Create a basic safety plan:

Get copies of safety and health rules that apply to your business

The Division of Occupational Safety & Health (DOSH) rules came from 35 years of hard experience. Following them makes your business life both easier and more profitable.

Get the Safety Standards for Construction Work

These are the only rules that will be needed by most non-manufacturing small businesses.

• On line
• In paper copy at your local L&I field office
• On CD-ROM from your local L&I field office
  

Check for other rules that may apply, including:

• The Core Rules -- the basic requirements that apply to most employers in Washington
• Scaffolds
• Power tools
• Forklifts (powered industrial trucks)
• Noise (hearing loss prevention)
• Ladders -- Portable and Fixed

Review rules from other agencies:

• See a list of other agencies