December

• 12/02/1981 - Clarification of a fixed ladder requirement. - [1910.27]

November

• 11/27/1981 - Rung spacing for fixed ladders. - [1910.27(b)(1)(ii); 1910.27(b)(1)(iii)]

October

• 10/20/1981 - A crane may pick and carry or walk loads in accordance with the crane manufacturer's specifications. - [1926.550]

September

• 09/24/1981 - Fall Hazards in Steel Erection. - [1926.28]

August

• 08/18/1981 - Construction crane certifications. - [1926.550]

July

• 07/28/1981 - Steel bands used as guardrails. - [1926.500]
• 07/01/1981 - Proposed Powered Platform installations. - [1910.23]

June

• 06/25/1981 - Scaffolds need to be properly braced. - [1926.451]
• 06/24/1981 - Guarding Low-Pitched-Roof Perimeters. - [1926.500]

May

• 05/29/1981 - Reporting of fatality or multiple hospitalization accidents. - [1904.8]
• 05/26/1981 - The manner in which OSHA provides for suitable applications of the ANSI B11.3 specification standard. - [1910.212; 1910.212(a)(3)(ii)]
• 05/08/1981 - Interpretation on applicability of operator physical qualification requirements contained in referenced ANSI standards. - [1926.550(b)(2); 1926.550(d)(4); 1926.550(e)]

April

• 04/17/1981 - Employees exposed to falls of 25 feet or more must be protected by safety nets or some other device. - [1926.105]
• 04/13/1981 - Physical Qualifications of Crane Operators. - [1926.550]

March

• 03/16/1981 - Certain built-up roofing requirements. - [1926.500]
• 03/05/1981 - Fixed ladder requirements. - [1910.27]

February

• 02/20/1981 - Citing of Reversed Polarity. - [1910.309]
• 02/20/1981 - OSHA requirements on fixed ladders relating to communication towers. - [1910.27]
• 02/13/1981 - Definition of "massive release" of vinyl chloride. - [1910.1017(b)(5)]

January

• 01/20/1981 - Size of lumber to be utilized for side rails of job-made ladders. - [1926.450]
• 01/13/1981 - Standards that do not apply to overhand-bricklaying.; - [1926.28; 1926.104; 1926.105; 1926.500(d)(1)]
• 01/09/1981 - Correspondence regarding OSHA Instruction STD 1-12.24. - [1910.217]