Offers no-cost and confidential occupational safety and health services to small businesses with priority given to high-hazard worksites

The Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) awarded $1.9 million under the Consultation Agreements program (CFDA 17.504) to the Wyoming Department of Workforce Services to provide consultative workplace safety and health services from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2023. Through this cooperative agreement, the awardee will offer no-cost and confidential occupational safety and health services to small businesses in Wyoming with a focus on high-hazard worksites. Consultants will conduct at least 90% of initial visits at establishments with 250 employees or less and those controlled by employers with 500 employees or less. All visits will include employee interviews. The awardee will verify that 100% of serious and imminent hazards identified are corrected in a timely manner. The funding supports full-service and limited-service consultation visits to help identify workplace hazards, provide OSHA compliance advice, and assist in establishing safety and health programs.

Consultants from state agencies or universities work with employers to identify workplace hazards, provide advice for compliance with OSHA standards, and assist in establishing and improving safety and health programs. Activities performed consultation visits, which can be either full service or limited service in scope. Full-service visits provide a complete, safety and/or health hazard assessment of all working conditions, equipment, processes, and OSHA or state plan mandated programs. On the other hand, a limited-service visit provides a less complete safety and/or health hazard assessment providing a focused assessment of a particular work process, or OSHA or state plan mandated programs. Deliverables deliverables: 1.) conduct at least 90% of initial visits in high hazard establishments. 2.) conduct at least 90% of initial visits at establishments with 250 or less employees 3.) conduct at least 90% of initial visits at establishments controlled by an employer with 500 or less employees. 4.) conduct 100% of visits where employees were intervieiwed. 5.) verify that 100% of serious and imminent hazards identifed are corrected in a timely manner (