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INFORMATION DATE 19920814
DESCRIPTION USDOL Program Highlights, OSHA's Area Offices
TOPIC Area Offices
SUBJECT OSHA's Full Service Area Offices
ABSTRACT Local offices of the Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA) carry out a balanced mix of
programs -- enforcement, state programs, voluntary
compliance programs, and training and education. The
agency encourages communities to call upon OSHA and
its staff for a variety of services and technical
assistance aimed at promoting safe and healthful
working conditions.
U.S. Department of Labor
Program Highlights
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Fact Sheet No. OSHA 92-13
OSHA's FULL SERVICE AREA OFFICES
Local offices of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration
(OSHA) carry out a balanced mix of programs -- enforcement, state
programs, voluntary compliance programs, and training and education.
The agency encourages communities to call upon OSHA and its staff
for a variety of services and technical assistance aimed at promoting
safe and healthful working conditions.
For example, OSHA safety and health personnel are available to speak
at civic clubs, union meetings, and trade association gatherings. When
appropriate, OSHA field offices will issue news releases at the local
level and brief newspaper and broadcast reporters. These outreach
efforts are designed to explain new OSHA standards, encourage
participation in OSHA rulemakings and answer questions about the agency's
approach to workplace safety and health. These are also ways the agency
can promote strong workplace safety and health programs and alert
employers and employees to training courses available through the OSHA
Training Institute. As with the enforcement programs, OSHA targets its
outreach efforts on high hazard industries.
The OSHA compliance staff is also familiar with the work of other
federal and state agencies and professional safety and health
organizations. Thus, they can refer callers to other sources of help
such as the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, the
Environmental Protection Agency, or the Employment Standards
Administration.
OSHA also shares, to the extent possible, technical equipment and
materials. Lists of equipment and materials which can be borrowed or
reviewed within the OSHA office are available at each area office and
also at each closing conference following an inspection.
Local OSHA offices can also provide prepackaged training programs to
unions or trade groups, or hold brief training sessions in the office
conference room. If intensive training is needed, the staff will refer
inquirers to the OSHA Training Institute to an OSHA-approved educational
center. Other sources for training and education may include OSHA
grantees who have developed programs with OSHA's financial assistance.
Other topics for high-hazard small business include OSHA's free
consultation program; voluntary protection programs: Star, Merit, and
Demonstration; off-site employer abatement assistance; onsite
consultation for federal agencies; and safety and health program
assistance.
In short, although OSHA continues to conduct inspections, the agency
now offers additional services at its area offices. By broadening the
scope of its service, OSHA expects to better assist employers and
employees in preventing occupational injury and illness.
Reducing workplace accidents and disease remains the agency's
primary goal. Expanded outreach, referrals, training and education, and
voluntary compliance will enable the agency to work more effectively with
employers, employees, and the general public to achieve that goal.
# # #
This is one of a series of fact sheets highlighting U.S. Department of
Labor programs. It is intended as a general description only and does not
carry the force of legal opinion. This information will be made available
to sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: (202) 523-8151.
TDD message referral phone: 1-800-326-2577.