Landscape and Horticultural Services
Standards
Landscaping and horticulture hazards are addressed in specific OSHA standards for general industry if work is considered maintenance activity and construction if work is considered building activity.This section highlights OSHA standards and documents related to landscape and horticulture services.
OSHA Standards
Frequently Cited Standards
OSHA maintains a listing of the most frequently cited standards for specified 6-digit North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes. Please refer to OSHA's Frequently Cited OSHA Standards page for additional information. For Landscape and Horticultural Services, use NAICS code 561730 in the NAICS search box.
Other Highlighted Standards
General Industry (29 CFR 1910) |
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1910 Subpart D - Walking-Working Surfaces | ||
1910.22, General requirements. |
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1910.23, Ladders. |
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1910.27, Scaffolds and rope descent systems. |
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1910 Subpart I - Personal Protective Equipment | ||
1910.134, Respiratory protection. |
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1910.136, Foot protection. |
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1910.138, Hand Protection. |
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1910 Subpart J - General Environmental Controls | ||
1910.147, The control of hazardous energy (lockout/tagout). |
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1910 Subpart K - Medical and First Aid | ||
1910.151, Medical services and first aid. |
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1910 Subpart N - Materials Handling and Storage | ||
1910.178, Powered Industrial Trucks |
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1910 Subpart P - Hand and Portable Powered Tools and Other Hand-Held Equipment | ||
1910.243, Guarding of portable powered tools. |
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1910 Subpart R - Special Industries | ||
1910.268, Telecommunications. |
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1910 Subpart S - Electrical | ||
1910.332, Training. |
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1910.334, Use of equipment. |
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1910 Subpart Z - Toxic and Hazardous Substances | ||
1910.1030, Bloodborne pathogens. See also Most Frequently Asked Questions Concerning the Bloodborne Pathogens Standard, 29 CFR 1910.1030. Provides answers to the most commonly asked questions related to the BBP standard. |
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Construction Industry (29 CFR 1926) |
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1926 Subpart C - General Safety and Health Provisions | ||
1926.25, Housekeeping. |
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1926 Subpart D - Occupational Health and Environmental Controls | ||
1926.50, Medical services and first aid. |
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1926.51, Sanitation. |
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1926 Subpart E - Personal Protective and Life Saving Equipment | ||
1926.100, Head protection. |
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1926.101, Hearing protection. |
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1926.102, Eye and face protection. |
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1926 Subpart I - Tools - Hand and Power | ||
1926.307, Mechanical power-transmission apparatus. |
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1926 Subpart K - Electrical | ||
1926.403, General requirements. |
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1926 Subpart L - Scaffolds | ||
1926.451, General requirements. |
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1926.501, Duty to have fall protection. |
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1926 Subpart O - Motor Vehicles, Mechanized Equipment, and Marine Operations | ||
1926.600, Equipment. |
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1926.601, Motor vehicles. |
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1926.602, Material handling equipment. |
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1926.604, Site clearing. |
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1926 Subpart P - Excavations | ||
1926.651, Specific Excavation Requirements. |
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1926 Subpart W - Rollover Protective Structures; Overhead Protection | ||
1926.1000, Scope. |
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1926.1001, Minimum performance criteria for rollover protective structures for designated scrapers, loaders, dozers, graders, crawler tractors, compactors, and rubber-tired skid steer equipment. |
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1926.1002, Protective frames (roll-over protective structures, known as ROPS) for wheel-type agricultural and industrial tractors used in construction. |
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1926.1003, Overhead protection for operators of agricultural and industrial tractors used in construction. |
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1926 Subpart X - Stairways and Ladders | ||
1926.1060, Training requirements. |
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State Plan Standards
There are 29 OSHA-approved State Plans operating state-wide occupational safety and health programs. State Plans are required to have standards and enforcement programs that are at least as effective as OSHA's and may have different or more stringent requirements.
Additional Federal Register notices
Note: The notices in this list provide additional information that is not necessarily connected to a specific OSHA standard highlighted on this Safety and Health Topics page.
- Electric Power Generation, Transmission, and Distribution; Electrical Protective Equipment; Final Rule; Stay of Enforcement and Correction. Final Rule 59:33658-33664, (June 30, 1994).
- Electric Power Generation, Transmission, and Distribution; Electrical Protective Equipment. Notice 54:18546-7, (May 01, 1989).
Additional Directives
Note: The directives in this list provide additional information that is not necessarily connected to a specific OSHA standard highlighted on this Safety and Health Topics page.
- Enforcement of the Electric Power Generation, Transmission, and Distribution Standard. CPL 02-01-038, (June 18, 2003).
- Logging Operations, Inspection Procedures and Interpretive Guidance Including Twelve Previously Stayed Provisions. CPL 02-01-022, (September 27, 1996).
- Electric Power Generation, Transmission, and Distribution; Electrical Protective Equipment; Final Rule. CSP 01-01-028, (April 15, 1994).
- Electrical Safety-Related Work Practices -- Inspection Procedures and Interpretation Guidelines. STD 01-16-007, (July 01, 1991).
Additional Letters of Interpretation
Note: The letters in this list provide additional information that is not necessarily connected to a specific OSHA standard highlighted on this Safety and Health Topics page.
- Protection of ground-level workers from lowering of aerial lift bucket (September 23, 1999).
- Clarification of 1910.269 as applied to line-clearance tree-trimming operations (April 26, 1999).
- Occupational noise exposure standard affords protection to landscape service industry employees (March 19, 1999).
- Apparel requirements for line-clearence tree-trimmers (October 29, 1998).
- Fall protection anchorage points: guardrail systems and cranes (June 08, 1998).
- Interpretation of the electric power generation, transmission, and distribution standard (June 04, 1996).
- Clarification of electric power generators, transmission and distribution standard (July 18, 1994).
- Landscaping employees working in extreme temperatures (July 14, 1992).
- The correct testing procedure for tree-trimming saddle belts (May 07, 1982).
Note: These are NOT OSHA regulations. However, they do provide guidance from their originating organizations related to worker protection.
American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
The following voluntary ANSI standards may be applicable to the landscaping and horticultural industry. Compliance with ANSI standards does not ensure compliance with OSHA policy, although the requirements of some ANSI standards have been adopted within OSHA standards. This list is provided for reference use only.
- A10.14, Requirements for Safety belts, Harnesses, Lanyards, Lifelines, and Drop Lines for Constructional and Industrial Use
- A14.1, Ladders - Portable Wood - Safety Requirements
- A14.2, Ladders - Portable Metal - Safety Requirements
- A14.5, Stepladders and Platform Ladders, Aluminum Magnesium, Fiberglass Ladders
- A92.2, Vehicle-Mounted Elevating and Rotating Aerial Devices
- A300, Tree Care Operations - Tree, Shrub and Other Woody Plant Maintenance - Standard Practices
- B30.5, Mobile and Locomotive Truck Cranes
- B71.1, Powered Lawn Mowers and Garden Tractors
- B71.3, Snow Throwers
- B71.4, Commercial Turf Type Equipment
- B71.6, Shredders and Grinders
- B71.8, Tillers
- B175.1, Gasoline Powered Chain Saws, Safety Requirements
- B175.2, Blowers
- B175.3, Trimmers and Brushcutters
- Z41, Protective Footgear Requirements
- Z87.1, Occupational and Educational Eye and Face Protection Devices
- Z89.1, Personnel Protection - Protective Headgear for Industrial Workers - Requirements
- Z133.1, Arboricultural Operations Safety
- Z308.1, Minimum Requirements for Workplace First Aid Kits
- Z359.1, Safety Requirements for Personal Fall Arrest Systems, Subsystems, and Components