The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Hartford Area Office (HAO), Bridgeport Area Office (BAO), State of Connecticut - Department of Labor Division of Occupational Safety and Health (CONN-OSHA) and the Workers' Compensation Trust (WCT) continue to recognize the value of maintaining a collaborative relationship to foster safety and health practices and program to improve American workplaces. To that end, OSHA and WCT renewed the Alliance signed September 20, 2018, with a continued emphasis on bloodborne pathogens, personal protective equipment, chemicals in the workplace, emergency planning, infection control, respiratory progrection, falls, strains and sprains, walking working surfaces, electrical and amputations. Specifically, OSHA and CONN-OSHA are committed to providing WCT members and others with information, guidance, and access to training resources that will help them protect workers and understand the rights of workers and the responsibilities of employers under the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSH Act). Through the Alliance, the organizations will continue to address bloodborne pathogens, personal protective equipment, use of chemicals emergency planning, infection control, respiratory protection, falls, strains and sprains, walking working surfaces, electrical, and amputations hazards in the workplace.
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