General Small Business Checklists - Section 1a

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 & Health Core Rules

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 to:

• Your specific industry:
  Agriculture, construction, logging, sawmills, electrical, telecommunications.
• Specific hazards in your workplace:
  Confined Space, respiratory hazards, noise
• Equipment or machinery you may use
  Machine safety, portable power tools, scaffolds, forklifts, etc

Review rules from other agencies:

• See a list of other agencies