Medical and First Aid
Standards
Medical and first aid services are addressed in specific OSHA standards for general industry, maritime, and construction. This section highlights OSHA standards and documents related to medical and first aid.
OSHA Standards
General Industry (29 CFR 1910) |
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1910 Subpart K - Medical and First Aid | ||
1910.151, Medical services and first aid. |
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1910 Subpart R - Special Industries | ||
1910.266, Logging operations. See paragraph (d)(2) for information related to First-aid kits. See Appendix A for information related to First-aid kits (Mandatory). See Appendix B for information related to First-aid and CPR training (Mandatory). |
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1910.269, Electric Power Generation, Transmission, and Distribution. See paragraph (b) for information related to Medical services and first aid. |
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1910 Subpart T - Commercial Diving Operations | ||
1910.421, Pre-dive procedures. |
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Maritime (29 CFR 1915, 1917, 1918) |
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1915.87, Medical services and first aid. |
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1917 Subpart B - Marine Terminal Operations | ||
1917.26, First aid and lifesaving facilities. |
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1918.97, First aid and lifesaving facilities. (See Appendix V of this part). |
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Construction Industry (29 CFR 1926) |
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1926 Subpart C - General Safety and Health Provisions | ||
1926.23, First aid and medical attention. |
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1926 Subpart D - Occupational Health and Environmental Controls | ||
1926.50, Medical services and first aid. |
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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 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.
- 29 CFR Part 1910, Subpart T - Commercial Diving Operations. CPL 02-00-151, (June 13, 2011).
- Inspection Procedures for 29 CFR 1910.120 and 1926.65, Paragraph (q): Emergency Response to Hazardous Substance Releases. CPL 02-02-073, (August 27, 2007).
- Logging Operations, Inspection Procedures and Interpretive Guidance Including Twelve Previously Stayed Provisions. CPL 02-01-022, (September 27, 1996).
- Logging Operations, Inspection Procedures and Interpretive Guidance. CPL 02-01-019, (March 17, 1995).
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.
- Cyanide Antidotes (March 31, 2020).
- Most frequently asked questions concerning the bloodborne pathogens standard (February 01, 1993).
- Bloodborne pathogens impact on non-health care industries (December 15, 1992).
- Applicability of Bloodborne Pathogens Standard to emergency responders, decontamination, housekeeping, and good samaritan acts (December 04, 1992).
- Applicability of bloodborne pathogens standard to first aid providers at electric cooperatives (October 23, 1992).
- Applicability of bloodborne pathogens standard to first aid providers at drilling operations (October 22, 1992).
- Bloodborne pathogen standard's applicability to employees of summer camps and conference/retreat centers (October 01, 1992).
- Bloodborne pathogens standard's relationship to employees trained in first aid around electrical lines (September 04, 1992).
- When a lifesaving skiff is to be considered as being "immediately available" (December 06, 1991).
- First Aid treatment required within 3 to 4 minutes of injury (June 13, 1990).