Success Stories
Success stories from OSHA's On-Site Consultation Program and Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program (SHARP) recognize both the important work of On-Site Consultation and small business employers who operate exemplary safety and health programs. On-Site Consultation and SHARP are voluntary programs. To submit a request for a comprehensive consultation, see OSHA's Consultation Directory.
Authorized representatives from SHARP companies who would like to share their story of workplace safety and health may do so by working with their On-Site Consultant. To locate the On-Site Consultation program nearest you, see OSHA's Consultation Directory.
Featured Success Stories
Omni-Tech Manufacturing Corporation Celebrates Fifth SHARP Recertification and 50 Years of Operation
- Omni-Tech manufactures a wide array of plastic parts and serves diverse industry sectors.
- Omni-Tech worked with TOSHA Consultative Services to be recognized as a SHARP participant, a status it has held since 2007.
Michigan OSHA On-Site Consultation Program Leads Company to Gold
- Enova Premier of Michigan, LLC is a motor vehicle parts manufacturer which specializes in tire and wheel assembly.
- In May 2024, Enova was recognized by Michigan's Consultation Education and Training (CET) Division with a Gold award.
Crossroads Cooperative Receives SHARP Recognition at Three Locations in Western Nebraska
- Crossroads Cooperative Association handles grain commodities such as corn, wheat, millet, milo, and beans.
- The Sidney, Nebraska location received SHARP in February of 2024, with their Bridgeport and Gering locations being recognized into the program in August of 2023.
- Mineral development company that is working to restore an abandoned mine.
- While in the restoration phase, Perpetua is operating under OSHA General Industry rules.
- Perpetua was accepted into SHARP in September of 2023.
Iowa On-Site Consultation Works to Make Construction Sites Safer
- In 2021, a Des Moines general contractor began working with consultation.
- Since then, the company has received 10 on-site visits on 5 different construction sites and have identified and corrected 42 hazards.
CONN-OSHA On-Site Consultation Addresses a Combustible Dust Hazard in a Deburring Room
- The consultant found accumulation of combustible dust, and through lab analysis determined it was explosive.
- The employer implemented multiple controls to protect their 200 employees.
Do It Best Warehouse in Mesquite, Nevada Has Once Again Achieved SHARP
- The distribution center team successfully renewed SHARP status for their site in July 2023.
- Do It Best–Mesquite implemented new business practices that enhanced safety and training programs.
- During the consultation, the health consultant determined that noise sampling needed to be done in the washroom area. After noise sampling was done, it was determined that employees were exposed over the action level of 85 decibels (dBA).
- The health consultant worked with the company to implement engineering controls.
- Once the noise controls were in place, the employees' exposure dropped by 8 dBA, putting them below the action level.