Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), U.S. agency established (1970) in the Dept. of Labor (see Labor, United States Department of ) to develop and enforce regulations for the safety and health of workers in businesses that are engaged in interstate commerce. OSHA develops guidelines and issues regulations for safety and health standards, and conducts inspections of workplaces for compliance with these standards. In instances of noncompliance, it issues citations and proposes penalties. In the 1980s and 90s, OSHA took a more active role in protecting against health hazards in the workplace, seeking to limit the exposure of workers to hazardous substances such as lead, asbestos, pesticides, and toxic chemicals and noise.
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OSHA overhaul less likely: scaled-back reforms may still emerge from Congress. (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)
Business Insurance; 3/11/1996; Hofmann, Mark A.; 870 words;
... reform of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration this year ... of serious health and safety violations ... extend the Occupational Safety and Health Act's purview ... 1834, the Safety and Health Improvement ... the Mine Safety and ...
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Ergonomics, OSHA rulemaking haunt 2004 election: what's at stake in the upcoming election for partisans of occupational safety? Labor and industry representatives are so at odds, many don't even agree on how divided they are.(Occupational Safety and Health Administration)
Occupational Hazards; 10/1/2004; Nash, James L.; 2403 words;
... politics of occupational safety. Three years ... the Clinton administration's ergonomics ... workplace health and safety ... the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has ... Department of Occupational Safety and Health, while conceding ... the Clinton ...
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The Cal/OSHA claim: avoidance and appeal. (Advertising Supplement).(California Occupational Safety and Health Administration)
San Diego Business Journal; 9/30/2002; Sullivan, Bill; 438 words;
... Cal/OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) citations ... increasing safety, but in avoiding ... California's occupational and public safety and health regulations ... on are: * Safety and health posters ... OSHA poster Safety and Health ...
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OSHA $100,000 club of safety citations.(Occupational Safety and Health Administration)
Occupational Hazards; 10/1/2005; 938 words;
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has ... mitigated by safety equipment ... targeted health and safety inspections ... 700 for 38 safety and health violations ... and other safety and health violations ...
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OSHA $100,000 club of safety citations.(Occupational Safety and Health Administration penalties for worker safety violations)
Occupational Hazards; 2/1/2005; 1371 words;
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has ... mitigated by safety equipment ... independent Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission ... involving trench safety, personal ... and other occupational injuries ... of other safety ...
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The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)--www.osha.gov--has unveiled new safety and health guidance that will help healthcare workers and their employers prepare for a possible influenza pandemic.(MAKING WORKERS SAFER AROUND THE NATION)
Occupational Hazards; 7/1/2007; 401 words;
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)--www ... unveiled new safety and health guidance ... public (non-occupational) settings ... Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH ... Labor for Occupational Safety and ...
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OSHA proposes fine for Nan Ya Plastics. (News).(U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration may impose $313,500 in fines against plastics firm)(Government Activity)(Brief Article)
Chemical Market Reporter; 9/23/2002; 157 words;
THE OCCUPATIONAL Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has proposed $313,500 in fines against a US subsidiary of Taiwan's Formosa Plastics Group for a variety of alleged violations of federal workplace safety rules. OSHA charges that Nan Ya Plastics Corp. America in Bachelor, La., exposed ...
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RIMS, OSHA establish alliance. (Loss Control).(Risk and Insurance Management Society and the U.S. Occupational Safety & Health Administration )(Brief Article)
National Underwriter Property & Casualty-Risk & Benefits Management; 4/29/2002; McDonald, Caroline; 244 words;
... and the U.S. Occupational Safety & Health Administration have signed ... promoting workplace health and safety. According to ... RIMS membership safety and health needs, and allow ... business value of safety and health management systems ...
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Scott's Liquid Gold Inc. received the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Voluntary Protection Program Merit Award for excellence in its safety and health program.(Supplier News)(Brief Article)
Chain Drug Review; 1/5/2004; 48 words;
Scott's Liquid Gold Inc. received the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Voluntary Protection Program Merit Award for excellence in its safety and health program. The maker of Scott's Liquid Gold wood preservative is one of six Colorado companies to have attained the honor ... .
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OSHA reform may pass Senate, but veto looms as a possibility. (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)
Business Insurance; 3/4/1996; Hofmann, Mark A.; 1107 words;
... reform of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The committee ... Coalition on Occupational Safety and Health, a business-back ... of federal safety agency's ... the Mine Safety and Health Administration into OSHA ... excellent health ...
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OSHA implements training provisions for electrical safety work practices. (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)
Plant Engineering; 9/5/1991; 169 words;
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration began evaluating electrical safety training practices for qualified and unqualified ... uniform enforcement of its standard for electrical safety which went into effect December 1990. The guidelines ...
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Quiet OSHA spells softening demand and prices for PPE.(Occupational Safety and Health Administration does not buoy market for personal protection equipment)(Brief Article)
Purchasing; 11/1/2001; Francis, Damon; 639 words;
... believe that Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations ... thriving market for health and safety equipment. But ... drivers behind the health and safety equipment spend ... being spent on health and safety equipment. So ...
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Background seen as plus ; Business hails OSHA pick.(Occupational Safety and Health Administration head John L. Henshaw)(Brief Article)
Business Insurance; 6/18/2001; Hofmann, Mark A.; 847 words;
... industrial safety professional to head the Occupational Safety and Health Administration is proving ... environment, safety and health for St. Louis-bas ... variety of health and safety positions ... dealing with health and safety issues will ... commitment ...
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OSHA gets serious about standards updates.(Washington watch)(Occupational Safety and Health Administration Consensus Standards Update Project)
Occupational Hazards; 2/1/2005; Glucksman, Daniel I.; 875 words;
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is ... basis for its safety and health standards ... days of the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Act ... workplace safety. Congress ... mandatory safety and health ...
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Safe Handling Standards May Shift.(USA Occupational Safety and Health Administration updating material safety data sheets standards)
Graphic Arts Monthly; 5/1/2007; Fuchs, George; 454 words;
... their material safety data sheets and ... chemicals. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) says it ... and material safety data sheets ... under the GHS, Safety Data Sheets ... and consistent health hazard classifications ... product labels and safety ...
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