PEOSH Unit

The Public Employee Occupational Safety & Health Unit (PEOSH) is responsible for consultation, inspection, compliance, rule making, education and training activities involving occupational safety and health for all public employees in Oklahoma, including city, county, state, schools and municipal trusts. These public entities are not included within the jurisdiction of federal OSHA.

Get Safety Information

The search for safety is over! Everything you need to develop an effective safety and health program in your workplace is available on-line for download (listed under PEOSH Services). It contains our public sector how-to guidelines for an effective safety & health program.

Public Sector Injury and Illness Rates:

Oklahoma Public Sector 2010 County Flyer
Oklahoma Public Sector 2010 Incidence Rate by County Map
Oklahoma Public Sector 2000-2009 Incidence Rate Comparison - State, Local, City and County
Oklahoma Public Sector 2000-2009 Incidence Rate Comparison to Private Sector
Oklahoma Public Sector 2009 Incidence Rate by County Map

2012 Award of Excellence NotificationLetter
2012 Award of Excellence Application

Targeted Public Employers

Public employers above the state average incident rate are targeted for PEOSH inspection. The average incident rate is 4.7 per 100 workers (2011 data).
An incident rate is defined as the number of recordable injuries and illnesses occurring among a given number of full-time workers (usually 100 full-time workers) over a given period of time (usually one year)

• Employers by name
• Employers by incident rate
• Non-Responders

PEOSH Services