Workplace safety

OSHA may refer to:

• European Agency for Safety and Health at Work, an Agency of the European Union
• Occupational Safety and Health Administration, an American federal agency
• Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, a federal law in the United States, the act that created the Occupational Safety and Health Administration mentioned above
• Occupational Safety and Health Act 1994, a national law of Malaysia

 

• 1Wrongful termination
• 2Unfair Labor Practices
• 3Employers' Liability Acts
• 4Workplace safety
  • 4.1European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
  • 4.2The United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration
  • 4.3The United States Occupational Safety and Health Act
  • 4.4Malaysia Occupational Safety and Health Act 1994
  • 4.5External links

[top]European Agency for Safety and Health at Work

The European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (OSHA) was set up in 1996 in Bilbao, Spain. Its mission is to make Europe's workplaces safer, healthier and more productive. This is done by bringing together and sharing knowledge and information, to promote a culture of risk prevention.

The Agency has a dedicated staff of occupational safety and health (OSH), communication and administrative specialists. At the national level, it is represented through a network of focal points, which are usually the lead OSH bodies in the individual Member States.

• Work with governments, employers and workers themselves.
• Serve as a single reference point for OSH information, and commissions, collects and publishes new scientific research and statistics on OSH risks.
• Share good practice, and communicate information in a variety of ways to reach workers and workplaces. Publicity campaigns include the European Week for Safety and Health at Work (EW), which focuses on different themes.
• Provides information on our website, via our electronic newsletter OSHmail, and in a range of printed publications.
• Help to explain European legislation on OSH.
• Identify risks which may only be emerging, due to the fast pace of change in the workplace. The Risk Observatory collects and analyses information, keeping policymakers and OSH professionals informed, stimulating debate, and helping to shape the future of OSH prevention.

The European Risk observatory was set up in 2005 as an integral part of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work. Demographic changes and developments in the organisation of work and production methods are generating new types of risks to workers’ safety and health that demand new solutions. The Risk Observatory aims to identify new and emerging risks and to promote early preventive action. It describes trends and underlying factors and anticipates changes in the working environment and their likely consequences to health and safety.

OSHA (Europe) Website:

Welcome - OSHA - European Agency for Safety and Health at Work

[top]The United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration

The United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is an agency of the United States Department of Labor. It was created by Congress under the Occupational Safety and Health Act, signed by President Richard M. Nixon, on December 29, 1970. Its mission is to prevent work-related injuries, illnesses, and deaths by issuing and enforcing rules (called standards) for workplace safety and health. As of March 2006, the agency is headed by Assistant Secretary of Labor Edwin Foulke.

OSHA Authority

OSHA's statutory authority extends to most nongovernmental workplaces where there are employees. State and local government workers are excluded from Federal coverage, however, states operating their own workplace safety and health programs under plans approved by the U.S. Department of Labor are required to extend their coverage to public sector (state and local government) employees. Section 2 (11) of the William-Steiger Occupational Safety & Health Act of 1970 ("OSH Act") encourages states to do this.

The OSH Act, which created OSHA also created the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) as a research agency focusing on occupational health and safety. NIOSH, however, is not a part of the U.S. Department of Labor.

OSHA federal regulations cover most private sector workplaces. The OSH Act permits states to develop approved plans as long as they cover public sector employees as well as private sector employees and they provide protection equivalent to that provided under Federal OSHA regulations. In return, a portion of the cost of the approved State program is paid by the Federal Government. Twenty-two states and territories operate plans covering both the public and private sectors and four — Connecticut, New Jersey, New York and the US Virgin Islands — operate public employee only plans. In those four states, private sector employment remains under Federal OSHA jurisdiction.

In 2000 the United States Postal Act made the U.S. Post Service the only quasi-governmental entity to fall under the purview of OSHA jurisdiction. This change permits OSHA to fine the US Postal Service as if it were a regular non-governmental organization.

OSHA (United States) Website:

Occupational Safety and Health Administration - OSHA HOME PAGE

[top]The United States Occupational Safety and Health Act

A law passed by Congress in 1970 for the purpose of preventing employees from being injured or contracting illnesses in the course of their employment. 29 U.S.C. §651. Under OSHA, the Secretary of Labor is empowered to promulgate national safety and health standards, 29 U.S.C. §655, and to enforce such standards by seeking the imposition of civil and criminal injunctions and penalties. 29 U.S.C. §§659, 662, and 666. Broad congressional authority granted to OSHA to make warrantless inspections of business premises has been held to be unconstitutional. 436 U.S. 307. Thus, an OSHA inspection may be made only in accordance with the administrative inspections permitted in other contexts. Id. At 320-321; 387 U.S. 523, 538. See search and seizure.

The OSH Act 1970. Occupational Health and Safety Legislation

[top]Malaysia Occupational Safety and Health Act 1994

The Occupational Safety and Health Act 1994 (Act 514) is a piece of Malaysian legislation which has been gazetted on the 25 February 1994 by the Malaysian Parliament.

The principle of the Act is "An Act to make further provision for securing that safety, health and welfare of persons at work, for protecting others against risks to safety or health in connection with the activities of persons at work, to establish the National Council for Occupational Safety and Health and for matters connected therewith"

The Act apply through out Malaysia to the industries specified in the First Schedule, nothing in this act shall apply to work on board ships governed by the Merchant Shipping Ordinance 1952, the Merchant Shipping Ordinance 1960 of Sabah or Sarawak or the armed forces.

Read more here...

Occupational Safety and Health Act 1994 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[top]External links

Factsheet 73 - Hazards and risks associated with manual handling of loads in the workplace - OSHA - European Agency for Safety and Health at Work

Factsheet 72 - Work-related neck and upper limb disorders - OSHA - European Agency for Safety and Health at Work

NIOSH: The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health | CDC

United States Department of Labor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

American Society of Safety Engineers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Construction site safety - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Occupational safety and health - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Regulatory Flexibility Act - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia




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