Safe + Sound week is rapidly approaching – Aug 15-21, 2022 - and OSHA is lobbying all industry sectors for participation in OSHA’s annual “Safe and Sound” Week. This campaign focuses on employer and employee participation in the establishments efforts to FIND & FIX hazardous conditions in the workplace. 
 
Pick a date, plan an event and do this thing!
 
To ensure that your company is fully recognized for your efforts during Safe and Sound Week, please register every event planned via this link -  https://www.osha.gov/safeandsoundweek#register. Multiple registrations are encouraged – your company can register each individual site/location where an event is held. 
 
Size and duration are not important - just get that message out there. Your event DOES NOT have to be open to the public to be registered on the official site! Your “Safe and Sound” event can be private or public and it can be as simple as performing a brief safety talk on an hot industry topic or conducting a cooperative management/worker jobsite walkaround to FIND & FIX hazards.

At the end of Safe + Sound Week, check back onto the website (https://www.osha.gov/safeandsoundweek/recognize-participation) to download your certificate of recognition and challenge coin.

  • Business Development Webinar Series - Starting Your Business in the USVI on Aug. 23 at 11 a.m. This webinar provides the "nuts and bolts" and beyond, for starting a business in the Virgin Islands. VI SBDC Business Counselor Mr. Greg Kopatch will go through ten questions that cover the most important issues that must be addressed by individuals interested in starting a business in the Virgin Islands. Since sixty percent of all businesses close by their sixth year, it is important to gain the information you need to know before you begin your business. Topics include: writing a business plan, legal structure options, state and local rules, regulations, licensing requirements, marketing, cash flow projections, record keeping basics and more. Read more.
Lisa Hamilton 
USVIHTA President 
340-774-6835