Guidance Search
The Department of Labor provides this guidance search tool as a single, searchable location where users may search for guidance issued by any of the Department’s agencies, including significant guidance documents under Executive Order 12866. Individual guidance documents are maintained on the various agency websites, and if you know what agency you are looking for, you may also find guidance by navigating directly to that agency’s website. The Code of Federal Regulations and the Federal Register, which are not maintained by the Department, also include some of the Department’s interpretations of law and similar material.
The Department and its agencies issue guidance to provide clarifying information and technical assistance to the public on existing statutory and regulatory rights and obligations, inform the regulated community about best practices, and provide other useful information. The contents of these documents do not have the force and effect of law and are not meant to bind the public in any way, except as authorized by law or incorporated into a contract, cooperative agreement, or grant.
Members of the public may petition the Department to modify or withdraw specific guidance documents. To petition for a significant guidance document to be created, modified, reconsidered, or rescinded, email the Department of Labor.
Petitions to Modify or Withdraw a DOL guidance document may also be submitted by mail at the address below. Petitions should identify the specific guidance document by name and include your reason(s) for requesting withdrawal or modification.
U.S. Department of Labor
Office of the Executive Secretariat
200 Constitution Ave NW
Washington, DC 20210
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Cadmium: Medical Evaluation of Renal Effects of Cadmium Exposures - Brief
Calcium Hypochlorite (CaCl2O2)
Carbon Monoxide Explosion Hazards in Electric Arc Furnace Steelmaking Operations
Carbon Monoxide Fact Sheet
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning QuickCard™
Catheters: Securing Medical Catheters Fact Sheet
Chainsaw Safety QuickCard™
Chemical Exposures from Industrial Valve and Piping Systems
Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) Escape Respirators
Circuit Breakers: Incorrectly Refurbished Circuit Breakers Hazard Alert
Classification of Ammonium Perchlorate
Cleaning Chemicals: Protect Yourself--Cleaning Chemicals and Your Health Poster
Cold Stress QuickCard Revised
Combustible Dust Explosions - Poster
Combustible Dust Explosions Fact Sheet
Combustible Dust: Firefighting Precautions at Facilities with Combustible Dust
Combustible Dust: Precautions for Firefighters to Prevent Dust Explosions
Communication Tower Guy Anchor Corrosion
Compatibility of Personal Fall Protection System Components
Complaint Form
Condor Aerial Device Outrigger Failure - Time Manufacturing Company's Service Bulletin
Confined Space Entry on a Farm: Fatal Facts
Confined Space Safety on Commercial Fishing Vessels Fact Sheet
Confined Spaces: Atmospheric Testing in Confined Spaces Fact Sheet
Confined Spaces: Permit-Required Confined Spaces QuickCard™
Confined Spaces: Protecting Construction Workers in Confined Spaces - Small Entity Compliance Guide
Construction - Pocket Guide
Construction Hazards (Top Four) QuickCard™
Construction PPE QuickCard™
Construction: Protecting Roofing Workers
Contracting Occupationally Related Psittacosis
Corporate Pilot Fact Sheet
Corrosion of Piping in Hydroprocessing Units
Crushing Hazards Associated with Dumpsters and Rear-loading Trash Trucks
Deaths Involving the Inadvertent Connection of Air-line Respirators to Inert Gas Supplies
Deck Barge Safety
Decontamination Fact Sheet
Decontamination QuickCard™
Demolition Fact Sheet
Demolition Safety QuickCard™
Dimethylmercury
Disposal of Contaminated Needles and Blood Tube Holders Used for Phlebotomy
Ebola: PPE Selection Matrix for Occupational Exposure to Ebola Virus
Electrical Safety QuickCard™
Electricity: Working Safely with Electricity Fact Sheet
Emergency Action Plans: How to Plan for Workplace Emergencies and Evacuations
Emergency Exit Routes Fact Sheet
Emergency Lowering Procedure for SKYJACK SJM Series Self-Propelled Mobile Work Platforms with Hydraulic Velocity Fuses
Emergency Management: Preparing and Protecting Security Personnel in Emergencies
Emergency Response: Best Practices for Hospital-Based First Receivers of Victims
Emergency Response: Best Practices for Protecting EMS Responders during Treatment and Transport of Victims of Hazardous Substance Releases
Emergency Response: Principal Emergency Response and Preparedness - Requirements and Guidelines
Employees' Exposure to the Hazard of Being Struck or Run Over By the Wheels of Travel Lifts
Employer Rights and Responsibilities Following an OSHA Inspection
Employers: New Businesses Fact Sheet
Engulfment in a Sugar Hopper: Fatal Facts
Ergonomics: Solutions for the Prevention of Musculoskeletal Injuries in Foundries
Ethylene Oxide (EtO): Understanding OSHA's Exposure Monitoring Requirements
Ethylene Oxide Fact Sheet
Evaluation of Fire and Rescue Services Fact Sheet
Exposure to Hazards Associated with Temporary Enclosures
Fall from Derrick: Fatal Facts
Fall Prevention Fact Sheet
Fall Prevention: 2019 National Safety Stand-Down to Prevent Falls in Construction Poster NEW
Fall Prevention: Training Guide - A Lesson Plan for Employers
Fall Protection Safety for Commercial Fishing Fact Sheet
Fall Protection: Reducing Falls during Residential Construction: Erecting Exterior and Interior Walls
Fall Protection: Reducing Falls during Residential Construction: Floor Joist Installation and Decking
Fall Protection: Reducing Falls During Residential Construction: Installing Roof Trusses Fact Sheet
Fall Protection: Reducing Falls During Residential Construction: Installing Standing Seam Metal Roofs Fact Sheet
Fall Protection: Reducing Falls During Residential Construction: Re-Roofing Fact Sheet
Fall Protection: Reducing Falls During Residential Construction: Roof Repair Fact Sheet
Fall Protection: Reducing Falls During Residential Construction: Roof Sheathing Fact Sheet
Fall Protection: Reducing Falls during Residential Construction: Working in Attics
Farmworker Electrocution: Fatal Facts
Federal Employees: Occupational Safety and Health for Federal Employees Fact Sheet
Federal Employer Rights & Responsibilities Following an OSHA Inspection
Fire Ants Fact Sheet
Fire Hazard From Carbon Adsorption Deodorizing Systems
Fire Hazard of Polyurethane and Other Organic Foam Insulation Aboard Ships and in Construction
Fire Safety Fact Sheet
Fireworks Safety Pocket Card
Fireworks Safety Poster - Display Operators
Fireworks Safety Poster - Retail Fireworks Sales
First Aid: Best Practices Guide - Fundamentals of a Workplace First-Aid Program
Flash Fire From Crude Oil Vapors: Fatal Facts
Flu: Influenza in Workers and Pigs - Guidance for Commercial Swine Farmers and Pork Producers Fact Sheet
Flu: Seasonal Influenza Vaccination Fact Sheet - Important Protection for Healthcare Workers Fact Sheet
Flu: Swine Production Workers Protection from Influenza QuickCard
Forklift Safety QuickCard™ Revised
Formaldehyde Fact Sheet
Formaldehyde: Hair Smoothing Products That Could Release Formaldehyde - Hazard Alert
Fungi Hazards and Flood Cleanup Fact Sheet
Generator Safety: Grounding Requirements for Portable Generators Fact Sheet
Generator Safety: Using Portable Generators Safely Fact Sheet
Glutaraldehyde: Best Practices for the Safe Use of Glutaraldehyde in Health Care
Grain Bins: Dangers of Engulfment and Suffocation in Grain Bins Hazard Alert
Grain Bins: Worker Entry into Grain Storage Bins Fact Sheet
Grain Handling
Grain Safety: Grain Safety Stand-Up Poster
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