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W EEKLY EDITION OCT 11, 2017 Question of the Week: Does the PSAI have any sample safety manuals or a sample program my company can use? We want something where we can just fill in the blanks and get this done ...continued By PSAI Executive Director Ka rleen Kos • State Plans. OSHA has important partnerships with the 24 states, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands that operate their own OSHA - approved safety and health programs. State workplace safety and health programs frequently lead the way in developin g innovative approaches to making America's workplaces safer and healthier. States that operate their own worker safety and health plans must provide worker protection that is "at least as effective as" the Federal program. However, because their standards and other procedures may vary, businesses should become familiar with their state regulations and agencies. See OSHA's website at http://www.osha.gov for a list of State Plan States. • Office of Training and Education. OSHA's Office of Training and Educati on provides training and instruction in all facets of occupational safety and health. OSHA's Training Institute, located in Arlington Heights, IL, provides training for OSHA compliance safety and health officers as well as for the general public and safety and health staff from other Federal agencies. In addition to OSHA's Training Institute, there are 32 additional education sites located throughout the country. These OSHA education centers operate in conjunction with universities, colleges and learning ce nters to conduct OSHA courses for the private sector and other Federal agencies, making safety and health training and education more accessible Occupational Safety and Health Administration 5 to those who need it. There are tuition fees for private sector students. For more information about OSHA's Training Institute, OSHA's education centers, or to obtain training catalogs with course schedules, write the OSHA Training Institute, 2020 South Arlington Heights Road, Arlington Heights, IL 60005 or call (847) 297 - 4810. The information is also fully accessible on http://www.osha.gov . • OSHA's Website. OSHA has expanded and improved its website. OSHA's extensive website provides employers and employees with practical, easy - to - understand and up - to - date guidance o n regulations, compliance assistance and learning how to identify and control hazards. Each OSHA cooperative program has individual web pages describing program elements and highlighting successes of the participants. Several pages are devoted to small bus iness, technical links, news items, publication lists and an inventory of compliance assistance tools, including expert advisors and eTools. eTools are "stand - alone" interactive, web - based training tools on occupational safety and health topics. Regulation s, standards, directives and interpretations relating to OSHA can be found as well. There is a Spanish version of the OSHA website, and many posters and some publications are also available in Spanish. OSHA's web pages include MyOSHA, which allows users to create their own personalized OSHA web page with customized content and links. Quick Start i s another tool on OSHA's Compliance Assistance web page that allows the user to i dentify many of the major OSHA r equirements and guidance materials that apply to t heir individual workplaces or industry sectors. PAGE 3 CONTINUED ON PAGE 4