Hazard Communication

Standards

Hazard communication is addressed in specific standards for the general industry, shipyard employment, marine terminals, longshoring, and the construction industry. This page highlights OSHA standards, preambles to final rules (background to final rules), directives (instructions for compliance officers), and standard interpretations (official letters of interpretation of the standards) related to hazard communication.

Note: Twenty-five states, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands have OSHA-approved State Plans and 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.

OSHA Standards

General Industry (29 CFR 1910)
General Industry (29 CFR 1910)		Related Information
1910 Subpart Z - Toxic and Hazardous Substances		Related Information
	1910.1200, Hazard Communication.	Related Information
	1910.1200 App A, Health Hazard Criteria (Mandatory)	Related Information
	1910.1200 App B, Physical Criteria (Mandatory)	Related Information
	1910.1200 App C, Allocation Of Label Elements (Mandatory)	Related Information
	1910.1200 App D, Safety Data Sheets (Mandatory)	Related Information
	1910.1200 App E, Definition of "Trade Secret" (Mandatory)	Related Information
	1910.1200 App F, Guidance for Hazard Classifications Re: Carcinogenicity (Non-Mandatory)	Related Information
	1910.1201, Retention of DOT markings, placards and labels.	Related Information

Maritime (29 CFR 1915, 1917, and 1918)
Maritime (29 CFR 1915, 1917, and 1918)		Related Information
1915 Subpart Z - Toxic and Hazardous Substances		Related Information
1915 Subpart Z - Toxic and Hazardous Substances	1915.1200, Hazard Communication.	Related Information
1917 Subpart B - Marine Terminal Operations
	1917.28, Hazard Communication (See also 1917.1(a)(2)(vi)).	Related Information
	1917.28 App A, Health Hazard Definitions (Mandatory)	Related Information
	1917.28 App B, Hazard Determination (Mandatory)	Related Information
	1917.28 App C, Information Sources (Advisory)	Related Information
	1917.28 App D, Definition of "Trade Secret" (Mandatory)	Related Information
	1917.28 App E, Guidelines for Employer Compliance (Advisory)	Related Information
1918 Subpart I
1918 Subpart I	1918.90, Hazard communication (See also 1918.1(b)(4)).	Related Information

Construction Industry (29 CFR 1926)
Construction Industry (29 CFR 1926)		Related Information
1926 Subpart D - Occupational Health and Environmental Controls		Related Information
	1926.59, Hazard Communication.	Related Information

Preambles to Final Rules

Hazard Communication (1994)
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Additional Directives

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The directives in this list provide additional information that is not necessarily connected to a specific OSHA standard highlighted on this Safety and Health Topics page.

Inspection Procedures for the Hazard Communication Standard. CPL 02-02-038 [CPL 2-2.38D], (1998, March 20). Additional information is provided in an 87 KB PPT^*, 31 slides.

Additional Letters of Interpretation

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The letters in this list provide additional information that is not necessarily connected to a specific OSHA standard highlighted on this Safety and Health Topics page.