Navigating OSHA Compliance

This presentation provides businesses with a practical roadmap of understanding the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). It reinforces why workplace safety and OSHA compliance are critical business advantages and values.

The session will cover:

-- OSHA basics

-- Details the Top 10 OSHA Violations, such as Hazard Communications, Lockout/Tagout, and Fall Protection

-- It emphasizes moving to a proactive safety culture through management leadership, regular inspections and employee involvement.

-- Ultimately, the presentation helps businesses build essential written safety plans and avoid costly citations.

Register here: https://rochesterconsultants.org/event-6429012

Hybrid -- online via Zoom -- in person at 2800 Dewey Ave, Rochester, NY 14616

Key Takeaways:

-- Make safety an organization value rather than a priority.

-- Lacking a basic safety program can be expensive either through OSHA citations or direct/indirect costs.

-- A basic safety program begins with management leadership, employee involvement, and finding/fixing hazards.

Presenter: Nick Donofrio

https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-donofrio-7638b419b/

Mr. Donofrio began his safety career in the private sector working more than two decades in the chemical industry where he was responsible for overseeing hazard identification, safety & health management. He processed safety activities at multiple Fortune 500 chemical manufacturing facilities.

He joined the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) in 2005 as a Safety and Health Compliance Officer in the Buffalo area office. During his tenure as a compliance officer, he conducted more than 800 safety and health inspections. He was a four-time recipient of the Secretary of Labor’s Exceptional Achievement Award and the Secretary’s Honor Award for Worker Protection, and he was presented the Regional Administrator’s Strong Enforcement award three times.

In 2019 he was selected to fill the position of Compliance Assistance Specialist for OSHA’s New York City Region, There he conducted outreach, education, training, and relationship building to business groups, associations, unions, and community groups to assist OSHA fulfilling one of its primary missions: compliance assistance.

Accepting OSHA’s offer of a deferred resignation, he left his full-time position in April of 2025 and immediately began working on launching his safety consulting business. His goal is to share his more than 40 years of unique and wide-ranging safety experience and assist employers to protect their greatest asset, their employees.