemploy-mentinanyindustry,eventhoughpar-ticularstandardsarealsoprescribedfortheindustrytotheextentthatnoneofsuchparticularstandardsap-plies.(e)Intheeventastandardprotectsonitsfaceaclassofpersonslargerthanemployees,thestandardshallbeapplicableunderthispartonlytoem-ployeesandtheiremploymentandplacesofemployment.(f)Compliancedutiesowedtoeachem-ployee—(1)Personalprotectiveequipment.Standardsinthispartrequiringtheemployertoprovidepersonalprotec-tiveequipment(PPE),includingres-piratorsandothertypesofPPE,be-causeofhazardstoemployeesimposeaseparatecompliancedutywithrespecttoeachemployeecoveredbythere-quirement.TheemployermustprovidePPEtoeachemployeerequiredtousethePPE,andeachfailuretoprovidePPEtoanemployeemaybeconsideredaseparateviolation.(2)Training.Standardsinthispartrequiringtrainingonhazardsandre-latedmatters,suchasstandardsre-quiringthatemployeesreceivetrain-ingorthattheemployertrainemploy-ees,providetrainingtoemployees,orinstituteorimplementatrainingpro-gram,imposeaseparatecompliancedutywithrespecttoeachemployeecoveredbytherequirement.Theem-ployermusttraineachaffectedem-ployeeinthemannerrequiredbythestandard,andeachfailuretotrainanemployeemaybeconsideredaseparateviolation.[44FR8577,Feb.9,1979;44FR20940,Apr.6,1979,asamendedat58FR35078,June30,1993;73FR75588,Dec.12,2008]§1926.21Safetytrainingandedu-cation.(a)Generalrequirements.TheSec-retaryshall,pursuanttosection107(f)oftheAct,establishandsupervisepro-gramsfortheeducationandtrainingofemployersandemployeesintherec-ognition,avoidanceandpreventionofunsafeconditionsinemploymentscov-eredbytheact.(b)Employerresponsibility.(1)Theem-ployershouldavailhimselfofthesafe-tyandhealthtrainingprogramstheSecretaryprovides.(2)Theemployershallinstructeachemployeeintherecognitionandavoid-anceofunsafeconditionsandtheregu-lationsapplicabletohisworkenviron-menttocontroloreliminateanyhaz-ardsorotherexposuretoillnessorin-jury.(3)Employeesrequiredtohandleorusepoisons,caustics,andotherharm-fulsubstancesshallbeinstructedre-gardingthesafehandlinganduse,andbemadeawareofthepotentialhaz-ards,personalhygiene,andpersonalprotectivemeasuresrequired.(4)Injobsiteareaswhereharmfulplantsoranimalsarepresent,employ-eeswhomaybeexposedshallbein-structedregardingthepotentialhaz-ards,andhowtoavoidinjury,andthefirstaidprocedurestobeusedintheeventofinjury.(5)Employeesrequiredtohandleoruseflammableliquids,gases,ortoxicmaterialsshallbeinstructedinthesafehandlinganduseofthesemate-rialsandmadeawareofthespecificre-quirementscontainedinsubpartsD,F,andotherapplicablesubpartsofthispart.(6)(i)Allemployeesrequiredtoenterintoconfinedorenclosedspacesshallbeinstructedastothenatureofthehazardsinvolved,thenecessarypre-cautionstobetaken,andintheuseofprotectiveandemergencyequipmentrequired.Theemployershallcomplywithanyspecificregulationstha...