America's best-selling guide to workplace safety and health standards, The OSHA Answer Book, has just been updated! This is the preferred reference book used by employers around the county to understand what their OSHA compliance responsibilities are and how to take action.

The new 9th edition includes the following:

• A new chapter called How Do We Get in Compliance with OSHA? This chapter will help you identify many of the OSHA requirements that apply to your workplace. Small and new businesses may find this very helpful in determining the OSHA laws that apply to your business. It contains an easy-to-follow step-by-step approach:
  
  
  • Step 1 - OSHA Regulations that Apply to Most Employers
    
  • Step 2 - Perform a Safety Audit of Your Workplace
    
  • Step 3 - Develop a Safety and Health Program
    
  • Step 4 - Train Your Employees
    
  • Step 5 - Record Injuries and Illnesses
  
  
• A new chapter titled A State-By-State Profile of Worker Safety and Health. This chapter includes state-by-state profiles of workers' safety and health, and features state and national information on workplace fatalities, injuries, illnesses, the number and frequency of workplace inspections, penalties, and public-employee coverage under the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSH Act).
  
• A new chapter titled Self Inspection Checklists. The safety checklists call your attention to many of the major standards that an OSHA inspector will be looking for when they inspect your workplace. The OSHA standards referenced in the checklist include many of the General Industry standards from 29 Code of Regulations (CFR). You can use these checklists to conduct your own inspection. This checklist will help you determine which OSHA regulations apply to your business and which ones you need to get into compliance with.