Reference Manual 50B: Occupational Safety and Health Program

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Reference Manual 50-B (RM-50B) provides information, guidance, and direction for carrying out the policy and program objectives found in Director’s Order #50B: Occupational Safety and Health Program.

The Assistant Director, Visitor and Resource Protection has approved the RM-50B chapters available here. New and updated chapters are being developed and will be issued upon approval by the Associate Director.

Chapters

1. Safety Program Leadership and Management and Employee Involvement
   • Addendum: Annual Safety, Health, and Wellness Stand Downs (approved October 10, 2023)
2. Reports of Unsafe Work Practices and Whistleblower Protection
3. Injury and Illness Reporting (under development)
4. Safety, Health, and Wellness Training
5. Awards
6. Recordkeeping (under development)
7. Accident and Investigations
8. Program Analysis and Evaluations
9. Occupational Exposure Assessment
10. Workplace Inspections
11. Job Hazard Analyses (JHAs)
12. Hazard Identification and Abatement (under development)
13. Asbestos Exposure Control
14. Bloodborne Pathogens
15. Chainsaw Safety (revised April 24, 2020)
    • Chainsaw Safety FAQs
16. Cold Injury (under development)
17. Compressed Gas (under development)
18. Concessions (under development)
19. Confined Space Entry
20. Construction Safety
21. Contractor Operations
22. Control of Hazardous Energy Lockout-Tagout
23. Cranes, Hoists, and Derricks (under development)
24. Electrical Safety (under development)
25. Emergency Procedures/EAP (under development)
26. Employee Wellness (approved February 24, 2022))
27. Ergonomics
28. Fall Protection (under development)
29. Flammables and Combustibles
30. Hazard Communication (HAZCOM) (approved April 8, 2019)
31. Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER) (under development)
32. Hearing Loss Prevention
33. Heat Injury Prevention
34. Hot Works (welding, cutting, brazing) (under development)
35. Indoor Air Quality
36. Infectious Disease (under development)
37. Laboratory Safety and Chemical Hygiene
38. Lead Exposure Control
39. Machine Guarding (under development)
40. Material Handling (under development)
41. Motor Vehicle Operations
42. Motorboat and Watercraft Safety Operations
43. Occupational Medical Screening
44. Off-Highway Vehicles
45. Office Safety
46. Operational Leadership (approved October 10, 2023)
47. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
48. Pesticide Use (under development)
49. Powered Industrial Trucks (PIT) (under development)
50. Rabies Disease Prevention (under development)
51. Radiation Safety (under development)
52. Remote Operations
53. Respiratory Protection
54. Respirable Crystalline Silica Exposure (under development)
55. Safe Work Practices for Handling Wildlife
56. Slips, Trips and Falls (under development)
57. Tickborne Disease Prevention (approved May 19, 2022)
58. Trenching & Excavation (under development)