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Antidepressants are being prescribed more often than ever before in the United States. The use of antidepressants among adults has nearly tripled in the last few years, according to the National Center for Health Statistics.

This booklet provides a general overview of basic topics related to OSHA and how it operates. Information provided does not determine compliance responsibilities under OSHA standards or the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSH Act).

Important safety tips for using a chainsaw.

First aid is emergency care provided for injury or sudden illness before emergency medical treatment is available. The first-aid provider in the workplace is someone who is trained in the delivery of initial medical emergency procedures, using a limited amount of equipment to perform a primary assessment and intervention while awaiting the arrival of emergency medical service (EMS) personnel.

Operating a chainsaw can be hazardous. Potential injuries can be minimized by using proper personal protective equipment and safe operating procedures.

Chipper machines cut tree limbs into small chips. Hazards arise when operators get too close to or make contact with, the chipper. Contact with chipper operating components (blades, discs, or knives) may result in amputation or death. Operators may also be injured by material thrown from the machine. To minimize these hazards, use appropriate engineering and work practice controls, including operator training.

A fact sheet on what to consider in choosing the right ladder for the job, including style and material of the ladder and duty rating. Original source is Werner Co.

This article provides helpful information and resources regarding how to avoid repetitive strain injuries.

The National Safety Council defines "defensive driving" as driving to save lives, time, and money in spite of the conditions around you and the actions of others. The term "defensive flagging" implies a similar safety outlook and emphasizes the vigilant and protective attitude flaggers should have as they protect the lives of motorists and workers.

This report addresses some of the health and safety issues common throughout the transit industry, and describes approaches that transit organizations in the United States and Canada have taken to address health problems faced by transit employees.

Describes many types of distractions causing "inattention blindness". Give your full attention to the task of driving.

This article provides tips and examples regarding safety incentive programs.

This article indicates that the FTA encourages transit systems to develop policies on the use of OTC. Over the Counter drugs may be a contributing factor in crashes.

Describes how to secure oxygen tanks on buses.

This article reviews some of the factors you should consider and provides some recommendations and resources for taking action regarding transit regulation and ensuring the safety of your operation.

This fact sheet helps you learn how antihistamines work, how they affect driving, and how to reduce their side effects.

A brochure outlining driving responsibilities and restrictions for drivers who have been diagnosed with diabetes. Discusses how diabetes affects driving, whether a person can still drive with diabetes, and how to ensure that the driver drives safely with diabetes.

Useful safety tips for operating a dump truck.

This guide provides highway officials some basic guidelines for talking with and getting along effectively with the public, their local governing boards, and each other.

This article provides tips for drivers to fight fatigue and includes information about sleep and sleep debt.

Description of simple to maintain drug and alcohol testing record-keeping system developed by West Virginia Department of Transportation.

Covers fire prevention strategies in and around the maintenance shop and on vehicles and discuss employee fire prevention planning and training.

A guide to addressing transit driver fatigue. Fatigued drivers usually cannot remember the last few miles driven. They tend to experience wandering and disconnected thoughts and have difficulty keeping focused on the road. Fatigued drivers often have trouble keeping their heads up and yawn frequently. They tend to miss traffic signs, drift from their lanes, and jerk their vehicles back after drifting.

This guidance is intended for planning purposes. Employers and workers should use this planning guide are to help identify risk levels in workplace settings and determine any appropriate control measures to implement. Additional guidance may be needed as COVID-19 outbreak conditions change, including new information about the virus, its transmission, and impacts become available.

This information is intended to provide the principles of proper work zone traffic control, but is not a standard. Part 6 of the MUTCD contains the standards for work zone traffic control that apply in Kansas.

This booklet is designed to present to employees and employers a summary of the basic safety procedures and safeguards associated with hand and portable power tools.

At times, workers may be required to work in hot environments for long periods. When the human body is unable to maintain a normal temperature, heat illnesses can occur and may result in death. It is also important to consider that hot work environments may exist indoors. This fact sheet provides information to employers on measures they should take to prevent worker illnesses and death caused by heat stress.

Sunlight contains ultraviolet (UV) radiation, which causes premature aging of the skin, wrinkles, cataracts, and skin cancer. The amount of damage from UV exposure depends on the strength of the light, the length of exposure, and whether the skin is protected. There are no safe UV rays or safe suntans.

Prevention of heat stress in workers is important. Employers should provide training to workers so they understand what heat stress is, how it affects their health and safety, and how it can be prevented.

Heat is one of the leading weather-related killers in the United States, resulting in hundreds of fatalities each year.

Learn how to operate a chainsaw to fell trees. Topics include choosing an appropriate saw, history of saws, safety features of saws, saw maintenance, how to run a saw, and proper posture when using a saw.

Learn how to operate a chainsaw to fell trees. Topics include choosing an appropriate saw, history of saws, safety features of saws, saw maintenance, how to run a saw, and proper posture when using a saw.

This presents research on the definition of safety culture within public transportation, presents methods and tools for assessing safety culture, and provides strategies and guidelines that public transportation agencies may apply to initiate and build a program for improving safety culture.

Oregon DOT employees tell their story of a very serious near-miss incident at a pavement rehab work zone. Although no one was hurt and there was no serious property damage, it was a very scary near miss, as you will find when you listen to the crew's account of that day.

This is a primer for measuring retroreflectivity of signs. It’s important to understand the pros and cons of the methods available to choose the best options for assessing retroreflectivity for your situation.

OSHA has published a hazard information bulletin (HIB) to provide guidance to people who reside in high or moderate risk areas in the United States and who are exposed to ticks during the course of their work and thus at risk of contracting Lyme disease.* Examples of outdoor work which may be associated with increased risk of exposure to infected ticks include: construction work, landscaping, forestry, brush clearing, land surveying, farming, railroad work, oil field work, utility line work, and park/wildlife management.

This article is to help a transit agency to work with an employee suffering from migraines to minimize the occurrences and maximize productivity. Transit employers or human resources staff can help migraine sufferers by taking a proactive approach.

This site contains information about three important areas that impact nighttime visibility. Adequately maintained retroreflective signs, pavement markings, and roadway lighting improve nighttime highway visibility and reduce the risk of crashes by increasing visibility for drivers and other roadway users.

Many of the roads in the U.S. are non-Interstate, local, and rural roads that are maintained and operated by local agencies, such as towns, counties, and Tribal governments. Non-motorized modes of travel, such as biking, walking, and riding horses or horse-drawn carriages can be expected along these roads and may face safety concerns when utilizing the same roadway as motorized travelers. This Non-Motorized User Safety Manual focuses on low-volume local rural roadways and rural villages and describes a process that can be used to address the safety of non-motorized users. It provides a concise "toolbox" of resources and information for addressing non-motorized safety concerns and provides evaluation methods for locally implemented initiatives to address the safety of non-motorized users.

Fact sheet on inspections.

Fact sheet on recordkeeping.

Safety Publications

Many workplaces contain spaces that are considered to be “confined” because their configurations hinder the activities of employees who must enter into, work in, or exit from them. In many instances, employees who work in confined spaces also face an increased risk of exposure to serious physical injury from hazards such as entrapment, engulfment, and hazardous atmospheric conditions. Confinement itself may pose entrapment hazards and work in confined spaces may keep employees closer to hazards such as machinery components than they would be otherwise. For example, confinement, limited access, and restricted airflow can result in hazardous conditions that would not normally arise in an open workplace.

The information in this guide is general in nature and does not address all workplace hazards or PPE requirements. The information, methods and procedures in this guide are based on the OSHA requirements for PPE as set forth in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) at 29 CFR 1910.132 (General requirements); 29 CFR 1910.133 (Eye and face protection); 29 CFR 1910.135 (Head protection); 29 CFR 1910.136 (Foot protection); 29 CFR 1910.137 (Electrical protective equipment); 29 CFR 1910.138 (Hand protection); and regulations that cover the construction industry, at 29 CFR 1926.95 (Criteria 5 for personal protective equipment); 29 CFR 1926.96 (Occupational foot protection); 29 CFR 1926.100 (Head protection); 29 CFR 1926.101 (Hearing protection); and 29 CFR 1926.102 (Eye and face protection); and for the maritime industry at 29 CFR 1915.152 (General requirements); 29 CFR 1915.153 (Eye and face protection); 29 CFR 1915.155 (Head protection); 29 CFR 1915.156 (Foot protection); and 29 CFR 1915.157 (Hand and body protection).

Personal protective equipment, or PPE, is designed to protect workers from serious workplace injuries or illnesses resulting from contact with chemical, radiological, physical, electrical, mechanical, or other workplace hazards. Besides face shields, safety glasses, hard hats, and safety shoes, protective equipment includes a variety of devices and garments such as goggles, coveralls, gloves, vests, earplugs, and respirators.

This brochure provides good, basic information about poison ivy and similar plants, in an easy-to-understand format. Includes photographs of the plants and what a typical crash looks like. This brochure is produced by the manufacturer of a product that reduces poison ivy symptoms, but it is not heavy on advertising.

Guidelines for the safe and effective use of prescription and over-the-counter medications by safety-sensitive employees.

Protecting Workers from Heat Illness At times, workers may be required to work in hot environments for long periods. When the human body is unable to maintain a normal temperature, heat-related illnesses can occur and may result in death. This fact sheet provides information to employers on measures they should take to prevent heat-related illnesses and death.