Standards

This section highlights OSHA standards, Federal Register notices (rules, proposed rules, and other notices), directives (instructions for compliance officers), and standard interpretations (official letters of interpretations of standards). Twenty-five states, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands have OSHA-approved State Plans, which are required to be at least as effective as Federal OSHA, and may have adopted their own standards and enforcement policies. For the most part, these States adopt standards that are identical to Federal OSHA. However, some States have adopted different standards applicable to this topic, or may have different enforcement policies.

General Industry (29 CFR 1910)

• 1910.1027, Cadmium. Applies to general industry worksites and worksites covered by 29 CFR 1910.16 (long shoring and marine terminals), unless specified otherwise.
  • Appendix A, Substance safety data sheet - cadmium
  • Appendix B, Substance technical guidelines for cadmium
  • Appendix C, Qualitative and quantitative fit testing procedures [removed]
  • Appendix D, Occupational health history interview with reference to cadmium exposure
  • Appendix E, Cadmium in workplace atmospheres
  • Appendix F, Non-mandatory protocol for biological monitoring
    
    
• 1910 Subpart Z, Toxic and hazardous substances [related topic page]

Shipyard Employment (29 CFR 1915)

• 1915.1027, Cadmium. Applies to shipyard employment the standard requirements identical to those set forth in 29 CFR 1910.1027.
  
  
• 1915 Subpart Z, Toxic and hazardous substances

Construction Industry (29 CFR 1926)

• 1926.1127, Cadmium.
  • Appendix A, Substance safety data sheet - cadmium
  • Appendix B, Substance technical guidelines for cadmium
  • Appendix C, Qualitative and quantitative fit testing procedures [removed]
  • Appendix D, Occupational health history interview with reference to cadmium exposure
  • Appendix E, Cadmium in workplace atmospheres
  • Appendix F, Nonmandatory protocol for biological monitoring
    
    
• 1926 Subpart Z, Toxic and hazardous substances

Agricultural Industry (29 CFR 1928)

• 1928.1027, Cadmium. Applies to agriculture worksites the standard requirements identical to those set forth in 29 CFR 1910.1027 under 29 CFR 1928, Subpart M, Occupational Health.

Preambles to Final Rules

• Occupational Exposure to Cadmium. See the preamble to OSHA’s final rule for cadmium (29 CFR 1910.1027) in the Federal Register at 57: 42102 (September 14, 1992). Search all available preambles to final rules.

Other Federal Register Notices

• Occupational Safety and Health Standards for Cadmium in Shipyard Employment and Construction. Final Rules 59:146-215 (January 3, 1994). Corrects errors in the final rule that appeared in the Federal Register on July 1, 1993. In this notice, OSHA also redesignated the cadmium standard for construction employment. The redesignation merged the construction standard for cadmium with the newly created subpart that contains specific toxic substance standards for construction. Search all available Federal Registers.