Thank you for your work to assist communities in the path of Hurricane Delta. Conditions in Louisiana and Southeast Texas may become hazardous for workers who will be restoring power, and performing cleanup and recovery operations. OSHA wants you to stay safe while helping others. Responding to emergencies like this during a pandemic makes worker safety even more challenging. Please take all necessary precautions to protect your crews from the spread of COVID-19.

Today as Hurricane Sally moves through our communities, conditions will remain hazardous for workers who will be restoring power and performing cleanup and recovery operations. OSHA wants you to stay safe while helping others. Resources are available to help keep workers safe after hurricanes and floods. OSHA’s toll-free number (800-321-6742) is available 24 hours a day.

OSHA Safe + Sound Week, held August 10-16, is a nationwide event that recognizes the successes of workplace safety and health programs and offers information and ideas on how to keep America’s workers safe. Take time to recognize your company’s successes and efforts to be safe and sound at work during this week. All organizations looking for an opportunity to recognize their commitment to safety to workers, customers, the public or supply chain partners are encouraged to participate.

Following extensive conversations, and after careful consideration by members of the Electrical Transmission & Distribution Partnership, the decision has been made to cancel the upcoming Fall 2020 OSHA ET&D 10hr. & 20hr. Train-the-Trainer classes that were scheduled to take place in The Woodlands, TX from August 24th-28th, 2020.

June is National Safety Month observed annually by the National Safety Council. NSC is the nation’s leading nonprofit safety advocate, National Safety Month focuses on saving lives and preventing injuries, from the workplace to anyplace.

The OSHA Electrical Transmission & Distribution Partnership is hosting another set of ET&D 10hr. & 20hr. Train-the-Trainer courses August 24 – 28. 2020 at The Woodlands Resort and Conference Center in The Woodlands, Texas. The Woodlands Resort is approximately 30 minutes north of Bush Intercontinental Airport.