Selected OSHA Standards

The following OSHA standards have been chosen for the relevance to agricultural and food processing workplaces. To access the entire collection of OSHA standards, visit the OSHA Web site. A structured Introduction to OSHA Standards is also available.

Our selected standards are grouped in the following topic areas:

• Administrative Issues
• Agricultural and Forestry Issues
• Chemical Issues
• Configuration Issues -- Including Egress, Confinement, Stairs, Ladders, and Platforms
• Electrical Issues, including Lockout/Tagout
• Fire Issues
• Guarding and Shielding Issues
• General Workplace Safety Issues
• Hazard Communications, Alarm Systems and Marking Issues
• Medical and Health Issues, including Reporting and Sanitation
• Vehicle Issues
• Welding Issues

Administrative Issues Consultation Agreements -- OSHA Standard 1908 Agricultural and Forestry Issues Grain Handling Facilities -- OSHA Standard 1910.272 Grain Handling Facilities -- OSHA Standard 1910.272, Appendix A Logging Operations -- OSHA Standard 1910.266 Chemical Issues Flammable and Combustible Liquids -- OSHA Standard 1910.106 Guide to OSHA Standard 1910.110 -- Storage and Handling of Liquefied Petroleum Gases Storage and Handling of Anhydrous Ammonia -- OSHA Standard 1910.111 Spray Finishing Using Flammable and Combustible Materials -- OSHA Standard 1910.107 Configuration Issues Including Egress, Confinement, Stairs, Ladders, and Platforms General Means of Egress: OSHA Standard 1910.37 Means of Egress -- OSHA Standard 1910.36 Fixed Industrial Stairs: OSHA Standard 1910.24 Portable Metal Ladders -- OSHA Standard 1910.26 Portable Wood Ladders -- OSHA Standard 1910.25 Safety Requirements for Scaffolding: OSHA Standard 1910.28 Other Working Surfaces -- OSHA Standard 1910.30 Vehicle-mounted Elevating and Rotating Work Platforms -- OSHA Standard 1910.67 Guidelines for Means of Egress Requirements -- OSHA Standard 1910 Subpart E Appendix Electrical Issues, including Lockout/Tagout Control of Hazardous Energy (Lockout/Tagout Requirements and Procedures): OSHA Standard 1910.147 Design Safety Standards for Electrical Systems: General Requirements -- OSHA Standard 1910.303 Design Safety Standards for Electrical Systems: Hazardous (classified) Locations -- OSHA Standard 1910.307 Electrical - Safety-Related Work Practices -- OSHA Standards 1910.331-1910.335 Wiring Design and Protection -- OSHA Standard 1910.304 Wiring Methods, Components, and Equipment for General Use -- OSHA Standard 1910.305 Fire Issues Automatic Sprinkler Systems -- OSHA Standard 1910.159 Fire Detection Systems -- OSHA Standard 1910.164 Fire Extinguishing Systems -- OSHA Standards 1910.160 - 1910.163 Fire Protection -- Definitions: OSHA Standard 1910.155 Flammable and Combustible Liquids -- OSHA Standard 1910.106 Standpipe and Hose Systems -- OSHA Standard 1910.158 Portable Fire Extinguishers: OSHA Standard 1910.157 Spray Finishing Using Flammable and Combustible Materials -- OSHA Standard 1910.107 Guarding and Shielding Issues Guarding Floor and Wall Openings and Holes: OSHA Standard 1910.23 Guarding of Farm Field Equipment, Farmstead Equipment, and Cotton Gins -- OSHA Standard 1928.57 General Workplace Safety Issues General Housekeeping Requirements: OSHA Standard 1910.22 General Requirements for All Machines, including Hand-held and Portable Power Tools -- OSHA Standards 1910.212 and 1910.242 Handling Materials: General Regulations -- OSHA Standard 1910.176 Inspections, Citations, and Proposed Penalties -- OSHA Standard 1903 Other Working Surfaces -- OSHA Standard 1910.30 Personal Protective Equipment: OSHA Standards 1910.132-137 Rules of Practice for Variances, Limitations, Variations, Tolerances, and Exemptions under the Williams-Steiger Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 -- OSHA Standard 1905 Specific Purpose Equipment and Installations -- OSHA Standard 1910.306 Temporary Labor Camps: OSHA Standard 1910.142 Hazard Communications, Alarm Systems and Marking Issues Employee Alarm Systems -- OSHA Standard 1910.165 Employee Emergency Plans and Fire Prevention Plans: OSHA Standard 1910.38 Specifications for Accident Prevention Signs and Tags -- OSHA Standard 1910.145 Safety Color Code for Marking Physical Hazards -- OSHA Standard 1910.144 Hazard Communications -- OSHA Standard 1910.1200 Medical and Health Issues, including Reporting and Sanitation Access to Employee Exposure and Medical Records -- OSHA Standard 1910.1020 Bloodborne Pathogens -- OSHA Standard 1910.1030 Recording and Reporting Occupational Injuries and Illness -- OSHA Standard 1904 Medical Services and First Aid -- OSHA Standard 1910.151 Field Sanitation -- OSHA Standard 1928.110 Sanitation: OSHA Standard 1910.14 Occupational Noise Exposure: OSHA Standard 1910.95 Vehicle Issues Powered Industrial Trucks -- OSHA Standard 1910.178 Roll-Over Protective Structures (ROPS) for Tractors Used in Agricultural Operations -- OSHA Standard 1928.51 Vehicle-mounted Elevating and Rotating Work Platforms -- OSHA Standard 1910.67 Welding Issues Arc Welding and Cutting -- OSHA Standard 1910.254 General Requirements for Welding, Cutting, and Brazing -- OSHA Standard 1910.252

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