{"abstract":"The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (\"OSHA\" or \"the Agency\") is issuing this direct final rule to update its general industry and construction signage standards by adding references to the latest versions of the American National Standards Institute (\"ANSI\") standards on specifications for accident prevention signs and tags, ANSI Z535.1-2006(R2011), Z535.2-2011 and Z535.5-2011. In this rulemaking, OSHA is retaining the existing references to the earlier ANSI standards, ANSI Z53.1-1967, Z35.1-1968 and Z35.2-1968, in its signage standards, thereby providing employers an option to comply with the updated or earlier standards. OSHA also is incorporating by reference Part VI of the Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices (\"MUTCD\"), 1988 Edition, Revision 3, into the incorporation-by- reference section of the construction standards having inadvertently omitted this edition of the MUTCD from this section during an earlier rulemaking, and amending citations in two provisions of the construction standards to show the correct incorporation-by-reference section. In addition, OSHA is publishing a notice of proposed rulemaking in today's Federal Register adding the same references.","action":"Direct final rule; request for comments.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF LABOR","name":"Labor Department","id":271,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/labor-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/271","parent_id":null,"slug":"labor-department"},{"raw_name":"Occupational Safety and Health Administration","name":"Occupational Safety and Health Administration","id":386,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/occupational-safety-and-health-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/386","parent_id":271,"slug":"occupational-safety-and-health-administration"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2013/06/13/2013-13909.html","cfr_references":[{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":1910,"title":29},{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":1926,"title":29}],"citation":"78 FR 35559","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":"2013-07-15","correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"This direct final rule will become effective on September 11, 2013 unless OSHA receives a significant adverse comment to this direct final rule or the companion proposal by July 15, 2013. If OSHA receives a significant adverse comment, the Agency will publish a timely withdrawal of the direct final rule in the Federal Register.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["Docket No. OSHA-2013-0005"],"dockets":[],"document_number":"2013-13909","effective_on":"2013-09-11","end_page":35567,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2013/06/13/2013-13909.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2013/06/13/2013-13909/updating-osha-standards-based-on-national-consensus-standards-signage","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/2013-13909?publication_date=2013-06-13","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2013-06-13/2013-13909/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":9,"page_views":{"count":1471,"last_updated":"2026-07-26 20:15:03 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2013-06-13/pdf/2013-13909.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2013-13909.pdf?1371041970","publication_date":"2013-06-13","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2013/06/13/2013-13909.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{"1218-AC77":{"issue":"201304","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/regulations/1218-AC77/consensus-standard-update-signage","title":"Consensus Standard Update--Signage","xml_url":"http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eAgendaViewRule?pubId=201304&RIN=1218-AC77&operation=OPERATION_EXPORT_XML","priority_category":"Substantive, Nonsignificant"}},"regulation_id_numbers":["1218-AC77"],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"supporting_documents":[{"title":"Ex. 0007 - Advisory Committee Meeting on Construction Safety and Health (ACCSH) - Monday, March 18, 2013","document_id":"OSHA-2013-0005-0007"},{"title":"Ex. 0006 - NEMA Issue Brief - January 2011","document_id":"OSHA-2013-0005-0006"},{"title":"Ex. 0005 - Comparison of USA Z53.1 - 1967 Safety Color Code for Marking Physical Hazards with Z535.1 Standard For Safety Colors (2006 & 2011 versions)","document_id":"OSHA-2013-0005-0005"},{"title":"Ex. 0004 - National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) Letter dated March 30, 2011","document_id":"OSHA-2013-0005-0004"},{"title":"Ex. 0003: National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) Letter dates June 2, 2009","document_id":"OSHA-2013-0005-0003"}],"comments_url":"https://www.regulations.gov/docketBrowser?rpp=50&so=DESC&sb=postedDate&po=0&dct=PS&D=OSHA-2013-0005","supporting_documents_count":5,"docket_id":"OSHA-2013-0005","regulation_id_number":null,"title":"Updating OSHA Standards Based on National Consensus Standards; Signage","checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2013-07-03T08:08:41Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":false,"signing_date":null,"start_page":35559,"subtype":null,"title":"Updating OSHA Standards Based on National Consensus Standards; Signage","toc_doc":"Updating OSHA Standards Based on National Consensus Standards; Signage","toc_subject":null,"topics":["Incorporation by reference","Occupational safety and health","Safety"],"type":"Rule","volume":78}