News Release
Department of Labor restructures OSHA regional offices, creates Birmingham region to improve operations in Arkansas, Louisiana
Among the changes is the creation of a new region based in Birmingham to serve Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee and the Florida Panhandle.
OSHA has also expanded its existing San Francisco region by combining operations that had been designated as Regions 9 and 10. The agency will now also use geographic designations to identify its regions rather than numerals.
OSHA has renamed the regions using the following designations:
Previous Region | New Region | Previous Region | New Region |
Region 1 | Boston | Region 6 | Dallas |
Region 2 | New York City | Region 7 | Kansas City |
Region 3 | Philadelphia | Region 8 | Denver |
Region 4 | Atlanta | Region 9/10 | San Francisco |
Region 5 | Chicago |
OSHA’s restructuring is intended to bring its offices closer to communities in need of services, strengthen the agency’s presence in the southeastern U.S. The agency also anticipates the restructuring will reduce its response time to complaints, fatalities, imminent danger and significant events.