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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

Maryland Heat Illness Prevention Standard New

The heat illness prevention standard developed by Maryland Occupational Safety and Health was published as a final regulation in the September 20, 2024 edition of the Maryland Register and will be incorporated into the COMAR as a new chapter, COMAR 09.12.32 (Heat Stress Standards). The regulation is effective September 30, 2024.
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We would like to thank every person and entity that participated and provided input during our stakeholder meetings, our public hearing, and through our comments portal.

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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.
- A fatality must be reported within 8 hours
- Hospitalization of 3 or more workers must be reported within 8 hours
- An in-patient hospitalization, amputation involving bone or cartilage loss, or eye loss must be reported within 24 hours

To Make Report:

During normal business hours: 410-527-4499
After Hours: 1-888-257-6674

 

About Us

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