Do we need the OSHA Workplace Safety Poster displayed in/on our vehicles in an ambulatory hospital operation?

Probably not.  Every workplace (this usually means each facility) must display the federal Job Safety and Health Workplace Poster in English.  Versions in Spanish and other languages are also available, but the English version must always be displayed "in a conspicuous place or places where notices to employees are customarily posted."

The OSHA Workplace Safety Poster many not be altered, defaced, or covered by other material.   

Hospitals in states that operate under an approved state-level OSHA plan should display the appropriate state plan poster.  There is no need to display the federal poster when a state-level plan poster is used.

The poster must be displayed in the workplace but there is normally no need to include posters on ambulatory vehicles.  Here is an excerpt from the regulation - 29CFR1903.2(b):

"Where employers are engaged in activities which are physically dispersed, such as agriculture, construction, transportation, communications, and electric, gas and sanitary services, the notice or notices required by this section shall be posted at the location to which employees report each day. Where employees do not usually work at, or report to, a single establishment, such as longshoremen, traveling salesmen, technicians, engineers, etc., such notice or notices shall be posted at the location from which the employees operate to carry out their activities."

Note: In February 2026, OSHA updated the federal poster.  The new "OSHA CARES" poster is available free of charge on OSHA's web site: https://www.osha.gov/publications/poster. 

Older versions of the OSHA workplace safety poster are still valid and may continue to be used, however updating to the newer version is recommended.

 

 

Did You Know...?

OSHA required posters are FREE.  Companies that sell workplace posters, even the "all in one" state and federal posters are private businesses and not affiliated with OSHA or any other governmental agency.