The United States Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s El

Paso Area Office has renewed an alliance with the David L Carrasco Job Corps Center in El

Paso, TX. The alliance is designed to help promote worker safety and health for young adults.

The Job Corp program is designed to offer academic classes and vocational training courses to

young adults. This alliance allows OSHA to continue to disperse material and knowledge to the

Job Corps which promotes understanding of the workplace safety and health responsibilities of

workers and employers.

“Since our alliance began more than seven years ago, Job Corps has been an excellent partner of

the agency, communicating safety and health information to their staff and students and

supporting OSHA’s initiatives for workplace safety,” said Diego Alvarado Jr., OSHA’s area

director in El Paso. “By recommitting to our collaborative efforts, we strengthen our ability to

promote workplace safety and health to a new generation of workers between the ages of 16 and

24.”

If you own a business in the greater El Paso area, this renewed alliance simply reinforces

OSHA’s strong position on workplace safety for young adults entering the work force. As such it

is important to be sure your occupational safety and health policies and procedures are

compliant, especially as they relate to employee training of younger employees. If you have any

questions or concerns relating to your current occupational safety and health policies and

procedures, it might be a good idea to consult a third party occupational safety and health

auditing firm to review them to ensure you are compliant.

If you have any questions about how this alliance will impact your company or if you have any

questions about your current occupational safety and health policies and procedures, please

contact us. If you have anything to add about the renewal of this alliance, please leave a

comment.