OSHA's free On-site
Consultation Program helped more than 27,000 employers create safer workplaces
in 2016
Last year, 27,385 small and mid-sized U.S.
businesses took advantage of OSHA's free and confidential On-site Consultation
Program to remove workplace hazards and better protect their workers.
The program primarily benefits small and mid-sized businesses – 57% of those
helped last year had fewer than 26 employees. Priority is given to high-hazard
industries, with more than half of all visits going to construction or
manufacturing sites. In 2016, consultants identified and helped employers
eliminate more than 140,000 total hazards, protecting an estimated 3.3 million
workers from possible injury, illness or death.
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