This page highlights some of the compliance assistance and outreach initiatives taken by OSHA’s Regional and Area Offices. The stories generally focus on initiatives that fall outside the scope of OSHA’s formal cooperative programs, such as the Alliance Program, the Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program (SHARP), the Strategic Partnership Program, and the Voluntary Protection Program (VPP).

Region I

• OSHA’s Region I and II Work with the Girl Scouts to Increase Young Worker Awareness of Safety and Health in the Workplace (March 2006)
• Providence, Rhode Island Area Office Increases Effectiveness by Using E-Mail (December 2005)
• Workplace Violence Conference for Health Care Employers in New England (September 2005)
• OSHA Area Office in Massachusetts Reaches Out to Teen Workers Through Vocational High Schools (January 2004)
• Northeast Young Worker Safety Workshop (August 2003)

Region II

• Success Brief: OSHA’s Buffalo, New York Area Office Provides Outreach on Heat and Fall Prevention at Puerto Rican Festival (August 2012)
• Worker Protection Summit in New York Reaches Out to Asian American/Pacific Islander Workers (August 2011)
• OSHA Region II Holds Summits to Reach Out to Latino Workers (February 2011)
• Region II’s Buffalo Area Office Provides Outreach and Training to Thousands at Annual Hispanic Family Health and Safety Fair (September 2008)
• OSHA Region II Provides Outreach After Buffalo Snow Storm (January 2007)
• OSHA’s Region I and II Work with the Girl Scouts to Increase Young Worker Awareness of Safety and Health in the Workplace (March 2006)
• Region II Partners With Community-Based Organization to Train Spanish-Speaking Workers (March 2004)
• Region II Provides Outreach to Thousands at Freedom Ride Rally in New York (November 2003)

Region III

• Success Brief: OSHA Promotes Worker Rights at Philadelphia Health Fair (April 2012)
• OSHA Region III Hosts Summit for Latino Construction Workers in Philadelphia (June 2011)
• OSHA Region III Reaches Labor and Industry Participants at Pennsylvania Governor’s Occupational Safety and Health Conference (February 2009)
• Small Employer Outreach in Northwestern Pennsylvania (March 2005)
• Logging Outreach in West Virginia (November 2003)

Region IV

• Success Brief: OSHA Teams With Florida Construction Companies to Promote Heat Illness Prevention (February 2012)
• Region IV’s Ambassador Program Reaches Out to Small Business (September 2006)
• OSHA’s Region IV Seeks to Reduce Fatalities in the Landscaping and Horticultural Services Industry (March 2006)
• Associated Builders and Contractors, Mid-Gulf Chapter Uses OSHA Grant to Provide Safety Training to Hispanic Workers (December 2005)

Region V

• OSHA Region V and Chicago Regional Council of Carpenters Hold Training Seminar (April 2012)
• Success Brief: OSHA's Madison, Wisconsin Area Office Co-Hosts Spanish Language Workshop on Residential Construction Fall Protection (February 2012)
• OSHA Region V Participates in the Arise Chicago Worker Health and Safety Public Forum (March 2011)
• OSHA Region V Participates in Grain Handling Safety Coalition to Prevent Fatalities and Injuries in the Grain Industry (March 2011)
• OSHA Region V Reaches Out to Day Laborers at Construction High-Risk Worker Summit (January 2011)
• OSHA Region V Works With Job Corps to Provide Safety and Health Information to Young Workers (January 2011)
• OSHA Region V Reaches Out to Latino Workers at National Council on La Raza Conference (December 2010)
• OSHA Region V Reaches Union Workers at AFL-CIO Health and Safety Conference in Wisconsin (December 2009)
• Region V’s Toledo, Ohio Area Office Holds All-Ohio Foundry Days (June 2009)
• Region V’s Chicago North Area Office Reaches Out to Thousands of Hispanics at the Binational Health Week (March 2009)
• OSHA’s Peoria, Illinois Area Office Helps Protect Workers After Springfield Tornadoes (April 2006)
• Region V’s Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Area Office Holds 2nd Annual Safety Days for Small Businesses (February 2006)
• Region V Helps to Reduce Fatalities by Emphasizing Roadway Work Zone Safety (August 2004)
• Z Project Awards for Innovative Safety and Health Practices (August 2003)

Region VI

• Success Brief: OSHA Provides Assistance to Protect Workers During Tornado Recovery Efforts in Texas (May 2012)
• Success Brief: OSHA's San Antonio, Texas Area Office Works With Mexican Consulate to Provide Outreach During 2011 Labor Rights Week (February 2012)
• OSHA Inspection and Outreach Helps Save Construction Worker From Falling Off Roof (September 2011)
• OSHA Region VI’s El Paso Area Office Participates in Heat Illness Prevention Training Held by Construction Company (July 2011)
• OSHA Region VI Reaches Out to Labor Groups at Stakeholders Meeting (June 2011)
• OSHA Region VI Reaches Employers Who Manufacture and Maintain Hazardous Material Storage Tanks (February 2010)
• OSHA Region VI Protects Workers After Hurricanes Gustav and Ike (December 2008, updated May 2009)
• OSHA Region VI Fort Worth, Texas Area Office and Other Organizations Train Hundreds of Students During 10-Hour Construction Marathon (March 2008)
• Rally in Houston Reaches Thousands of Young Workers (July 2005)
• OSHA Outreach to Oil and Gas Companies in South Texas (May 2004)
• Informal Partnership Across State Lines: 10-Hour OSHA Construction Course in Spanish (December 2003)
• Region VI Participates in Unique Agreement to Reach Out to Asian Americans (September 2003)

Region VII

• OSHA Works with Cooperative Program Participants to Support Joplin Tornado Relief (February 2012)
• OSHA Hispanic Safety and Health Fair in Wichita, Kansas Saves Lives (October 2007)
• Omaha, Nebraska Area Office Uses E-Mail Updates to Provide Safety and Health Information to Wide Audience (July 2007)
• OSHA and Meat Processing Industry in Nebraska Work Together to Promote Safety (November 2003)
• Compliance Assistance Specialists Provide Support to Tornado Damaged Areas in Missouri (July 2003)

Region VIII

• Region VIII Reaches Out to High School Students at Colorado Construction Career Days (November 2006)
• Region VIII Compliance Assistance Specialist Highlights Benefits of Workplace Safety to Local Groups (July 2004)
• Region VIII Partners with Mexican "Mobile Consulate" to Reach Out to Mexican Workers (January 2004)

Region IX

• OSHA Summit in Northern California Addresses Asian American and Pacific Islander Worker Safety and Health (August 2011)
• OSHA Region IX Hosts Latino Worker Safety Outreach Conference in Oakland, California (March 2011)
• OSHA Provides Support in Response to Southern California Wildfires (March 2004)

Region X

• Region X Boise, Idaho, Area Office Co-Sponsors Safety Fest of the Great Northwest (July 2006; updated March 2009)
• OSHA Works With Welding Material Suppliers to Provide Training on Hexavalent Chromium in Idaho (May 2007)
• OSHA Reaches Out to Residential Construction Industry in Idaho (June 2005)