Occupational Safety and Health Administration

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Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

(pronounced as a word) A federal agency within the Department of Labor, OSHA (www.osha.gov) performs workplace inspections, engages in education and partnership to improve workplace safety, and enforces compliance with workplace safety standards.It is a common misperception that OSHA has the right to conduct surprise inspections of the workplace, including construction sites. In reality, OSHA may inspect only what it is given permission to inspect,or the particular portion of the premises described with particularity in a search warrant.

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(10.) Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Occupational exposure to tuberculosis: proposed rule.

Tuberculosis Control in the 21st Century

13 Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Occupational Exposure to Bloodborne Pathogens, 29 CFR Part 1910.1030, Docket no.

Pathogenic microorganisms: law enforcement's silent enemies

An ongoing working alliance between the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) was cemented by way of a formal resigning ceremony attended by leaders of both organizations yesterday.

Worker safety deal cemented at formal industry ceremony

The Act directed the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to revise the bloodborne pathogens standard to establish in greater detail the requirements that employers must identify and make use of appropriate, effective, and safer medical devices.

Infection control: personal protective equipment

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has developed three, equally important strategies to move ahead.

OSHA's new approach to workplace safety

Nursing homes are number one in the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) eyes--the first industry, that is, that will be expected to implement voluntary guidelines to reduce ergonomic-related injuries and illnesses among employees.

NH news notes. (Frontlines)

This year, the date also marks the 30th anniversary of the Occupational Safety and Health Act and the establishment of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and CDC's National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).

Workers' Memorial Day -- April 28, 2001

Repetitive-stress injuries, such as these cited by ergonomics expert Marvin Dainoff during comments this spring on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's proposed ergonomic standards, are fueling increased emphasis on ergonomically correct working conditions.

Fit to Work

A provision in the annual appropriations bill forbids the Department of Labor and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration from inspecting farms that claim fewer than ten workers.

Caution: children at work

In December 1991, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), U.S.

The Bloodborne Pathogens Act

Back in the days when the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) kept itself busy by drafting directives specifying the height of the nation's fire extinguishers and the width of its toilet seats, it was easy for voters to be taken in when Ronald Reagan bemoaned the total cost of all federal regulation - "all waste," as he once put it, "due to regulatory overkill." It was easy for them to chuckle when he took a lighter tack: "If the federal government had been around when the Creator was putting his hand to this state, Indiana wouldn't be here.