Compliance Assistance Quick Start

Are you ready to learn more about how to prevent workplace injuries and illnesses and 

comply with the Occupational Safety and Health Act, but aren’t sure where to start? By

 following this step-by-step guide, you can identify many of the major OSHA requirements 

and guidance materials that may apply to your workplace. Small and new businesses may 

find Quick Start helpful as an introduction to the compliance assistance resources on 

OSHA's website.

This Quick Start feature is not comprehensive: There may be additional OSHA standards 

and guidance materials that also apply to your business. If you are in a state with an OSHA-

approved state program, you are subject to state occupational safety and health 

regulations that may have more stringent or supplemental requirements. These state 

programs also provide compliance assistance services. 

Please read this disclaimer before proceeding:

This Quick Start feature is not a standard or regulation, and creates no new legal 

obligations. It is advisory in nature, informational in content, and is intended to assist 

employers in providing a safe and healthful workplace through effective compliance and

 prevention programs adapted to the needs of individual places of employment.

The Occupational Safety and Health Act requires employers to comply with hazard-pecific 

safety and health standards. In addition, employers must provide their employees with a 

workplace free from recognized hazards likely to cause death or serious physical harm

 under Section 5(a)(1), the General Duty Clause of the Act. Employers can be cited for 

violating the General Duty Clause if there is a recognized hazard and they do not take

 appropriate steps to prevent or abate the hazard.

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Quick Start Modules

The following is a summary of the OSHA Quick Start Modules:

General Industry. 

This module applies to workplaces that are subject to OSHA's

• general industry standards, including manufacturing, wholesale, and retail
•  establishments. OSHA's general industry standards also may apply to any industry 
• to the extent that they supplement specific standards for an industry.
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• Construction Industry. 
• This module applies to employers and employees engaged in construction work, which OSHA defines as construction, alteration, and/or repair, including painting and decorating (29 CFR 1910.12(b))
• Health Care. 
• This module applies to employers and employees in the health care field.

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