What is a NRTL as per OSHA requirements?
Answer The Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL) Program is a part of OSHA’s Directorate of Science, Technology, and Medicine. The Program recognizes private sector organizations as NRTLs, and recognition signifies that an organization has met the necessary qualifications specified in the regulations for the Program. The NRTL determines that specific equipment and materials (“products”) meet consensus-based standards of safety to provide the assurance, required by OSHA, that these products are safe for use in the U.S. workplace. For purposes of meeting the NRTL product-approval requirements in OSHA standards, e.g., those under Subpart S of 29 CFR Part 1910, OSHA only accepts equipment or products approved by one of the currently recognized NRTLs. For a complete list of organizations currently recognized by OSHA as NRTLs please click on the following link http://www.osha.gov/dts/otpca/nrtl/index.
