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  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
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  • Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA)
  • National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)
  • National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
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  • OSHA eTools and Electronic Products
  • OSHA Quick Start Compliance Guide
  • OSHA Technical Links to Safety and Health Topics
Links By Subject

Accident investigation

  • OSHA Incident Investigation

Agriculture

  • National Ag Safety Database

Airline industry

  • OSHA Airline Industry – Overview

Ammonium nitrate

  • Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Chemical Advisory: Safe Storage, Handling, and Management of Ammonium Nitrate
  • Texas State Fire Marshal’s Office Ammonium Nitrate Information (includes facility lookup)

Anthrax

  • Anthrax (CDC)
  • OSHA Anthrax

Asbestos

  • NIOSH Asbestos Resources
  • OSHA Asbestos Resources
  • OSHA Asbestos Self-Inspection Checklist
  • Texas DSHS Asbestosis Surveillance Program

Asphalt

  • NIOSH Reducing Roofers’ Exposure to Asphalt Fumes

Automatic external defibrillators (AEDs)

  • OSHA Saving Sudden Cardiac Arrest Victims in the Workplace

Baggage handling

  • OSHA Baggage Handling eTool

Bloodborne pathogens

  • OSHA Bloodborne Pathogens and Needlestick Prevention

Chemical reactivity

  • OSHA Chemical Reactivity Hazards

Cold weather

  • OSHA Winter Weather Resources

Commercial dry cleaning

  • NIOSH Commercial Dry Cleaning Safety

Communication tower safety

  • OSHA Communication Towers

Confined spaces

  • OSHA Confined Spaces

Construction

  • Mega Construction Project Program (DOL)
  • NIOSH Highway Work Zone Safety: Construction Equipment Visibility Diagram Lookup
  • OSHA Construction Industry
  • OSHA English to Spanish Construction Industry Terms
  • OSHA Resources for Preventing Backovers
  • OSHA Residential Construction Industry
  • OSHA Struck-by Accidents in Construction/Vehicle Backover Prevention Video
  • ELCOSH: Electronic Library of Construction Occupational Safety & Health
  • US DOL The Construction Industry under the Fair Labor Standards Act

Dentistry

  • NIOSH Dentistry Safety

Driving

  • AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety
  • CDC Transportation Safety
  • Governors Highway Safety Association
  • National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
  • National Safety Council Our Driving Concern – Texas Employer Traffic Safety Program
  • Network of Employers for Traffic Safety (NETS)
  • OSHA Motor Vehicle Safety

Electrical contractor

  • OSHA Electrical Contractors Industry

Emergency/disaster preparedness

  • DSHS Center for Health Emergency Preparedness and Response
  • Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
  • FEMA National Incident Management System
  • OSHA Disaster Site Worker Outreach Training Program
  • OSHA Emergency Preparedness & Response
  • OSHA Evacuation Planning Matrix
  • OSHA Evacuation Planning Matrix Checklist Resources
  • OSHA Evacuation Plans and Procedures eTool
  • OSHA Fact Sheet on Natural Disaster Recovery: Cleanup Hazard
  • OSHA Fact Sheet on Natural Disaster Recovery: Fungi Hazards and Flood Cleanup
  • OSHA Hurricane Preparedness and Response
  • OSHA Protecting Worker Safety and Health Under the National Response Framework
  • U.S. Department of Homeland Security Preparedness Planning for Your Business

Ergonomics

  • NIOSH Ergonomics and Musculoskeletal Disorders
  • OSHA Ergonomics

Fall Prevention

  • Fall Prevention
  • NIOSH Fall Injury Prevention in the Workplace
  • OSHA Fall Prevention Campaign

Fentanyl 

  • Fentanyl (CDC)

First responders

  • NFPA Electrical Vehicle Safety Training for First Responders
  • NIOSH Emergency Medical Services Workers
  • OSHA Resources for Response and Recovery Workers

Fire safety

  • OSHA Fire Safety
  • U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Fire Safety

Flammables & combustibles

  • OSHA Fact Sheet on Internal Combustion Engines as Ignition Sources

Hazard communication

  • Hazard Communication
  • OSHA Hazard Communication: The Globally Harmonized System (GHS)

Health care employee safety

  • OSHA Bloodborne Pathogens and Needlestick Prevention
  • OSHA Clinicians
  • OSHA Multidrug-Resistant Organisms
  • Preventing Workplace Violence in Health Care

Hearing & conservation

  • OSHA Occupational Noise Exposure

Indoor air quality

  • NIOSH Indoor Environmental Quality: Dampness and Mold in Buildings
  • U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Indoor Air Quality

Isocyanates

  • OSHA Isocyanates

Landscaping and horticulture

  • OSHA Landscaping and Horticultural Safety
  • NIOSH Fatal Injuries Among Landscape Service Workers Fact Sheet

Legionnaires’ disease

  • OSHA Legionnaires’ Disease

Lightning

  • National Weather Service Lightning Safety Tips and Resources

Maritime

  • OSHA Maritime Industry

Mercury

  • EPA Mercury

Mold

  • NIOSH Indoor Environmental Quality: Dampness and Mold in Buildings
  • Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation Mold Assessors and Remediators

Nanotechnology

  • NIOSH Nanotechnology
  • OSHA Nanotechnology

North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)

  • BLS NAICS Information
  • U.S. Census Bureau NAICS Lookup

Oil & gas industry

  • OSHA Fact Sheet on Internal Combustion Engines as Ignition Sources
  • OSHA Hazard Alert: Worker Exposure to Silica during Hydraulic Fracturing
  • OSHA Oil and Gas Extraction
  • NIOSH Oil and Gas Extraction

Personal protective equipment (PPE)

  • NIOSH PPE-InfoDatabase
  • OSHA Personal Protective Equipment

Pesticides

  • NIOSH Pesticide Illness & Injury Surveillance
  • DSHS Pesticide Safety Educational Materials

Poultry processing

  • OSHA Guide on Prevention of Musculoskeletal Injuries in Poultry Processing

Powered industrial trucks

  • OSHA Powered Industrial Trucks eTool

Printing industry

  • OSHA Printing Industry

Process safety management

  • OSHA Process Safety Management Resources

Radiation

  • OSHA Radiation
  • OSHA Non-ionizing Radiation

Recordkeeping and reporting

  • Recordkeeping
  • Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation Subscriber and Non-Subscriber Reporting Requirements
  • OSHA Injury and Illness Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements

Respiratory protection

  • OSHA Respiratory Protection

Ricin

  • OSHA Ricin

Silica

  • NIOSH Silica
  • OSHA Silica, Crystalline
  • DSHS Silicosis Surveillance Program

Smoking/tobacco Use

  • NIOSH Promoting Health and Preventing Disease and Injury Through Workplace Tobacco Policies

Spanish resources

  • National Ag Safety Database Spanish Materials
  • OSHA Spanish Language Compliance Assistance Resources
  • OSHA English to Spanish Construction Industry Terms

Trenching & excavation

  • OSHA Trenching & Excavation

Trucking

  • OSHA Trucking Industry
  • U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

Tuberculosis

  • OSHA Tuberculosis
  • NIOSH Tuberculosis

Tularemia

  • OSHA Tularemia

West Nile Virus

  • DSHS West Nile Virus in Texas
  • West Nile Virus (CDC)

Work zone

  • National Work Zone Safety Information Clearinghouse
  • NIOSH Highway Work Zone Safety
  • NIOSH Highway Work Zone Safety: Construction Equipment Visibility Diagram Lookup
  • OSHA Quick Card: Work Zone Traffic Safety

Workplace violence

  • NIOSH Occupational Violence
  • OSHA Workplace Violence
  • Preventing Workplace Violence in Health Care
  • U.S. Office of Personnel Management “Dealing with Workplace Violence” Guide

Young workers

  • NIOSH Youth@Work: Talking Safety in Texas
  • OSHA Young Workers
  • OSHA Young Workers in Construction
  • U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Youth at Work

Zika virus

  • CDC Zika Virus
  • OSHA Interim Guidance for Protecting Workers from Occupational Exposure to Zika Virus

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