December

• 12/20/1985 - Use of life vests by stevedores to prevent drowning on barges.

November

• 11/15/1985 - Use or Bureau or Mines Approved Gas Mask Canisters.
• 11/14/1985 - Standard railing requirements. - [1926.500]

October

• 10/28/1985 - Applicability of Ground-fault Protection Standards When Extension Cords are Plugged into Permanent Wiring at Construction Sites. - [1926.400]
• 10/18/1985 - OSHA does not "list" or accredit testing laboratories under 29 CFR Part 1907. - [1907]
• 10/03/1985 - Requirements for scaffold plank. - [1926.451]
• 10/03/1985 - Requirements for scaffold plank. - [1926.451]
• 10/03/1985 - Requirements for scaffold plank. - [1926.451]
• 10/03/1985 - Requirements for scaffold plank. - [1926.451]
• 10/03/1985 - Requirements for scaffold plank. - [1926.451]
• 10/03/1985 - Requirements for scaffold plank. - [1926.451]
• 10/03/1985 - Requirements for scaffold plank. - [1926.451]
• 10/03/1985 - Requirements for scaffold plank. - [1926.451]

September

• 09/30/1985 - Fall protection for employees engaged in erecting or dismantling scaffolds. - [1926.28]
• 09/30/1985 - Interpretation of 29 CFR 1926.950(a). - [1926.950]
• 09/26/1985 - Temporary lighting at construction sites. - [1926.401(j)(2)]
• 09/23/1985 - Proposed rule by the EPA that sets criteria for offshore incineration of liquid wastes. - [1975.1]
• 09/20/1985 - Requirements for reporting fatalities and/or injuries to OSHA - [1904.8]
• 09/12/1985 - Fall Protection for Employees Engaged in Erecting or Dismantling Scaffolds. - [1926.28; 1926.105]
• 09/09/1985 - Use of synthetic or fiber ropes as a safety railing. - [1926.750]

August

• 08/20/1985 - Earthmoving equipment shall have a service braking system capable of stopping and holding the equipment fully loaded. - [1926.602]
• 08/02/1985 - Fall Protection for employees engaged in erecting or dismantling scaffolds in the Construction Industry
• 08/02/1985 - Standard for and risks associated with man-made mineral fiber (MMMF). - [1910.1000]

July

• 07/16/1985 - Standard applicable to two point suspension scaffolds and power platforms used in window cleaning and to hazards in refrigeration plants. - [1910.28; 1910.66; 1910.22; 1910.38; 1910.95; 1910.101; 1910.111; 1910.151; 1910.212; 1910.39]
• 07/10/1985 - Action taken by OSHA toward the safe use of video display terminals.

June

• 06/26/1985 - Slope should be measured from the five-foot level to grade. - [1926.652(c)]
• 06/07/1985 - Standards applicable during the erection of structual steel. - [1926.750; 1926.105; 1926.28]

April

• 04/15/1985 - A manually propelled elevating work platform is not regulated by a specific standard, and is therefore regulated by the general duty clause. - [1910.29]
• 04/12/1985 - Clarification on OSHA standards for blasting and use of explosives. - [1926.905(h); 1926.905(k)]
• 04/01/1985 - Requirements which must be met before a crane can avoid the requirements for a load indicating device. - [1917.46(a)(1); 1918.74(a)(9)(viii)(D)]

March

• 03/05/1985 - Lifting capacity on mechanical material handling equipment may not be changed without the manufacturer's prior written approval. - [1910.178(a)(4)]
• 03/04/1985 - Requirements for hangers for two-point suspension scaffolds. - [1926.451(i)(2)]

January

• 01/25/1985 - The use of negative-pressure air-purifying respirators for protection against paint spray containing isocyanates.
• 01/11/1985 - Clarification of OSHA Instruction STD 11-11.2B as it pertains to the lifting of personnel with a jib crane. - [1926.550]