Brief Background of OSHA OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) officially formed on April 28‚ 1971‚ the date that the OSH Act became effective. George Guenther was appointed as the agency’s first director. OSHA has developed a number of training‚ compliance assistance‚ and health and safety recognition programs throughout its history. The OSHA Training Institute‚ which trains government and private sector health and safety personnel‚ began in 1972. In 1978‚ the agency began a grant
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Employment Law and Policies Research Paper: OSHA Regulations in Construction Brittany Howlett June 19‚ 2011 Ottawa University Employment Law and Policies Monahan Brief Background of OSHA Regulations OSHA refers to the Occupational Safety and Health Act enacted by the United States Congress in 1970. It was signed into law by Richard Nixon‚ the then United States President in December of that same year. It is a federal law that oversees the adherence to and enforcement of health and safety within
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OSHA Trenching Requirements Every month two workers are killed in trench collapses and that requires the employer to follow requirements and safety procedures. The trenching and excavation requirements of 29 CFR 1926.651 and 1926.652 or comparable OSHA-approved state plan requirements must be complied by the employer at all times. A man made cut‚ dig‚ cavity‚ trench‚ or depression in an earth surface is what defines excavation. Trench is a narrow excavation below the surface of the ground and
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The article I read for my critique assignment is OSHA Inspections: What to expect as an employer. Author Mark Lies gives incredible‚ detailed step by step instructions on what to expect‚ your rights as an employer‚ employee rights‚ and how to be appropriately prepared before an OSHA inspection is conducted or needed. Important information is expressed throughout the entire article on why and what information is important to know and understand. He goes into great detail on employer rights as well
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Safety management is the top priority of OSHA‚ therefore management should always be prepared to allow compliance inspector to conduct inspection after verification of credential. It is vital for employers to refuse OSHA compliance officers to enter company property. It is the employer rights under federal and state law. Furthermore employer may refuse entry to OSHA compliance officer by demanding that OSHA provide a search warrant. As provided in my pervious post that the company should allow OSHA’s
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health programs‚ a state must go through three steps. What are they? To gain OSHA approval for a developmental plan - the first step in the State plan process - a State must assure OSHA that within three years it will have in place all the structural elements necessary for an effective occupational safety and health program. These elements include: appropriate legislation; regulations and procedures for standards setting‚ enforcement‚ appeal of citations and penalties; a sufficient number of qualified
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OSHA Lawsuit The U.S. Department of Labor filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana against a Helena-based company named Kbec Inc. in January 2013. Kbec Inc. is a Dairy Queen franchisee that‚ “illegally terminated an employee for making complaints regarding workplace violence at the company ’s facility.” (Todd & Rodriguez‚ 2013). In this article‚ there are no details given on what was the nature of the complaints filed by the employee originally‚ however‚ searching
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Wangari Maathai’s Green Belt Movement Grantham University Written by: Christopher Jay Wangari Maathai’s Green Belt Movement has made tremendous changes for Kenya and surrounding areas. Her historical movement has developed and recreated a new life to the people as they stepped forward with such motivation and determination as challenges and poverty stood in her way. She was was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize‚ gained much love and respect from the people as she set forth to put an end to environmental
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Buying into the Green Movement What are you doing to help our environment? Are you recycling because it positively impacts the environment‚ or are you recycling because it is trendy? According to Alex Williams essay‚ “Buying into the Green Movement‚” companies are turning an environmental movement into a fashion statement. Many people are only buying eco-friendly products because television and magazines advertise the movement as a new trend. The eco-friendly fashion statement is actually making
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There are many indications that a medical office is compliant to OSHA. Four OSHA regulations that a medical office should have are: There should always be an OSHA poster present in the office for all of the employees to see. The poster explains worker rights to a safe workplace and how to file a complaint. There should be a use of labels or color-coding for items such as sharps disposal boxes and containers for regulated waste‚ contaminated laundry‚ and certain specimens. Every employee should be
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