Fact Sheets

All-terrain vehicles

Read this fact sheet to find out what you should know about using an ATV on the job.

Asbestos

An overview of health hazards associated with asbestos. Briefly describes work classes for asbestos removal, repair and maintenance, and custodial activities. Includes answers to frequently asked questions.

Asbestos training

Because asbestos can be so hazardous, employees working with or around asbestos must be trained. The leve lof training depends on the type of work they preform.

Bloodborne pathogens

An overview of what employers must do to protect workers who may come into contact with blood and other potentially infectious materials that can cause serious illness or death.

Chemical storage guidelines - agricultural pesticides and chemicals

Describes where to store agricultural pesticides and chemicals, characteristics of "safe" storage facilities, safe practices for storing chemicals, and how to respond to emergencies

Chemical storage guidelines, flammables

Describes the characteristics of flammable and cobustible liquids, gives examples of common combustible and flammable materials, and offers guidelines for storing them properly

Compressed air piping systems

Covers Oregon OSHA's requirements for compressed air piping including restrictions on using PVC pipe,,labeling, and cleaning with compressed air.

Compressed gas safety

Key safety and health requirements for working with compressed gases, including safe handling and use, cylinder storage, and cylinder inspection.

Crane standard

This fact sheet covers the scope of Oregon OSHA's new crane standard for the construction industry, including equipment.

Crane timeline

This fact sheet summarizes important compliance dates in Oregon OSHA's new crane standard for the construction industry.

Eyewash and safety showers

Explains requirements for eyewash stations and showers in workplaces where employees are exposed to substances that could injure their eyes, with guidance on hazard assessment and equipment selection.

Field sanitation for agricultural hand labor

Describes requirements for drinking water, toilets, and hand-washing facilities that must be provided for workers who do agricultural hand labor.

Fire extinguishers / emergency action plan / fire protection

Details the requirements for selection and location of workplace fire extinguishers, with guidance for developing emergency-action and fire-prevention plans.

Flammable and combustible liquids

Describes basic storage, transfer, and transport requirements for the five classes of flammable and combustible liquids.

Ground-fault circuit interrupters GFCI

Describes GFCI requirements in construction, details how GFCIs protect workers from electrocution, and addresses common errors.

Hazardous energy control (lockout/tagout)

Gives an overview of OR-OSHA standards for hazardous energy control (lockout/tagout).

Hexavalent chromium

Describes the sources of hexavalent chromium, the risks of exposure and those likely to by affected - typically workers who handle pigments containing dry chromate and spray paints and coatings containing chromate, workers who operate chrome plating baths, and those who weld or cut metals containing chromium

High-visibility safety apparel

Offers guidelines for those who work in streets or highway right-of-ways and are exposed to traffic or construction equipment.

Isocyanates

Intended for small business owners and their employees, this fact sheet describes what isocyanates are, why they're extreme health hazards, and how employees can protect themselves.

Lasers: Safe work practices

An overview of the hazards associated with lasers. Briefly describes the classes of lasers and when you need to have a laser safety officer (LSO). Includes answers to frequently asked questions.

Lead in construction

Covers the key requirements in 1926.62, Oregon OSHA's lead rule for the construction industry.

Lockout/Tagout for the automotive repair industry

An overview of how the Control of Hazardous Engery standard applies to the automotive industry, including information about hazardous energy exposures and energy control programs and procedures.

Material safety data sheets - quick facts

Datos rápidos para trabajadores sobe hojas de seguridad sobre los materiales.

Material Safety Data Sheet
Quick facts for employees about material safety data sheets.

Mold

Describes effects and dangers of mold in buildings, with information on evaluating buildings for mold growth, sampling, and subsequent remediation.

Motor vehicle safety for employers and employees

This fact sheet covers basic elements of vehicle safety for employers and employees

Noise exposure and hearing conservation

Describes conditions under which an employer is required to have a hearing conservation program in place; discusses noise monitoring, controls, and audiometric testing; includes a brief overview of requirements.

Permit-required confined spaces

Describes the difference between ordinary confined spaces and permit-required confined spaces, requirements for entry procedures, and emergency plans.

Personal protective equipment

Details when employers must provide personal protective equipment (PPE) for workers, with an example of a hazard assessment, and descriptions of appropriate PPE for various tasks.

Personal protective equipment - quick facts

Datos rápidos para trabajadores sobre equipo individual.

Personal Protective Equipment
Quick facts for employees about personal equipment.

Personal protective equipment - who pays?

This fact sheet will acquaint you with the details of Oregon's PPE rule and answer most questions about when and how PPE is paid for. With few exceptions, employers must pay for all personal protective equipment (PPE).

Power line safety - evaluating the work zone

provides contractors with a flow chart to help them evaluate a work zone when cranes will be operating within 20 feet of an overhead power line.

Recording and posting work-related incidents

Summarizes Oregon OSHA's requirements for posting and recording work-related incidents, injuries, and illnesses. It also includes Oregon record retention requirements.

Reporting work-related incidents

Describes what employers need to do when employees are involved in work-related incidents that cause overnight hospitalizations, catastrophes, or fatalities.

Respiratory protection

Describes general industry respiratory protection requirements and answers provides some questions with answers

Respiratory protection - agriculture

Describes how to protect employees from breathing harmful substances and summarizes elements of an effective respiratory protection program.

Respiratory protection - agriculture, Russian version

Describes agricultural employers' responsibilities for protecting employees who are exposed to respiratory health hazards. Also summarizes the elements of an effective respiratory protection program

Respiratory protection - agriculture, Spanish version
Cómo proteger la respiración en la agricultura

Describe como proteger a los trabajadores de respirar sustancias dañinas y resume las partes de un programa efectivo de protección de la respiración.

Respiratory Protection: Agriculture
Describes how to protect employees from breathing harmful substances and summarizes elements of an effective respiratory protection program.

Respiratory protection - voluntary

Describes employer responsibilities when workers choose to wear respirators not required by employers of OR-OSHA; includes a summary of requirements for different types of respirators.

Safety and health hazards in nail salons

There are more than 14,000 nail care technicians working in Oregon This rapidly growing profession provides services such as manicures, applying artificial nails, and pedicures. Many technicians may not know that prolonged exposure to chemicals in nail polish, polish removers, and nail hardeners can harm them if they don't use them properly. Oregon OSHA addresses the problem with this fact sheet for salon owners and educators.

Safety committees and safety meetings - agriculture

Summarizes the key requirements for Oregon OSHA's new safety committee/safety meeting rule for agricultural employers - 437-004-0251. The rule is effective Jan. 1, 2011.

Safety committees and safety meetings - general industry/construction

The new safety committee rule is not just about safety committees. We recently changed our rule for workplace safety committees and added an option for holding less-formal safety meetings. This fact sheet summarizes the key changes.

Safety committees and safety meetings for agriculture workers - quick facts
Comités de seguridad y reuniones de seguridad para trabajadores agrícolas

Lo que trabajadores del campo necesitan saber sobre los comités de seguridad y las reuniones de seguridad.

Safety committees and safety meetings for agriculture workers
What agriculture workers need to know about safety committees and safety meetings.

Safety orientation for seasonal workers in agriculture

This fact sheet explains the requirements of 437-004-0240, Safety Orientation for Seasonal Workers, which applies to agricultural employers who hire seasonal workers.

Ship's ladders and alternating tread stairs

This fact sheet gives recommendations to make ship's ladders and alternating tread stairs safe, although they don't comply with Oregon OSHA's existing standards on ladders and stairs. Oregon OSHA will consider it a minimal violation if they meet the criteria in this fact sheet and were installed because regular stairs are not feasible.

Tarping and fall protection - information for truckers

Protect yourself from falling if you have to adjust, remove, or apply a tarp from the top of your load. This fact sheet tells you what to do.

Tractor rollovers - quick facts

Las volcaduras de tractores son los accidents que causan mayor pérdida de vida en las granjas.

Tractor rollovers - quick facts
Tractor rollovers are the most deadly accidents on farms.

Using warning lines - construction industry best practices

This fact sheet explains construction-industry best practices for using a warning line to alert workers they are approaching an unprotected edge of a roof, floor, or other work surface.

Walking-working surfaces, standard railings

Details requirements for guardrails to prevent falls from open-sided floors, platforms, stairway floor openings, and walking or working surfaces that are more than 4 feet above the ground; describes the use of standard railings, stair railings, and toeboards.

What is a material safety data sheet (MSDS)?

Describes employers responsibility for providing Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDSs) when employees use chemicals. MSDSs are detailed information bulletins that describe the chemical's hazards and precaution for safe handling and use.

Wood dust

Describes health and safety hazards of wood dust