---
kind: "unit"
title: "29"
title_heading: "Labor"
key: "ch15"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 15"
heading: "Occupational Safety and Health"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/29/ch15"
sections_count: 30
---

# Chapter 15 — Occupational Safety and Health

Title 29 — Labor

## Sections

- [§651. Congressional statement of findings and declaration of purpose and policy](/usc/29/651.md)
- [§652. Definitions](/usc/29/652.md)
- [§653. Geographic applicability; judicial enforcement; applicability to existing standards; report to Congress on duplication and coordination of Federal laws; workmen’s compensation law or common law or statutory rights, duties, or liabilities of employers and employees unaffected](/usc/29/653.md)
- [§654. Duties of employers and employees](/usc/29/654.md)
- [§655. Standards](/usc/29/655.md)
- [§656. Administration](/usc/29/656.md)
- [§657. Inspections, investigations, and recordkeeping](/usc/29/657.md)
- [§658. Citations](/usc/29/658.md)
- [§659. Enforcement procedures](/usc/29/659.md)
- [§660. Judicial review](/usc/29/660.md)
- [§661. Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission](/usc/29/661.md)
- [§662. Injunction proceedings](/usc/29/662.md)
- [§663. Representation in civil litigation](/usc/29/663.md)
- [§664. Disclosure of trade secrets; protective orders](/usc/29/664.md)
- [§665. Variations, tolerances, and exemptions from required provisions; procedure; duration](/usc/29/665.md)
- [§666. Civil and criminal penalties](/usc/29/666.md)
- [§667. State jurisdiction and plans](/usc/29/667.md)
- [§668. Programs of Federal agencies](/usc/29/668.md)
- [§669. Research and related activities](/usc/29/669.md)
- [§669a. Expanded research on worker health and safety](/usc/29/669a.md)
- [§670. Training and employee education](/usc/29/670.md)
- [§671. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health](/usc/29/671.md)
- [§671a. Workers’ family protection](/usc/29/671a.md)
- [§672. Grants to States](/usc/29/672.md)
- [§673. Statistics](/usc/29/673.md)
- [§674. Audit of grant recipient; maintenance of rec­ords; contents of records; access to books, etc.](/usc/29/674.md)
- [§675. Annual reports by Secretary of Labor and Secretary of Health and Human Services; contents](/usc/29/675.md)
- [§676. Omitted](/usc/29/676.md)
- [§677. Separability](/usc/29/677.md)
- [§678. Authorization of appropriations](/usc/29/678.md)