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Your employer is required to provide you with a workplace free of known hazards that can cause death, injury or illness and comply with all applicable Minnesota OSHA standards.

Minnesota has its own Occupational Safety and Health Administration (MNOSHA) state-plan program, which is approved by federal OSHA, to protect workers at private and public worksites. The program has two parts: MNOSHA Compliance and MNOSHA Workplace Safety Consultation.

Information for employees

Workplace notices, posters

What you need to know

AWAIR program

Dangers of grain bins

Ergonomics

Heat stress

How MNOSHA conducts inspections

Prohibited work for minors

Warehouse workers

How we can help

Chain saw safety

Fact sheets

Free safety, health assistance

Industry best-practices

Information, resources

Safety Lines newsletter

What you can do

File a complaint

Learn about safety grants

Report an accident, fatality, serious injury

Workplace violence prevention

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