On December 29, 1970, President Nixon signed the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, which included three agencies. Among those three was the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). OSHA is responsible for implementing standards to ensure safe and healthy working conditions for those men and women in the workforce. One way OSHA has been successful is by reducing injury in the workplace. Occupational hearing loss has been a major concern for workers as early as the 1960's. Since then OSHA has set standards and created programs to reduce hearing damage caused by industrial noise. "OSHA’s permissible exposure limit (PEL) for noise exposure is 90 dBA for an 8-hour TWA." By setting noise exposure limit standards workers can
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One of the most common illness prevention measures is the use of Protective Personal Equipment (PPE). Some examples of PPE consist of gloves, goggles, foot protectors and respirators. Healthcare workers are often exposed to infectious diseases through their workplace. Facilities with such occupational exposure must provide employees with the materials needed to perform their duties healthily and safely. "...personal protective equipment (PPE), used to comply with this part, shall be provided by the employer at no cost to employees." Having an abundant supply of the resources workers need can promote healthy practices. If employees were responsible for paying for their own PPE, employers would not be able to ensure quality equipment is being used. Unsanitary and unsafe habits, for example, like reusing gloves could occur due to a limited supply of their own materials. PPE wouldn't be effective if workers didn't have the proper training. "The employer shall provide training to each employee who is required by this section to use PPE." This OSHA standard ensures that each employee that is required to use PPE knows when and how to properly wear it. Through OSHA's standards workers are being protected from illness therefore dropping illness
One of the most common illness prevention measures is the use of Protective Personal Equipment (PPE). Some examples of PPE consist of gloves, goggles, foot protectors and respirators. Healthcare workers are often exposed to infectious diseases through their workplace. Facilities with such occupational exposure must provide employees with the materials needed to perform their duties healthily and safely. "...personal protective equipment (PPE), used to comply with this part, shall be provided by the employer at no cost to employees." Having an abundant supply of the resources workers need can promote healthy practices. If employees were responsible for paying for their own PPE, employers would not be able to ensure quality equipment is being used. Unsanitary and unsafe habits, for example, like reusing gloves could occur due to a limited supply of their own materials. PPE wouldn't be effective if workers didn't have the proper training. "The employer shall provide training to each employee who is required by this section to use PPE." This OSHA standard ensures that each employee that is required to use PPE knows when and how to properly wear it. Through OSHA's standards workers are being protected from illness therefore dropping illness