OSHA Covers nearly every type of exposure conceivable but does so a little differently depending on if your company is considered General Industry, Construction or other specialty areas (maritime, agriculture, etc.)
Some OSHA Standards involving Safety only (see OSHA Health Standards on this site) include, but are not limited to:
• 1910 Subpart D – Walking-Working Surfaces
• 1910.23 – Ladders.
• 1910.25 – Stairways.
• 1910.26 – Dockboards.
• 1910.27 – Scaffolds and rope descent systems.
• 1910.29 – Fall protection systems and falling object protection-criteria and practices.
• 1910.30 – Training requirements.
• 1910 Subpart E – Exit Routes and Emergency Planning
• 1910.38 – Emergency action plans.
• 1910.39 – Fire prevention plans.
• 1910 Subpart F – Powered Platforms, Manlifts, and Vehicle-Mounted Work Platforms
• 1910.67 – Vehicle-mounted elevating and rotating work platforms.
• 1910.68 – Manlifts.
• 1910 Subpart I – Personal Protective Equipment
• 1910.140 – Personal fall protection systems.
• 1910.142 – Temporary labor camps.
• 1910.143 – Nonwater carriage disposal systems. Reserved
• 1910.144 – Safety color code for marking physical hazards.
• 1910.145 – Specifications for accident prevention signs and tags.
• 1910.146 – Permit-required confined spaces.
• 1910.147 – The control of hazardous energy (lockout/tagout).
• 1910.147 App A – Typical minimal lockout procedures
• 1910 Subpart L – Fire Protection
• 1910 Subpart N – Materials Handling and Storage
• 1910.177 – Servicing multi-piece and single piece rim wheels.
• 1910.178 – Powered Industrial Trucks
• 1910.179 – Overhead and gantry cranes.
• 1910.180 – Crawler locomotive and truck cranes.
• 1910.181 – Derricks.
• 1910.183 – Helicopters.
• 1910.184 – Slings.
• 1910 Subpart O – Machinery and Machine Guarding
• 1910.217 – Mechanical power presses.
• 1910 Subpart P – Hand and Portable Powered Tools and Other Hand-Held Equipment
• 1910 Subpart Q – Welding, Cutting and Brazing
• 1910 Subpart R – Special Industries
• 1910.261 – Pulp, paper, and paperboard mills.
• 1910.262 – Textiles.
• 1910.263 – Bakery equipment.
• 1910.264 – Laundry machinery and operations.
• 1910.265 – Sawmills.
• 1910.266 – Logging operations.
• 1910.268 – Telecommunications.
• 1910.269 – Electric Power Generation, Transmission, and Distribution.
• 1910.269 App E – Protection From Flames and Electric Arcs.
• 1910.272 – Grain handling facilities.
• 1910 Subpart S – Electrical
• 1910 Subpart T – Commercial Diving Operations
• 1910.440 – Recordkeeping requirements.
This list is not exhaustive and does not consider “best practices” from private industries that have set their own professional safety standards which exceed OSHA (OSHA is a minimum standard). We have the primary standards from which OSHA and others are derived and can assist you in meeting and/or exceeding OSHA standards. Call for a free estimate. 954-782-0472