December

• 12/30/1983 - Clarification of 157(f)(16).
• 12/02/1983 - Interpretation of the term "close hook". - [1926.550]

October

• 10/26/1983 - A serious safety problem related to drilling equipment manufacture.
• 10/25/1983 - Construction Safety Standards are enforced for maintenance painting of the building or structure at a manufacturing plant. - [1910.12(b)]
• 10/04/1983 - Standards for falling hazards less than 25 feet. - [1926.28(a)]

September

• 09/16/1983 - Clarification of our railing requirements in 29 CFR 1910.23(e). - [1910.23]

July

• 07/25/1983 - Instruction and warning labels for ladders. - [1910.27]

June

• 06/30/1983 - Use of an emergency jog reverse control during mill rescue operations. - [1910.216(e)]
• 06/20/1983 - OSHA's Fire Protection Standard. - [1910.38]
• 06/08/1983 - Guarding of flywheels on power presses. - [1910.219(b)(1)]
• 06/03/1983 - Guardrail and toeboard requirements for antenna platforms. - [1910.23(c)(1)]
• 06/03/1983 - Precautions when barricading of drill and pile rigs is not possible - [1926.550(a)(9)]

May

• 05/25/1983 - OSHA recordkeeping requirements for Consolidated Rail Corporation. - [1904]
• 05/24/1983 - Use of crane-handled personnel cages. - [1926.550]

April

• 04/25/1983 - Building and selling a fixed ladder with cage, using a hinged rest platform and advertising the product with the notation that it "complies with OSHA requirements." - [1910.27]

March

• 03/25/1983 - Point of operation guarding on power press brakes. - [1910.212]

February

• 02/25/1983 - Interpretation on ladder use with scaffolding. - [1926.451(a)(13)]
• 02/24/1983 - Directive showing protection techniques on oil and gas well drilling rigs.

January

• 01/18/1983 - Building Anchors Used for Intermittent Stabilization of a Suspended Powered Platform in Window Washing Operations and Light Building Maintenance. - [1910.66]
• 01/17/1983 - Life Safety Code. - [1910.39]