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 To petition for a significant guidance document to be created, modified, reconsidered, or rescinded, email the Department of Labor.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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Multi-Piece Rim Matching Chart - Tire Chart
Nail Gun Safety: A Guide for Construction Contractors
Nanotechnology: Working Safely with Nanomaterials
NIOSH/OSHA Fact Sheet: Preventing Workplace Violence Against Taxi Cab Drivers
N-Nitrosamine in the Rubber Industry
N-Nitroso Compounds in Industry
Noroviruses Fact Sheet
OSHA At-A-Glance Revised
OSHA: All About OSHA Revised
Pandemic Influenza: Healthcare Workplaces Classified as Very High or High Exposure Risk for Pandemic Influenza Fact Sheet
Pandemic Influenza: How to Protect Yourself in the Workplace during a Pandemic QuickCard™
Pandemic Influenza: Pandemic Flu Respiratory Protection QuickCard™
Pandemic: Protecting Workers during a Pandemic Fact Sheet
Parking Garage Collapse: Fatal Facts
Partnership Brochure
Perchloroethylene: Reducing Worker Exposure to Perchloroethylene (PERC) in Dry Cleaning
Permit-Required Confined Spaces
Personal Protective Equipment
Personal Protective Equipment Fact Sheet
Pest Control Pyrotechnics QuickCard™
Possible Failure of Metal Halide Lamps
Potential Asbestos Contamination in Soft Concrete
Potential Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Asphyxiation Hazard When Filling Stationary Low Pressure CO2 Supply Systems
Potential Ejection Hazard Associated with High Speed Separators in Rendering Operations
Potential Fire with Florescent Light Bulbs within Plastic Tubes
Potential for Feed Water Pipes in Electrical Power Generation Facilities to Rupture Causing Hazardous Release of Steam and Hot Water
Potential for Natural Gas and Coal Dust Explosions in Electrical Power Generating Facilities
Potential for Occupational Exposure to Bloodborne Pathogens From Cleaning Needles Used in Allergy Testing Procedures
Potential for Occupational Exposure to Lyme Disease
Potential Hazards Associated With The Refurbishing of Gas Meters
Potential Hazards Associated with the Use of Replacement Materials for Machine Guarding
Potential Health Hazards Associated with Handling Pipe used in Oil and Gas Production
Potential Over Pressurization of Bromochlorodimethylhydantoin (BCDMH) Treatment Systems
Poultry: Prevention of Musculoskeletal Disorders in Poultry Processing (Updated Guidelines)
Poultry: Workers' Rights Poster - OSHA/USDA
Powered Platforms Fact Sheet
Precast Concrete Panels-Hazardous Storage
Preventing Adverse Health Effects from Exposure to Beryllium in Dental Laboratories
Process Safety Management
Process Safety Management Depends on You! - Poster
Process Safety Management Depends on You! QuickCard™
Process Safety Management for Storage Facilities
Process Safety Management Guidelines for Compliance
Protect Workers Operating and Working Near Forklifts: OSHA Alert NEW
Protecting Young Workers: Prohibition Against Young Workers Operating Forklifts
Radiofrequency Radiation-caused Burns
Recordkeeping: Highlights of OSHA's Reporting and Recordkeeping Rule Fact Sheet
Remediation Technology and Health Safety Standards: Thermal Desorption
Remote Control Plant Locomotives
Reporting: New Reporting Requirements Fact Sheet
Reporting: OSHA's Recordkeeping Rule Update - Who Keeps Records Fact Sheet
Resource for Development and Delivery of Training to Workers
Respirators QuickCard™
Respiratory Protection: Assigned Protection Factors for the Revised Respiratory Protection Standard
Respiratory Protection: NIOSH/OSHA/CDC Hospital Respiratory Protection Program Toolkit
Rigid Pipe Threading Machines
Rodent, Snakes & Insects QuickCard™
Safe Work Practices in Poultry Processing QuickCard
Safety and Health During International Travel
Safety and Health Programs: Recommended Practices
Safety and Health Programs: Recommended Practices in Construction
Safety and Health Programs: Using Leading Indicators to Improve Safety and Health Outcomes
SARS Fact Sheet
Scaffolding
Screening and Surveillance: A Guide to OSHA Standards
Search and Rescue Operations Fact Sheet
Shipbreaking Fact Sheet
Shipbreaking: Safe Work Practices
Shipyard Employment Hazards during the Repair and Maintenance of Refrigeration Systems on Vessels Fact Sheet
Shipyard Employment: Safe Use of Portable and Hand-Held Power Tools Fact Sheet
Shipyard Industry Standards Revised
Shipyards: Guidelines for Safely Entering and Cleaning Vessel Sewage Tanks Fact Sheet
Shipyards: Hot Work Safety on Hollow or Enclosed Structures QuickCard™
Shipyards: Safe Lighting Practices in the Shipyard Industry Fact Sheet
Shipyards: Safely Performing Hot Work on Hollow or Enclosed Structures in Shipyards Fact Sheet
Shipyards: Safety While Working Alone in Shipyards Fact Sheet
Solutions for Tree Care Hazards
Spirometry Testing in Occupational Health Programs: Best Practices for Healthcare Professionals
Spud Barge Safety Fact Sheet
Stairways and Ladders
Static Electricity Buildup in Plastic Pipe
Strategic Partnership Program Fact Sheet Revised
Struck By (changing bales): Fatal Facts
Struck By (pulling well casing): Fatal Facts
Swine: Workers' Rights Poster - OSHA/USDA
Temporary Worker Initiative (TWI) Bulletin No. 1 - Injury and Illness Recordkeeping Requirements
Temporary Worker Initiative (TWI) Bulletin No. 11 - Safety and Health in Shipyard Employment
Temporary Worker Initiative (TWI) Bulletin No. 2 - Personal Protective Equipment
Temporary Worker Initiative (TWI) Bulletin No. 3 - Whistleblower Protection Rights
Temporary Workers' Rights Pamphlet
The Potential Hazard Caused By The Deterioration Of Polyethylene Bottles Containing Corrosive Chemical
The Use of Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) Pipe in Above ground Installations
The Use of Thermoplastic Pipe in Above Ground Locations
Tilt-Up Panel Construction Hazard
Top/Side Handler Safety in Marine Terminals QuickCard
Tractor Safety: Rollover Protection and Operating Tractors Safely Pamphlet NEW
Traffic Lanes and Personnel Safety Zones Fact Sheet
Training Requirements in OSHA Standards
Training: OSHA Training Institute (OTI) Education Centers Fact Sheet Revised
Tree Care Work Hazards - Hazard Bulletin
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