--- title: Audit, Compliance and Risk Blog | STP | Materials Handling description: Materials Handling | STP's blog giving insight into audit, compliance and risk issues for EHS, business and accounting. --- [![Specialty Technical Publishers](https://blog.stpub.com/hubfs/STP-logo-white-orange.png)](http://www.stpub.com/) - [My Account](http://stponline.stpub.com) - 1-800-251-0381 # Audit, Compliance and Risk Blog ## [OSHA’s general materials handling regulation](https://blog.stpub.com/oshas-general-materials-handling-regulation) Posted by [Jon Elliott](https://blog.stpub.com/author/jon-elliott) on Fri, Sep 19, 2025 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.stpub.com/hubfs/pexels-elevate-1267338.jpg) ](https://blog.stpub.com/oshas-general-materials-handling-regulation) The US federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) administers a General Materials Handling Standard (29 CFR 1910.176) that provides general requirements to ensure safe management of materials, including provisions for storage, loading and unloading, and other operational hazards.The remainder of this note summarizes these longstanding requirements.  [Read More](https://blog.stpub.com/oshas-general-materials-handling-regulation) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.stpub.com/oshas-general-materials-handling-regulation#comments-listing) Tags: [OSHA](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/osha), [workplace safety](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/workplace-safety), [Health and Safety Compliance](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/health-and-safety-compliance), [Occupational Health](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/occupational-health), [Safety Regulations](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/safety-regulations), [Health and Safety](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/health-and-safety), [Occupational Safety](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/occupational-safety), [Materials Handling](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/materials-handling) [All posts](https://blog.stpub.com/all) ### Follow Me ### Subscribe by Email ### Browse by Topic Area - [Accounting & Tax ](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/accounting-tax) - [Business & Legal ](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/business-legal) - [Corporate Governance  ](https://blog.stpub.com/../?Tag=Corporate+Governance) - [Environmental ](https://blog.stpub.com/../?Tag=Environmental) - [Global ](https://blog.stpub.com/../?Tag=Global) - [Health & Safety ](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/health-safety) - [Internet ](https://blog.stpub.com/../?Tag=Internet) - [Transportation ](https://blog.stpub.com/../?Tag=Transportation) ### Browse by Tag - [Environmental (344)](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environmental) - [Business & Legal (309)](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/business-legal) - [Environmental risks (300)](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environmental-risks) - [Health & Safety (296)](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/health-safety) - [EPA (283)](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/epa) - [Terms & Conditions](https://stphub.stpehs.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/STP-Terms-of-Use-Dec-20.pdf) - [Privacy Policy](https://stphub.stpehs.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/STP-Privacy-Policy.pdf) - [License Agreement](https://stphub.stpehs.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/STP-License-Agreement-Dec-20.pdf) - [Sitemap](http://stpub.com/sitemap) - [Support](http://stpub.com/support) © 2021 STP ComplianceEHS - All rights reserved