OSHA, NIOSH Revise Safety Handbook for Small Businesses

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has collaborated with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) to revise a handbook on workplace safety and health information for small business employers.

The Small Business Safety and Health Handbook highlights the benefits of implementing an effective safety and health program, provides self-inspection checklists for employers to identify workplace hazards, and reviews important workplace safety and health resources for small businesses.

“The revised handbook is a valuable tool to help employers identify where to take action to make their workplaces safer and more healthful for their employees,” says Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health Jim Frederick. “Safety has to be a continuous process that involves preventing injuries and illnesses, and saving lives.”

Self-inspection checklists address various work processes in general industry workplaces, such as fire protection, hazard communication, permit-required confined spaces, respiratory protection and walking-working surfaces.