On-Site Safety and Health Consultation

The Division of Labor Standards' On-Site Safety and Health Consultation Program is a free and confidential service to help Missouri employers comply with federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations.  The program also helps provide safe and healthy workplaces for employees by helping the employer locate and remove existing hazards in the facility, thereby reducing injuries and illnesses.  Safer workplace practices can also lead to lower worker's compensation insurance costs, and can help improve attendance, productivity and morale.  OSHA Enforcement will not know of your participation in the Missouri Consultation Program.

Upon request from an employer, trained industrial hygienists and safety consultants visit the workplace, inform and educate the employer on problems found and make recommendations for elimination of those hazards.  This service is free to small Missouri employers who request it, including any necessary chemical or noise sampling.  It is funded 90 percent by the federal Department of Labor and 10 percent by the state of Missouri.  Employers are responsible for costs involved in correcting hazards identified during the visit.  Employees who want to file a complaint concerning safety or health conditionsat their worksite must contact Federal OSHA Enforcement.

Click here to apply for a free on-site safety and health consultation.

An on-site consultation may include, but is not limited to the following:

• Review of an employer's written standard safety and health programs.
• Review of an employer's written safety and health management program.
• Review of an employer's OSHA 300 logs for injury and illness trends.
• Evaluation of engineering controls as necessary.
• Exposure monitoring for such things as fumes, dusts, mists, vapors, noise and other potential hazards.
• Identification of hazards in the workplace and a timetable to eliminate those hazards.
• Work with employers whose type of business has been targeted for inspections by one of the OSHA Initiatives.

Qualifications for this Service include:

• Businesses must be located in the state of Missouri.  See the OSHA website for other state consultation project contacts.
• Businesses must have 250 or fewer employees at any one site and fewer than 500 employees total.
• Businesses must complete and submit an application.