OSHA Friend or Foe Soon Kong Environmental Health
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OSHA Friend or Foe? Soon Kong Environmental Health & Safety NYS Agricultural Experiment Station Geneva, NY 14456 ssk 19@cornell. edu 315 -787 -2350
OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration 1970 Act and created in 1971 U. S. Department of Labor Standards – 29 CFR 1910 and 1926 Enforcement Compliance Assistance
OSHA Mission “To save life, prevent injuries and protect the health of America’s workers. To accomplish this, federal and state governments must work in partnership with the more than 100 million working men and women and their six and a half million employers who are covered by the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970. ”
To Your Business Save money Spend $ 132 billion a year Increase in workers’ compensation $ 29 K/disabling injury Retraining cost Absenteeism – 130 lost work days W/ established S&H management system Reduce injury and illness cost by 20 to 40%
To Your Workplace with active safety and health leadership have: Fewer injuries Satisfied and more productive employees Improve employee morale
To Your Life “Safe workplaces provide an environment for healthy workers whose jobs become vehicles for making a life – not just a living”
Consultation Assistance Under federal jurisdiction Provide general information Standards and compliance assistance resources Are available for seminars, workshop and speaking events
Information Resources OSHA Website http: //www. osha. gov/dcsp/compliance_ass istance/index. html National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health http: //www. cdc. gov/niosh/homepage. html Occupational Health & Safety
Friend or Foe? OSHA Consultation Assistance is Definitely a FRIEND
