http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/personalprotectiveequipment/standards.html Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Standards Personal protective equipment (PPE) is addressed in specific standards for the general industry, shipyard employment, marine terminals, and longshoring. This page highlights OSHA standards, the Regulatory Agenda (a list of actions being taken with regard to OSHA standards), preambles to final rules (background to final rules), Federal Registers (rules, proposed rules, and notices), directives (instructions for compliance officers), standard interpretations (official letters of interpretation of the standards), and national consensus standards related to PPE.
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