The Department of Labor announced that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has completed changes to restructure its regional operations.

Specifically, OSHA has expanded its San Francisco region by combining management of its operations in Seattle in one regional office. The regions, previously named Regions 9 and 10, will encompass the new San Francisco region, in keeping with the agency’s new use of geographic designations to identify its regions. In addition, OSHA has established a new region based in Birmingham, Alabama, to serve Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee and the Florida Panhandle.

In addition to the creation of the Birmingham Region, OSHA has renamed its regions using the following designations: Region 1 is now the Boston Region, Region 2 is now the New York City Region, Region 3 is now the Philadelphia Region, Region 4 is now the Atlanta Region, Region 5 is now the Chicago Region, Region 6 is now the Dallas Region, Region 7 is now the Kansas City Region, Region 8 is now the Denver Region and Region 9/10 is now the San Francisco Region.