Advancing and improving workplace safety and health for all workers in Oregon

Hazardous chemicals and substances

Publications

Apps-mobile/online
- Safe practices when working around hazardous agricultural chemicals - mobile version
  Prácticas de Seguridad Cuando se Trabaja con Químicos Agrícolas Peligrosos - versión para teléfono celular
  Spanish 07/17/2015
- Safe practices when working around hazardous agricultural chemicals - mobile version
  English 07/17/2015
Brochures/Guides
- Preventing exposure to hazardous chemicals in laboratories
  English 05/04/2017
Fact sheets
- Crystalline Silica: Specified Exposure Control Methods (Table 1)
  English 01/10/2017
- Overview of Oregon OSHA’s silica rules for general industry and construction
  English 01/10/2017
Hazard alerts
- 1-Bromopropane (1-BP)
  English 07/05/2013
References
- Rules with Requirements
  English 05/10/2019

Education and training

Online course
- GHS Labels and Safety Data Sheets interactive training
  English Online course
- Hazard Communication aligned with GHS online course
  English Online course

Workshop
- Hazard Communication Program - Aligned with GHS
  English Instructor Guide pdf 12/01/2013
- Hazard Communication Program - Aligned with GHS
  English Overhead pdf 12/20/2013
- Hazard Communication Program - Aligned with GHS
  English Workbook pdf 12/01/2013

Rules and rule-related

Advisory Committee

Manganese Permissible Exposure Limit

Permissible Exposure Limits

Final Rules
Interpretations
- Anhydrous ammonia
  10/01/1993
- Arsenic
  11/29/2001
- Carbon monoxide gas formation in closed dairy equipment
  05/14/2015
- Clarification of lead standard
  06/30/1998
- Compressed air pipe labelling
  09/25/2006
- Employees designated as first-aid providers
  07/30/2007
- Exposure to lead, arsenic and hydrocarbons
  01/08/1998
- Fluorescent light fixtures containing polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)
  05/24/2000
- H2S exposure
  04/07/2003
- Hazardous chemicals in paint
  06/16/1998
- Hydrogen cyanide (HCN) cylinders
  03/21/1994
- Intent of OAR 437-002-0182(25) & (26)
  01/31/2003
- Lead in construction: observer respirator requirements
  11/14/1994
- Loading/unloading of anhydrous ammonia
  09/05/1980
- Oregon emergency response system
  03/21/1994
- Recordkeeping, ergonomics, tuberculosis, and bloodborne pathogens
  12/21/2015
- Silane gas (silicon tetrahydride)
  03/21/1994
- Storage of Garlon-4 and crop oil
  05/21/1998
Summary of comments and decisions
- Summary of comments and agency decisions regarding proposed changes to Beryllium rules
  3-2017 and 4-2017
- Summary of comments and agency decisions regarding proposed changes to Division 4 Agriculture Subdivision I Personal Protective Equipment, and Subdivision Z Chemicals and Toxins Administrative Rules
  4-2012

Video Resources

Borrow from the Resource Center

No items are currently available

Watch Online

Toxic Paint Removers: Safer Alternatives
Methylene chloride (dichloromethane) is a widely used solvent that can cause serious illness or death when used in enclosed spaces. The video was produced by the California Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) within the Occupational Health Branch of the California Department of Public Health.
English 7:45 minutes

Additional Resources

Related topics

Process safety management

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