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Compliance Calendar Builder

Describe your facility and the programs you run, and get every recurring OSHA obligation placed on a twelve-month calendar — each carrying its citation and the verbatim text that sets the frequency. Export a subscribable calendar, a CSV, or a printable wall chart.

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Which programs do you run?

Select every program in place at this establishment.

Electronic (ITA) submission check
Industry listed in Appendix A to Subpart E? check list
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Select the programs you run to build your twelve-month calendar.

Commonly assumed — not actually required

Six annual "OSHA requirements" that aren't

Widely believed to be annual federal requirements. None is. Some come from consensus standards OSHA never adopted — practitioners still follow them and auditors still ask, so we name which authority is asking rather than pretend the practice doesn't exist.

"HazCom training is annual"
Commonly assumed — not required

Not annual. Required at initial assignment, and whenever a new chemical hazard employees have not previously been trained about is introduced into their work area. § 1910.1200(h)(1)

"Emergency Action Plan is reviewed annually"
Commonly assumed — not required

Not annual. Three triggers only: the plan is developed or an employee is initially assigned; an employee's responsibilities change; or the plan itself changes. § 1910.38(f)

"Machine guarding needs periodic inspection"
Commonly assumed — not required

No inspection frequency appears anywhere in the section — it covers guarding methods and anchoring only. § 1910.212

"Fall-arrest gear needs an annual competent-person inspection"
Consensus standard — not OSHA-required

No OSHA periodic interval exists. OSHA requires inspection before initial use each workshift (general industry) or prior to each use (construction). The annual/six-month formal inspection comes from ANSI Z359.2 and manufacturer instructions — a consensus standard, not an OSHA rule. § 1910.140(c)(18)

"Eyewash stations must be activated weekly"
Consensus standard — not OSHA-required

§ 1910.151(c) specifies no interval at all. The weekly-activation practice comes from ANSI Z358.1, which OSHA has not adopted. OSHA: "ANSI standards become mandatory OSHA standards only when, and if, they are adopted by OSHA; ANSI Z358.1 was not adopted by OSHA." § 1910.151(c)

"Crane periodic inspection is annual"
Commonly assumed — not required

1 to 12 month intervals, scaled to activity, severity of service, and environment. Twelve months is the outer bound, not the requirement. § 1910.179(j)(3)

Interpretation source: https://www.osha.gov/laws-regs/standardinterpretations/2002-04-18-1. ANSI Z358.1's weekly-activation interval is presented as consensus practice, not verified at source (the standard is paywalled).

For educational use — not legal advice. This tool applies published OSHA text to the facts you enter; every quotation links to its source on osha.gov so you can verify it. It is not a substitute for a qualified EHS professional, your own regulatory counsel, or the current official text of a standard. Standards change and state-plan jurisdictions may impose more. Nothing you enter is transmitted or stored — everything runs in your browser.