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Safety and Health Program Voluntary Standards Crosswalk
This tool compares the core elements and action items from OSHA's Recommended Practices for Safety and Health Programs to other safety and health program standards and guidelines. Users may find this helpful if they are trying to decide which framework is best suited for them.
Download the Safety and Health Program Voluntary Standards Crosswalk (PDF).
Safety and Health Program Existing OSHA Standards Crosswalk
This tool identifies overlaps between existing OSHA standards that may apply to your workplace and action items described in the Recommended Practices for Safety and Health Programs. These requirements overlap with the guideline's core elements of Management Leadership, Worker Participation, Hazard Identification and Assessment, Education and Training. The tool can help you identify actions you are already taking to comply and use as building blocks for your safety and health program.
A secondary purpose of the tool is the help you identify how establishing a safety and health program will help you more effectively comply with those safety and health standards that apply to you. This will occur as you implement, as part of your program, effective procedures for identifying and mitigating hazards, involving workers in finding solutions, and conducting reviews to ensure controls are working and safety and health is improving.
Download the Safety and Health Program Existing OSHA Standards Crosswalk (PDF).
Safety and Health Programs in the States
Many states already do one or more of the following:
- Require certain employers to establish safety and health programs (by rule or statute).
- Provide incentives to employers who establish safety and health programs (through workers' compensation premium credits or discounts).
- Publicly recognize public employers who establish safety and health programs.
- Provide support to employers who seek to implement safety and health programs (with free training and consultations).
Download a brief summary of state-level activities (PDF) related to safety and health programs, or download a white paper (PDF) that provides detailed state-by-state descriptions of these activities.
Safety and Health Program Self-Evaluation
Download the program self-evaluation (PDF) and use it to determine how closely your existing policies, programs and practices conform to good Safety and Health Program design.
Safety and Health Program Implementation Checklist
Download the program implementation checklist (PDF) and use it to track those action items you have completed, and serve as a reminder of what is left to do.
Safety and Health Program Audit Tool
Download the program audit tool (PDF) and use it to evaluate your program and how well your organization has implemented it, identify remaining weaknesses, and use the results to focus on continual improvement.
Safety and Health Programs and Leading Indicators
Download the Leading Indicators guidance and use it to learn how to develop and track leading indicators to improve safety and health outcomes
Example Safety and Health Program
Download an example safety and health program (PDF) for a fictitious small business ("Local Cleaners"). It shows simple approaches a small business can take to start implementing the core elements of a safety and health program, as described in OSHA's Recommended Practices for Safety and Health Programs.
