The global testing, inspection and certification (TIC) company said that the 42 labs had been participating in the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Satellite Notification and Acceptance Program (SNAP).
But following OSHA’s decision to terminate SNAP, the test sites have been recognized under a separate scheme, OSHA’s Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL) program. Under the OSHA NRTL program, the labs are authorized to certify products used in the US workplace. The accreditation of the 42 labs means that UL now has a total of 55 NRTL recognized testing sites.
“We are pleased that OSHA approved our application requesting the conversion of our 42 Satellite Notification and Acceptance Program sites to recognized testing sites under our scope of recognition in OSHA’s Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory Program,” said Rick Titus, accreditation manager, UL Solutions.
“OSHA’s decision enables the UL Solutions legal entity UL LLC to continue operating locally with this expanded scope of recognition now totaling 55 recognized testing sites worldwide, helping our customers demonstrate safety for products used in workplaces throughout the US.”
OSHA introduced the SNAP scheme in 2009 to allow NRTL-approved sites to use this supplemental program to perform certain certification activities at designated operating sites. It was announced that the program would be brought to an end in late 2020.