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Campaign to Prevent Heat Illness in
Outdoor Workers

Profile: Oil and Gas Well Drilling and Servicing. OSHA, (2004), also available as a 140 KB PDF, 13 pages.
Oil and Gas Well Drilling and Servicing. OSHA eTool. Contains an illustrated guide describing potential hazards and their possible solutions, developed jointly by OSHA and the Industry.

Oil and Gas Well Drilling and Servicing eTool

Confined Spaces Advisor. OSHA. Provides guidance to help employers protect employees from the hazards of entry into permit-required confined spaces. The Advisor will help you determine if a space is covered by OSHA's Permit-Required Confined Spaces regulation.

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Safety and Health Programs

An effective safety and health program depends on the credibility of management's involvement in the program; inclusion of employees in safety and health decisions; rigorous worksite analysis to identify hazards and potential hazards, including those which could result from a change in worksite conditions or practices; stringent prevention and control measures; and thorough training. It addresses hazards whether or not they are regulated by government standards. The following references characterize and further explain safety and health programs.

Permit-Required Confined Space Program [PDF - 40 KB]. Boise State University, (2000, May 1).
Job Hazard Analysis. OSHA Publication 3071, (2002). Also available as a 497 KB PDF. Explains what a job hazard analysis is and offers guidelines to help employers conduct their own step-by-step analysis.
Safety and Health Management Systems. OSHA eTool. There are four crucial questions you should be asking when it comes to safety and health programs. The detailed answers are found in the four modules of this eTool.
$afety Pays. OSHA. Interactive software that assists employers in assessing the impact of occupational injuries and illnesses on their profitability. It uses a company's profit margin, the average costs of an injury or illness, and an indirect cost multiplier to project the amount of sales a company would need to generate to cover those costs.
Safety and Health Management Program Guidelines; Issuance of Voluntary Guidelines. OSHA Federal Register Notice 54:3904-3916, (1989, January 26). These safety and health program management guidelines are for use by employers to prevent occupational injuries and illnesses.
- Elements of an Effective Safety and Health Program. OSHA Voluntary Safety and Health Program Management Guidelines, (1989). Also available as a 537 KB PPT, 20 slides. Summarizes safety and health program guidelines.
Safety and Health Add Value. OSHA Publication 3180, 6 pages. Also available as a 200 KB PDF. Describes how safety and health add value to your business, your workplace, and your life.
State Job Safety and Health Programs [PDF^* - 353 KB]. OSHA Fact Sheet.
For additional information, see OSHA's Injury and Illness Prevention Programs.

Accessibility Assistance: Contact the OSHA Directorate of Cooperative and State Programs at 202-693-2200 for assistance accessing PDF materials.

^*These files are provided for downloading.


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