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 To petition for a significant guidance document to be created, modified, reconsidered, or rescinded, email the Department of Labor.
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U.S. Department of Labor
Office of the Executive Secretariat
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Guardrail System for Tunnel Form Stripping Platform
Hand Hygiene and Gloves in Hurricane-Affected Areas Fact Sheet
Hand Hygiene QuickCard™
Hazard Communication Guidance for Combustible Dusts
Hazard Communication Standard: Comparison of NFPA 704 and HazCom 2012 Labels QuickCard
Hazard Communication Standard: Dec. 1st, 2013 Training Requirements for the Rev. Standard Fact Sheet
Hazard Communication: Hazard Classification Guidance for Manufacturers, Importers, and Employers
Hazard Communication: Small Entity Compliance Guide for Employers That Use Hazardous Chemicals
Hazard Communication: Steps to an Effective Hazard Communication Program for Employers That Use Hazardous Chemicals Fact Sheet
Hazard of Laser Surgery Smoke
Hazard of Potential Sidewalk Grate System Failure
Hazards Associated with All-Terrain Vehicles (ATVs) in the Workplace
Hazards Associated with De-Watering of Pipelines
Hazards Associated with Hand-Feeding Bar Straightening Machines
Hazards Associated with Strand Restraint Devices in Manufacturing Prestressed Concrete Beams
Hazards Associated with Striking Underground Gas Lines
Hazards Associated with Transporting Granite and Marble Slabs
Hazards of Delayed Coker Unit (DCU) Operations
Hazards of Improper Elevator Controller Wiring
Hazards of Inadequately Securing Hydraulic Excavator Buckets When Using Quick Coupling Devices
Hazards of Manually Lifting Balloon Framed Walls
Hazards of Misusing Wire Form Anchorage Connectors for Fall Protection
Hazards of Unintended Movement of Dump Truck Body Beds
Hazards while Servicing Light Truck, Automobile, and Other Small Tires
Hearing Conservation
Hearing Conservation for the Hearing-Impaired Worker
Heat Illness Prevention Training Guide, A Lesson Plan for Employers
Heat Illness: Health Effects of Heat Worksite, Training Poster
Heat Illness: Protecting Workers from the Effects of Heat Fact Sheet
Heat Illness: Stopping for Water Keeps You Going, Community Poster
Hexavalent Chromium: Controlling Exposure to Hexavalent Chromium in Aerospace and Air Transport Painting
Hexavalent Chromium: Controlling Hazardous Fume and Gases during Welding Fact Sheet
Hexavalent Chromium: Controlling Hexavalent Chromium Exposures during Electroplating
Hexavalent Chromium: Health Effects of Hexavalent Chromium Fact Sheet
Hexavalent Chromium: Hexavalent Chromium Hazards in Bridge Painting
Hexavalent Chromium: Small Entity Compliance Guide for the Hexavalent Chromium Standards
Hispanic Outreach Fact Sheet
Hospital Safety : Integrating Patient and Workplace Safety Programs. Lessons --CMS Fact Sheet
Hospital Safety : Worker Safety in Your Hospital. Know the Facts--CMS FactSheet
Hospital Safety: How Safe is Your Hospital for Workers? A Self-Assessment--CMS
Hospital Safety: How Safe is Your Hospital for Workers? Learn More--CMS FactSheet
Hospital Safety: Safe Patient Handling Programs, Effectiveness--CMS Fact Sheet
Human Remains: Health and Safety Recommendations for Workers Who Handle Human Remains Fact Sheet
Human Remains: Workers Handling Human Remains Fact Sheet
Hydraulic Fracturing and Flowback Hazards Other than Respirable Silica Guide
Hydraulic Systems Modifications
Hydraulic Systems Preventive Maintenance
Hydraulic Tractor/Semi-Trailer Dumper Platform
Hydrogen Sulfide Fact Sheet
Hydrogen Sulfide QuickCard™
Improper Installation of Wood Dust Collectors in the Woodworking Industry
Improper Support of an Elevator Car During Installation
Incinerators: Summary Report on OSHA Inspections Conducted at Superfund Incinerator Sites
Innovative Workplace Safety Accommodations for Hearing-Impaired Workers
Inspection of Suspension-Type Highway Trailers Prior to Loading and Unloading with Powered Industrial Trucks
Isocyanates: Do You Have Work-Related Asthma? A Guide for You and Your Doctor Fact Sheet
Job Hazard Analysis Guide
Job Safety and Health -- It's The Law Poster
Keeping Workers Safe during Flood Cleanup: OSHA Alert NEW
Key Switch Controlled Elevating and Rotating Aerial Lifts
Laboratory Safety: Autoclaves/Sterilizers Quick Facts
Laboratory Safety: Ergonomics for the Prevention of Musculoskeletal Disorders Fact Sheet
Ladder Safety QuickCard™
Ladder Safety: Falling Off Ladders Can Kill: Use Them Safely
Ladder Safety: Reducing Falls in Construction: Safe Use of Extension Ladders Fact Sheet
Ladder Safety: Reducing Falls in Construction: Safe Use of Job-made Wooden Ladders Fact Sheet
Ladder Safety: Reducing Falls in Construction: Safe Use of Stepladders Fact Sheet
Lead Hazards Fact Sheet
Lead in Construction
Lead in Construction QuickCard™
Lead: If You Work Around Lead, Don't Take it Home! QuickCard
Legionnaires' Disease Risk for Workers in the Plastic Injection Molding Industry
Limitations of Radiofrequency Presence Sensing Devices
Lockout/Tagout: Control of Hazardous Energy Lockout-Tagout
Longshoring and Marine Terminals: Roll-On Roll-Off (RO-RO) Ship and Dock Safety
Longshoring and Marine Terminals: Safe Plugging and Unplugging Reefer Units QuickCard
Longshoring Industry
Longshoring: Freeing Inoperable Semi-Automatic Twist Locks (SATLs) in Longshoring
Longshoring: Preventing Semi-Tractor Driver Injuries during Container Lifting Operations Fact Sheet
Longshoring: Servicing Multi-Piece and Single-Piece Rim Wheels QuickCard
Marine Terminal Fall Protection for Personnel Platforms Fact Sheet
Marine Terminals: Safe Operation of Semi-tractors in Marine Terminals
Marine Terminals: Safely Performing Hot Work on Hollow or Enclosed Structures in Marine Terminals Fact Sheet
Servicing Multi-Piece and Single-Piece Rim Wheels in Marine Terminals Fact Sheet
Marine Terminals: Traffic Safety
Marine Terminals: Work Safety Zones for On-Dock Container Rail Operations in Marine Terminals Fact Sheet
Materials Handling and Storage
Meatpacking: Safety and Health Guide for the Meatpacking Industry
Medical & Dental Offices - A Guide to Compliance with OSHA Standards
Medical Examiners: Reporting a Work-related Death to OSHA
Medical Records: Access to Medical and Exposure Records
Mercury: Avoiding Exposure from Fluorescent Bulbs QuickCard
Mercury: Protecting Workers from Mercury Exposure While Crushing and Recycling Fluorescent Bulbs Fact Sheet
Methylene Chloride
Mold Fact Sheet
Mold: Mold QuickCard
Mold: Preventing Mold-Related Problems in the Indoor Workplace
Motor Vehicle Guidelines for Employers
Motor Vehicle Safe Driving Practices QuickCard™
Motor Vehicle Safety Fact Sheet
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