Lithium-ion Battery Safety

Lithium-ion Battery Safety Menu Workers' Rights

Overview

Highlights
  • Fact Sheet: Lithium-ion Battery Safety. An OSHA Fact Sheet Publication (2025). Provides information on hazards and controls important in facilities that manufacture, use, and recycle lithium-ion batteries.

Lithium-ion batteries are a type of rechargeable battery technology that contain one or more lithium cells that are electrically connected. Lithium-ion batteries power many devices we use daily including mobile phones, laptops, cameras, power tools, electric vehicles, and large Energy Storage Systems (ESS).

Lithium-ion batteries may present several safety and health hazards that should be understood and addressed due to their increased use in many workplaces.

Standards

Lithium-ion battery hazards are addressed in specific standards for general industry, shipyard, maritime, and construction.

Hazards

Provides sources of information about hazards that may be present during manufacturing, use, transportation, emergency response, disposal, and recycling of lithium-ion batteries.

Evaluating Exposure

Provides resources for evaluating exposures to lithium-ion battery related hazards.

Control

Provides information and references on how to control hazards associated with lithium-ion batteries.

Additional Resources

Provides links and references to additional resources related to lithium-ion battery safety