OSHA and the insurance industry are collaborating to provide training for small businesses to help them create a safe work environment, encourage high productivity, and lower workers’ compensation costs.
A series of free pilot workshops, “Safety at Work: Risk Management Techniques for Small Businesses,” launched the joint venture late October 2000. The program is geared toward small business owners or managers with fewer than 100 employees or companies that do not have a full-time safety professional or risk manager on staff. The workshops are planned to help answer small business owners’ questions and offer the extensive resources of OSHA and the insurance industry to help manage workplace safety and health.
Future workshops may focus on ergonomics, recordkeeping, and slip-and-fall protection. Additional topics will be added to meet the needs of participating small business owners. Further information can be found at the OSHA Web site, www.osha.gov.
