Karnage Construction is a contracting company focusing on residential and historic preservation. The company specializes in window restoration, garages, additions, trim, carpentry, structural framing, and architectural salvage.

The company serves both residential homeowners and works on larger projects for commercial contractors throughout Virginia.

Before working with VOSH Consultation Services, the owner was grappling with a common but critical challenge: navigating OSHA requirements. The volume of regulations felt overwhelming, and uncertainty about which standards applied to the business led to a lack of organized documentation—even for practices currently being practiced. Safety wasn't being ignored, but it wasn't being championed either.

Working with VOSH Consultation has helped the company:

• Create formal reporting channels, empowering employees to flag and correct hazards and document incidents without fear of reprisal.
• Make a shift in the company safety culture.
• Broaden its safety program to cover all required topics and expand toolbox talks to support ongoing employee training.
• Enhance their systems for tracking team participation in safety training classes.
• Ensure employees participate in OSHA 10, Fall Protection, and Lead Safety training.

The OSHA 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 and how to fix them, provide advice for compliance with OSHA standards, train and educate workers, and assist in establishing and improving safety and health programs. On-Site Consultation services are separate from OSHA enforcement efforts. To locate the OSHA On-Site Consultation program nearest you, call 1-800-321-OSHA (6742) or visit www.osha.gov/consultation.