December

• 12/15/1989 - Currently Approved Alternate Standards In Use by Agencies
• 12/09/1989 - Application of 1910.120 to sewer overflow station construction site with contaminated soil. - [1910.120]

November

• 11/27/1989 - Enforcement Statistics Report
• 11/21/1989 - Life-GARD needle shield by Willander; The Recapper by Atomic Products Corporation
• 11/15/1989 - Request for Interpretation of ANSI B30.11.
• 11/14/1989 - Fall protection provision for iron workers during "connecting" activities. - [1926.28]
• 11/03/1989 - Exhaust air in spray operations.

October

• 10/16/1989 - Recordkeeping interpretation on calculation of LWDI rates when a company has three manufacturing establishments on one site. - [1904.12(g)(1)]
• 10/04/1989 - Cranes and personnel hoists. - [1926.550; 1926.550(g)(3)(ii)(D); 1926.550(g)(3)(ii)(A); 1926.550(g)(3)(ii)(C)]

September

• 09/12/1989 - Requests for Enforcement Data from the IMIS System
• 09/11/1989 - Application of 1910.120 to post-emergency clean-up operations including oil spill clean-ups. - [1910.120(q)]

August

• 08/31/1989 - "Guarding of Floor Openings and Floor Holes" to floor openings of a limited depth. - [1926.500]
• 08/14/1989 - Controlled load lowering and prohibition of the use of cranes with live booms. - [1926.550]

July

• 07/10/1989 - Review of Policy on Section 4(b)(1) of the Act - [1975.1]
• 07/05/1989 - Use of a "Negative Air Bag" in the removal of asbestos pipe insulation. - [1926.58(e)(6)]

June

• 06/30/1989 - "HIV (AIDS virus)" Labeled Disinfectants
• 06/11/1989 - Application of CPL 2-2.44A to products claiming effectiveness against AIDS virus.

May

• 05/24/1989 - Distribution of Penalties Collected on Violation-by-Violation Cases.
• 05/23/1989 - 24 hour training required for employers covered by 1910.120(a)(1) (i), (ii), and (iv). - [1910.120(l)(3)]
• 05/23/1989 - Criteria for inclusion of workers in a medical surveillance program and training under 1910.120. - [1910.120(f); 1910.120(l)(3)]
• 05/23/1989 - Hansen Quick Disconnect Couplings -- Evaluation for Compliance - [1915.55(f)(5); 1917.152(d)(3)(iv)]
• 05/23/1989 - Personnel platform attached directly to a boom. - [1926.451; 1926.556]
• 05/22/1989 - Safety railings. - [1926.750]
• 05/15/1989 - IBP Settlement Agreement
• 05/11/1989 - Barge based cranes and 1926.550(g). - [1926.550]
• 05/02/1989 - Consumer product exemption under the OSHA Hazard Communication Standard (HCS). - [1910.1200(a)(4)(iv)]
• 05/02/1989 - List of establishments that have received inspection exemption certificates.

April

• 04/17/1989 - Interpretation on whether an injury constituted a restriction of work activity. - [1904]
• 04/17/1989 - Ruling as to whether blank OSHA-200 logs must be maintained at each jobsite where no recordable injuries or illnesses have occurred. - [1904.2(a)]
• 04/14/1989 - Field Operations Manual (FOM) interpretation on sending citations to a construction site.
• 04/11/1989 - Positive acting anti-two-block device. - [1926.550]

March

• 03/15/1989 - Application of the HCS to certain products containing crystalline silica. - [1910.1200(b)(2)]
• 03/09/1989 - Interpretation of 1910.106(d)(2)(i), as it applies to the storage of combustible liquids in polyethylene containers. - [1910.106(d)(2)(i)]
• 03/06/1989 - The use of the "Billy Pugh" type basket. - [1926.550(g)(4); 1926.550(g)(4)(i)(b); 1926.550(g)(4)(ii)(a); 1926.550(g)(4)(ii)(b); 1926.550(g)(4)(ii)(e); 1926.550(g)(4)(ii)(f); 1926.550(g)(4)(ii)(f); 1926.550(g)(4)(ii)(I); 1926.550(g)(4)(iv)(a)]
• 03/01/1989 - When and how it it permissible for employees to be hoisted on the load lines of cranes and derricks. - [1926.550(g)]

February

• 02/09/1989 - Survey questionnaire concerning the use of computers by inspectors during enforcement.