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OSHA Standards

This section highlights OSHA standards, Federal Register notices (rules, proposed rules, and notices), and letters of interpretation (official letters of interpretation of the standards) related to the printing industry.

Recording and Reporting Occupational Injuries and Illness (29 CFR 1904) [related topic page]

General Industry (29 CFR 1910)

Federal Register Notices

• Occupational Injury and Illness Recording and Reporting Requirements. Final Rules 67:44037-44048, (July 1, 2002). Revises an earlier rule (January 2001) involving the recording criteria for occupational hearing loss cases and work-related musculoskeletal disorders.

Letters of Interpretation

• Printing Industry: Lock Out/Tag Out and the essential elements of the inch-safe-service technique. (April 7, 2004). Responds to a question regarding standards 29 CFR 1910.147, 29 CFR 1910.212, and 29 CFR 1910.219, as they apply to:
  • Binding and finishing equipment that function under two separate modes of operation
  • Cleaning blankets
• Applicability of the Machine Guarding and Lockout/Tagout standards to printing presses. Includes information on:
  • Printing presses
    • Printing Presses: requirements for normal production and servicing operations. (September 16, 1992). Responds to a question regarding standards 29 CFR 1910.147, 29 CFR 1910.212, and 29 CFR 1910.219, as they apply to printing presses that function under two separate modes of operation.
  • Binding and finishing equipment