OSHA Fact Sheets
OSHA Penalty Fact Sheet
OSHA Penalty Adjustments In November 2015, Congress enacted legislation requiring federal agencies to adjust their civil penalties to account for i...
View full detailsOSHA Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Fact Sheet
Personal protective equipment, or PPE, is designed to protect workers from serious workplace injuries or illnesses resulting from contact with chem...
View full detailsOSHA Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Reduces Exposure to Bloodborne Pathogens Fact Sheet
OSHA’s Bloodborne Pathogens standard (29 CFR 1910.1030) requires employers to protect workers who are occupationally exposed to blood and other pot...
View full detailsOSHA Planning and Responding to Workplace Emergencies Fact Sheet
Planning and Responding to Workplace Emergencies Nobody expects an emergency or disaster. Yet emergencies and disasters can strike anyone, anytim...
View full detailsOSHA Portable Generator Safety Fact Sheet
Using Portable Generators Safely Portable generators are internal combustion engines used to generate electricity.They are useful when temporary or...
View full detailsOSHA Portable Ladder Safety Fact Sheet
Portable Ladder SafetyQUICK CARDFalls from portable ladders (step, straight, combination and extension) are one of the leading causes of occupation...
View full detailsOSHA Powered Platforms Safety Fact Sheet
Who is protected by OSHA’s powered platforms standard?Thousands of window washers and building maintenance workers in the United States, who mostly...
View full detailsOSHA PPE for Emergency Response and Recovery Workers Fact Sheet
PPE for Emergency Response and Recovery Workers When an emergency event occurs or a disaster strikes, first responders and recovery workers are oft...
View full detailsOSHA Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals Fact Sheet
What does the OSHA standard, Process Safety Management (PSM) of Highly Hazardous Chemicals, cover? This standard contains requirements for the saf...
View full detailsOSHA Protecting Agricultural Workers from Tractor Hazards Fact Sheet
Most farmworker injuries and deaths are caused by tractor incidents such as overturns, runovers, power take-off (PTO) systems, and unintended conta...
View full detailsOSHA Protecting Workers During a Pandemic Fact Sheet
A pandemic is a global disease outbreak and can be caused by a variety of agents, including influenza and coronaviruses. During a pandemic, transmi...
View full detailsOSHA Protecting Workers During Lashing Operations Fact Sheet
OSHA Fact Sheet - Longshoring in Marine TerminalsThe lashing of containers and other cargo aboard vessels is dangerous work. Longshore workers lift...
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OSHA Protecting Workers from Exposure to Beryllium and Beryllium Compounds Fact Sheet
OSHA Protecting Workers from Exposure to Beryllium and Beryllium Compounds Fact Sheet
Final Rule Overview BackgroundBeryllium and beryllium compounds are important materials used in the aerospace, electronics, energy, telecommunicati...
View full detailsOSHA Protecting Yourself in the Sun Fact Sheet
Protecting Yourself in the Sun Sunlight contains ultraviolet (UV) radiation, which causes premature aging of the skin, wrinkles, cataracts, and ski...
View full detailsOSHA Protecting Yourself When Handling Contaminated Sharps Fact Sheet
Sharps are objects that can penetrate a worker’s skin, such as needles, scalpels, broken glass, capillary tubes and the exposed ends of dental wire...
View full detailsOSHA Recordkeeping Rule: Reporting Fatalities and Severe Injuries Fact Sheet
Updates to OSHA’s Recordkeeping Rule: Reporting Fatalities and Severe Injuries OSHA’s updated recordkeeping rule expands the list of severe injurie...
View full detailsOSHA Reducing the Risk of Worker Exposure to Disease-Carrying Ticks Fact Sheet
OSHA Fact SheetThe United States is home to many species of tick that can transmit diseases to humans. Disease-carrying ticks have spread to new re...
View full detailsOSHA Requirements When a Worker Experiences a Job-Related Injury or Illness Fact Sheet
OSHA Requirements When a Worker Experiences a Job-Related Injury or IllnessOver the past three decades, occupational injuries and illnesses in the ...
View full detailsOSHA Rescue of Animals Fact Sheet
Rescue of Animals (Dogs) by Disaster Relief PersonnelOnly trained personnel experienced in animal behavior should attempt to rescue animals. Before...
View full detailsOSHA Respirable Crystalline Silica in Construction Fact Sheet
OSHA’s Respirable Crystalline Silica Standard for ConstructionWorkers who are exposed to respirable crystalline silica dust are at increased risk o...
View full detailsOSHA Respiratory Infection Control: Respirators Versus Surgical Masks Fact Sheet
Respiratory Infection Control: Respirators Versus Surgical MasksIt is important that employers and workers understand the significant differences b...
View full detailsOSHA Roof Tarping Safety Fact Sheet
Roof Tarping (Blue Roof) SafetyReinforced plastic tarps, commonly called “Blue Roofs,” provide temporary protection for the roofs of homes and othe...
View full detailsOSHA Safe Patient Handling Fact Sheet
Preventing Musculoskeletal Disorders in Nursing Homes Nurses and other healthcare workers face many safety and health hazards in their work environ...
View full detailsOSHA Safe Winter Driving Fact Sheet
Winter driving can be hazardous and scary, especially in northern regions that get a lot of snow and ice. Additional preparations can help make a ...
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