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Colorado cannabis businesses with fewer than 250 employees are eligible for free evaluations.
The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration made a formal proposal to Colorado marijuana companies. Free consultation servicesInspections of the business premises are also conducted to ensure that there are no violations that could be costly.
According to Marijuana Moment, the federal agency sent a recent letter to Colorado cannabis business offering “at your requests, a free on site safety and health assessment.”
OSHA wrote that employers who use this service are required to eliminate all serious hazards that were identified during the consultation and to provide verification to the consultation service of the removal of these hazards.
The initiative is part a new OSHA outreach program Marijuana Moment reported that the federal workplace safety regulations were being pushed to the cannabis industry. The goal is to educate the sector about the rules. The “Local Focus Program for Cannabis Industries” aims to reduce workplace accidents and incidents in the marijuana industry.
OSHA stated that businesses with 250 employees or less are eligible for the free evaluations. These will be conducted by local agents at the Denver or Englewood OSHA office.
OSHA has been busy inspecting cannabis facilities. They have reported “numerous serious health and safety hazards” and issued citations.
The agency reported that it had conducted 44 inspections over the past seven years of marijuana companies. Three deaths were reported at cannabis facilities. The first cannabis worker fatality in the industry occurred in Massachusetts in 2022. A worker at a manufacturing plant owned by Florida-based Trulieve Cannabis Corp. died. A reaction to cannabis dust caused death.
OSHA, as the federal regulator for employers, claims jurisdiction over this sector despite marijuana being illegal under federal law as a Schedule I controlled drug.
Marijuana Moment reported that the education initiative is temporary and regional, and will end in 2029 after OSHA files a formal report sometime in 2027.
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