New materials to help interpret existing OSHA rules and regulations include:

• The Small Entity Compliance Guide for Respiratory Protection Standard gives small businesses a step-by-step guide to understanding this OSHA standard.
• The Workers' Rights booklet describes workers’ rights under the Occupational Safety and Health Act.
• The Employer Rights and Responsibilities booklet explains what happens after an OSHA inspection and what types of violations an employer may face.
• The Laboratory Safety document and fact sheets help lab managers protect employees from chemical, biological and physical hazards.
• The Aerial Lifts Protect Yourself document explains to employers the precautions they must take to safeguard employees who use this equipment.
• The Aerial Lift Fall Protection Over Water in Shipyards QuickCard gives ways to protect workers from falls, tip-overs, equipment failure and ejection.
• The Permit-Required Confined Spaces in General Industry QuickCard explains what workers should do before entering an underground vault, tank, storage bin, silo or manhole.
• The Working Safely in Trenches QuickCard illustrates protective systems used to prevent cave-ins.
• The Nail Gun Safety document tells workers and managers how to prevent injuries from nail guns.
• The Protecting Workers from Heat Stress QuickCard and poster emphasize the importance of providing water, rest and shade to protect workers from heat exhaustion and heat stroke.

To order free copies of these materials online, visit OSHA's Publications page at http://www.osha.gov/pls/publications/publication.AthruZ?pType=AthruZ#S or call OSHA's toll-free number at 800-321-6742. For accessible versions of PDF documents, contact OSHA's Office of Communications at 202-693-1999.