Maryland Occupational Safety and Health (MOSH) - Division of Labor and Industry
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MOSH's mission is to promote and assure workplace safety and health while reducing workplace fatalities, injuries and illnesses. MOSH achieves its mission through various means, including inspections, consultation services, compliance assistance, outreach, education, and cooperative programs. By accomplishing our mission MOSH saves lives, enhances the quality of life of working people, and contributes to the economic vitality of the State.
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
Status of Proposed Regulation
Maryland Heat Illness Prevention Standard Development New
Maryland Occupational Safety and Health would like to thank every person and entity that participated in the series of Maryland's Heat Stress Illness Prevention standards stakeholder meetings that took place between January and March. We received thoughtful input from many of you, representing many different viewpoints and interests. Following the conclusion of that process, the MOSH Advisory Board discussed the stakeholder feedback at its meeting on April 3. On May 2, the Board met again to consider a revised draft of the standard, and, following discussion and modification, approved further revisions.
That proposed regulation has now been published in the July 26, 2024 edition of the Maryland Register (Use this link to read the published document.)
A virtual public hearing was held on Friday, August 16, 2024, at 1:00 p.m. The 30-day comment period remains open through August 26, 2024. Comments should be submitted to dli.regulations+heat@maryland.gov
Please continue to visit this page for information and updates.
Worker Rights and Safety
Click below to read the latest OSHA newsletter on worker rights and safety – 8/15/2023 edition
Report a Workplace Fatality/ Injury/Imminent Danger:All employers are required to notify MOSH when an employee is killed on the job or suffers a work-related hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye. To Make Report:During normal business hours: 410-527-4499 |
Resources
MOSH is one of 28 OSHA-approved State Plans, and is funded with federal and special funds. Section 18 of the OSH Act encourages states to develop and operate their own job safety and health programs.
MOSH staff develop and propose rules and regulations, with the assistance of the MOSH Advisory Board, to prevent injuries and occupational diseases in every occupation or place of employment in Maryland.
MOSH has jurisdiction over all public and private sector workplaces in Maryland with the following exceptions:
- An employee of the federal government or its units
- An employee whose occupational safety and health is protected under:
- The Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977
- The Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act
- The Atomic Energy Act of 1954
MOSH works to improve the safety and health of Maryland’s workforce in both the public and private sector by:
- providing consultation services
- offering outreach and educational programs
- establishing partnerships
- setting and enforcing standards
- encouraging continual process improvement in workplace safety and healthy
Division of Labor and Industry
Maryland Occupational Safety and Health (MOSH)
10946 Golden West Drive,
Suite 160
Hunt Valley, MD 21031
Phone: 410-527-4499
Fax: 410-527-4481
e-mail: MOSH.Complaints@Maryland.gov
Directions to the Hunt Valley Training Center