January 30, 2004—The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has added two new resources on the agency’s Web site: MyOSHA, a tool to create personalized links to OSHA online resources; and Quick Start, a step-by-step guide to identify major OSHA requirements and guidance materials. OSHA says that these new pages make the compliance assistance information accessible to all employers and employees, but are especially useful for small and new businesses as an introduction to the resources on OSHA’s Web site.
Visitors to MyOSHA can sign up to create personalized links to OSHA online resources. Users can customize the content of their pages by choosing links from categories that include “Industry,” “Safety and Health Topics,” “What’s New,” “Audiences,” “Publications,” “Laws and Regulations,” “Strategic Management Plan Areas of Emphasis,” and “Working with OSHA.”
MyOSHA features a tutorial that introduces new visitors to the tool. The tutorial walks users through the set up process and explains the tool’s many functions. MyOSHA also includes randomly rotating eTips that educate users about OSHA and the agency’s Web site. The eTips will appear at the top of the user’s personalized page and will change each time the user accesses their MyOSHA page.
Quick Start is a new tool on OSHA’s Compliance Assistance Web page that provides step-by-step guidance on how to identify OSHA requirements and guidance materials that may apply to specific workplaces. It includes a library that lists a collection of forms, fact sheets, publications, OSHA Web pages and electronic tools, and sample programs.
Quick Start includes a module for workplaces that are subject to OSHA’s general industry standards, including information on OSHA’s recordkeeping and reporting requirements as well as links to compliance assistance resources, key standards, and information for developing a comprehensive safety and health program.
