The Occupational Safety and Health Administration, also known as OSHA, is a government agency that is part of the United States Department of Labor. The mission of the agency is to “assure safe and healthful working conditions for working men and women by setting and enforcing standards and by providing training, outreach, education, and assistance” (“About OSHA”). Its purpose is to minimize injuries, illnesses, and deaths in the American workplace by protecting workers from dangerous conditions, including safety hazards and health risks.
Some of the current leaders of OSHA include: the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health, David Michaels; the Deputy Assistant Secretaries of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health, Jordan Barab and Dorothy Dougherty; and the Chief of Staff, Kirk Sander. David Michaels reports to the United States Secretary of Labor, Thomas Perez, who is a part of the President’s cabinet.
OSHA was established in 1971 as part of the Occupational …show more content…
v. Marshall; Chao v. Mallard Bay Drilling, Inc.; and Secretary of Labor v. SeaWorld of Florida, LLC. In Whirlpool Corp. v. Marshall, the United States Supreme Court upheld a law from the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, which states that “workers have the right, under certain circumstances, to refuse to perform tasks they believe pose a danger of death or serious injury” (Greenhouse). The case was argued on January 9, 1980, after two maintenance workers at a Whirlpool plant in Ohio refused to perform a task that required them to walk on a wire mesh screen hanging 20 feet above the factory floor. They believed that it was unsafe, as other workers had previously fallen from the screen, including one who died as a result. When the two workers chose not to carry out the task, they were sent home without pay for the rest of the day and written up in their employee
Some of the current leaders of OSHA include: the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health, David Michaels; the Deputy Assistant Secretaries of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health, Jordan Barab and Dorothy Dougherty; and the Chief of Staff, Kirk Sander. David Michaels reports to the United States Secretary of Labor, Thomas Perez, who is a part of the President’s cabinet.
OSHA was established in 1971 as part of the Occupational …show more content…
v. Marshall; Chao v. Mallard Bay Drilling, Inc.; and Secretary of Labor v. SeaWorld of Florida, LLC. In Whirlpool Corp. v. Marshall, the United States Supreme Court upheld a law from the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, which states that “workers have the right, under certain circumstances, to refuse to perform tasks they believe pose a danger of death or serious injury” (Greenhouse). The case was argued on January 9, 1980, after two maintenance workers at a Whirlpool plant in Ohio refused to perform a task that required them to walk on a wire mesh screen hanging 20 feet above the factory floor. They believed that it was unsafe, as other workers had previously fallen from the screen, including one who died as a result. When the two workers chose not to carry out the task, they were sent home without pay for the rest of the day and written up in their employee