General links
Free safety information resources
- Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Department of Labor (DOL)
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA)
- National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)
- National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
- National Safety Council (NSC)
- Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
- OSHA eTools and Electronic Products
- OSHA Quick Start Compliance Guide
- OSHA Technical Links to Safety and Health Topics
- Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers' Compensation Workplace Safety (DWC)
- Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) Audiovisual Library
- Workplace Safety: Building a Safer Texas (English/Spanish)
Links by subject
3D printing and additive manufacturing
Accident investigation
Aerosols in the workplace
Airline industry
Ammonium nitrate
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Chemical Advisory: Safe Storage, Handling, and Management of Ammonium Nitrate
- Texas State Fire Marshal's Office Ammonium Nitrate Information (includes facility lookup)
Anthrax
- About Anthrax in the Workplace (NIOSH)
- Anthrax (CDC)
- OSHA Anthrax
Asbestos
- Asbestos and Your Health (CDC)
- OSHA Asbestos Resources
- OSHA Asbestos Self-Inspection Checklist
- Texas DSHS Asbestosis Surveillance Program
Asphalt
Automatic external defibrillators (AEDs)
Baggage handling
Bloodborne pathogens
Chemical reactivity
Cold weather
Commercial dry cleaning
- NIOSH Control of Ergonomic Hazards in Commercial Dry Cleaning
- NIOSH Control of Health and Safety Hazards in Commercial Dry Cleaners
Communication tower safety
Confined spaces
Construction
- Mega Construction Project Program (DOL)
- NIOSH Highway Work Zone Safety: Construction Equipment Visibility Diagram Lookup
- OSHA Construction Industry
- OSHA English to Spanish Construction Industry Terms
- OSHA Resources for Preventing Backovers
- OSHA Residential Construction Industry
- OSHA Struck-by Accidents in Construction/Vehicle Backover Prevention Video
- ELCOSH: Electronic Library of Construction Occupational Safety & Health
- Preventing repetitive stress injuries (DWC)
- US DOL The Construction Industry under the Fair Labor Standards Act
Dentistry
Driving
- AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety
- CDC Transportation Safety
- NIOSH Distracted Driving at Work
- Governors Highway Safety Association
- National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
- National Safety Council Our Driving Concern - Texas Employer Traffic Safety Program
- Network of Employers for Traffic Safety (NETS)
- OSHA Motor Vehicle Safety
Electrical contractor
Emergency/disaster preparedness
- DSHS Center for Health Emergency Preparedness and Response
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
- FEMA National Incident Management System
- OSHA Disaster Site Worker Outreach Training Program
- OSHA Emergency Preparedness & Response
- OSHA Evacuation Planning Matrix
- OSHA Evacuation Planning Matrix Checklist Resources
- OSHA Evacuation Plans and Procedures eTool
- OSHA Fact Sheet on Natural Disaster Recovery: Cleanup Hazard
- OSHA Fact Sheet on Natural Disaster Recovery: Fungi Hazards and Flood Cleanup
- OSHA Hurricane Preparedness and Response
- OSHA Protecting Worker Safety and Health Under the National Response Framework
- Texas Governor's Office Emergency Management
- U.S. Department of Homeland Security Preparedness Planning for Your Business
Ergonomics
Fall prevention
Farm and ranch safety
- National Ag Safety Database
- National Education Center for Agricultural Safety
- NIOSH Agricultural worker safety and health
- OSHA Agricultural Operations
Fentanyl
First responders
- NFPA Electrical Vehicle Safety Training for First Responders
- NIOSH Emergency Medical Services Clinician Safety
- OSHA Resources for Response and Recovery Workers
Fire safety
- Texas State Fire Marshal Fire Safety and Education Publications
- OSHA Fire Safety
- U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Fire Safety
Flammables and combustibles
Hazard communication
Health care employee safety
- OSHA Bloodborne Pathogens and Needlestick Prevention
- OSHA Clinicians
- OSHA Multidrug-Resistant Organisms
- Preventing Workplace Violence in Health Care
Hearing conservation
Heat stress
- NIOSH Heat Stress
- OSHA Working in Indoor and Outdoor Heat Environments
- Protecting workers from indoor and outdoor heat hazards (DWC)
Indoor air quality
Isocyanates
Landscaping and horticulture
- OSHA Landscaping and Horticultural Safety
- NIOSH Fatal Injuries Among Landscape Service Workers Fact Sheet
Legionnaires' disease
Lightning
Maritime
Mercury
Mold
- NIOSH Workplace Mold and Your Health
- Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation Mold Assessors and Remediators
Nanotechnology
North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)
Oil and gas industry
- OSHA Fact Sheet on Internal Combustion Engines as Ignition Sources
- OSHA Hazard Alert: Worker Exposure to Silica during Hydraulic Fracturing
- OSHA Oil and Gas Extraction
- NIOSH Oil and Gas Extraction Program
Personal protective equipment (PPE)
Pesticides
- DSHS Acute Occupational Pesticide Poisoning
- EPA Occupational Pesticide Safety and Health
- NIOSH Pesticide Illness and Injury Surveillance
- Texas Department of Agriculture Pesticides
Poultry processing
Powered industrial trucks
Printing industry
Process safety management
Radiation
Recordkeeping and reporting
- Recordkeeping
- Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation Subscriber and Non-Subscriber Reporting Requirements
- OSHA Injury and Illness Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements
Respiratory protection
Ricin
Safety programs
Safety technology
Silica
Smoking/tobacco use
Spanish resources
- National Ag Safety Database Spanish Materials
- OSHA Spanish Language Compliance Assistance Resources
- OSHA English to Spanish Construction Industry Terms
Trenching and excavation
Trucking
- OSHA Trucking Industry
- U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Tuberculosis
Tularemia
West Nile virus
Work zone
- National Work Zone Safety Information Clearinghouse
- NIOSH Highway Work Zone Safety
- NIOSH Highway Work Zone Safety: Construction Equipment Visibility Diagram Lookup
- OSHA Quick Card: Work Zone Traffic Safety
Workplace violence
- NIOSH About Workplace Violence
- OSHA Workplace Violence
- Preventing Workplace Violence in Health Care
- U.S. Office of Personnel Management "Dealing with Workplace Violence" Guide
Young workers
- NIOSH Youth@Work: Talking Safety in Texas
- OSHA Young Workers
- OSHA Young Workers in Construction
- U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Youth at Work