OSHA Allies with ROC for Workplace Safety
Posted:
Wednesday, January 25th, 2012
Category:
OSHA and Safety
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is not just about violation citations and penalties, or absent OSHA 10 or OSHA 30 training. It’s also about promoting workplace safety through strategic alliances.
Recently, OSHA allied with the Restaurant Opportunities Centers United (ROC-United) to further the cause of safety in the restaurant environment. The alliance hopes to mitigate or prevent slip, trip and fall, and cut and burn hazards. It also aims to address workplace safety issues related to young workers and small businesses. The ROC-United is a national restaurant workers organization with some 7,500 members.
“Restaurants and other eating and drinking businesses employ 11.6 million people in the United States. Nearly 30 percent of these workers are under 20 years of age,” said David Michaels, assistant secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health. “Many teens’ first work experience is in the restaurant industry, so this alliance is a great opportunity to reach these and other restaurant workers and employers to raise awareness of ways to promote safer, more healthful workplaces.”
OSHA explained that the alliance plans to develop fact sheets and a safety and health booklet on cuts and burns, and slips, trips and falls. Also on the alliance’s immediate agenda are case studies on lessons learned, and programs to provide workers and employers with training on hazards and best practices in the restaurant industry.
The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 makes employers responsible for providing safe and healthful workplaces for their employees. OSHAcampus.com, a top resource for online OSHA training programs, provides the coursework that employers can use to accomplish this: OSHA 10 training for entry-level workers, and OSHA 30 training for safety directors, foremen, and field supervisors.
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