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What does OSHA stand for? - ✔✔Occupational Safety and Health Administration
When was OSHA initiated? By Who? - ✔✔President Nixon signed the OSH Act on
December 29, 1970
Before OSHA, did any laws exist for safety and health hazards? - ✔✔No
___ workers die everyday from job injuries, on average. - ✔✔15
Annually, over _____ workers die from work related injuries. - ✔✔5,600
Over _______ non-fatal workplace injuries and illnesses are reported. - ✔✔4 million
OSHA is an agency of ________. - ✔✔U.S. Department of Labor
What is the main responsibility of OSHA? - ✔✔health protection and safety of workers
When did OSHA become a formal agency? - ✔✔April 28, 1971
Who is not covered by OSHA? - ✔✔-Self Employed
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, -Immediate members of farming families not employing outside workers
-Mine Workers
-Public employees in state and local governments (some states have their own plans
covering these workers)
What is OSHA's mission? - ✔✔"save lives, prevent injuries and protect the health of
America's workers"
How do they carry out this mission? - ✔✔-Develop job safety and health standards and
enforce them through work site inspections
-Maintain a reporting and record keeping system to keep track of job-related injuries
and illnesses
-Provide training programs to increase knowledge about occupational safety and health
What rights do you have under OSHA? - ✔✔-a safe and healthful workplace
-know about hazardous chemicals
-information about injuries and illnesses in your workplace
-complain or request hazard correction from employer
-training
-hazard exposure and medical records
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