Benefits

Taking advantage of this FREE and CONFIDENTIAL service gives employers an opportunity to identify and eliminate workplace hazards, improve their occupational safety and health management systems, reduce employee injury rates and lower workers compensation costs. You will receive expert advice and assistance from some of the most experienced and well trained safety and health professionals in the state who will help you identify and alleviate potential hazards so that employee safety and health becomes a day-to-day priority instead of a crises-oriented response.

To learn more: Benefits of the OSHA On-Site Consultation Program: An Economic Analysis Working Paper

On-Site consultants will:

  • Help you recognize hazards in the workplace
  • Suggest general approaches or options for solving safety and health problems
  • Identify available sources of help if further assistance is needed
  • Provide you a written report summarizing findings
  • Assist you in developing and maintaining an effective safety and health program

On-site consultants will not:

  • Result in citations or penalties for violations of OSHA standards;
  • Guarantee that a workplace will pass an OSHA inspection; or
  • Result in violations being reported to OSHA enforcement staff (unless the employer refuses or fails to correct a hazard within an agreeable time frame)