Guidance Search
The Department of Labor provides this guidance search tool as a single, searchable location where users may search for guidance issued by any of the Department’s agencies, including significant guidance documents under Executive Order 12866. Individual guidance documents are maintained on the various agency websites, and if you know what agency you are looking for, you may also find guidance by navigating directly to that agency’s website. The Code of Federal Regulations and the Federal Register, which are not maintained by the Department, also include some of the Department’s interpretations of law and similar material.
OMB’s Final Bulletin for Agency Good Guidance Practices establishes policies and procedures for the development, issuance, and use of significant guidance documents by Executive Branch departments, including requiring that agencies enable the public to request that significant guidance documents be created, reconsidered, modified or rescinded. To petition for a significant guidance document to be created, modified, reconsidered, or rescinded, email the Department of Labor. Petitions should identify the specific guidance document by name and include your reason(s) for the request.
On January 20, 2021, President Biden issued the “Executive Order on Revocation of Certain Executive Orders Concerning Federal Regulation.” In response, the Department issued a final rule January 27, 2021 to rescind its August 28, 2020 rule on guidance documents.
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Requirement for neck protection when using power saws. - [1910.243]
This bulletin informs the mining community of a potential hazard created when the operator exits the operator's compartment of an energized MBC without activating the panic bar. It discusses ways to eliminate this hazard.
This PIB informs the mining industry and CMS&H enforcement personnel of the potential hazard that exists when resetting the circuit breaker of a battery-powered scoop. It also discusses methods to eliminate this hazard.
Encourages all mobile equipment operators to use and maintain stabilizers in accordance with the original equipment manufacturer's specifications.
Attempts to increase awareness about the special precautions that should be observed when charging lithium batteries or equipment containing lithium batteries.
This PIB informs the mining community of the fall hazards present during shaft construction, repair, or inspection activities and the necessary precautions to prevent injury or death.
This bulletin clarifies that under 30 C.F.R. 70.209, 71.209, and 90.209, mine operators must transmit respirable dust samples within 24 hours of the end of the sampling shift.
This memorandum discusses urban rapid transit in the context of FRSA violations.
Principe, William
Recording an absence as days away when PLHCP recommends the employee return to work. - [1904.7; 1904.7(b)(3); 1904.7(b)(3)(iii); 1904.7(b)(4)(i)]
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