Office of Small Business Assistance

The Office of Small Business Assistance administers OSHA's nationwide On-Site Consultation Program and serves as liaison and a point of contact within the agency for small businesses. OSHA offers many services designed to help small businesses and welcomes comments and suggestions from small business owners and their employees as to how OSHA can better serve their needs.

On-Site Consultation

OSHA's On-Site Consultation Program offers no-cost and confidential occupational safety and health services to small- and medium-sized businesses in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and several U.S. territories, with priority given to high-hazard worksites. 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

• OSHA On-Site Consultation Program Information
• OSHA On-Site Consultation Program Directory
• On-Site Consultation Process and Benefits
• Safety & Health Achievement Recognition Program (SHARP)

Small Business Assistance

OSHA's Office of Small Business Assistance serves to promote all of the agency activity on behalf of small business. It provides outreach and compliance assistance to small businesses and works to develop and enhance relations between the agency and small business employers.

• Helping Small Businesses
• Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act (SBREFA)
• $afety Pays Program