The Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the following statement in response to a New Jersey safety trainer's guilty plea of selling more than 100 fraudulent training cards, according to www.osha.gov.
"OSHA's outreach training serves to educate workers about safety issues they will encounter on the jobsite," said OSHA Regional Administrator Richard Mendelson. "Falsifying documents not only undermines the program, it fails to protect workers on the job. OSHA will refer fraudulent activity to the Department of Labor's Office of Inspector General, and trainers caught falsifying information will be subject to criminal prosecution."
The Outreach Training Program trains workers regarding the recognition, avoidance, abatement and prevention of workplace hazards. The voluntary program also provides information about workers' rights, employer responsibilities and how to file a complaint.
