Occupational Safety and Health Administration

assaultive patient. This is why OSHA, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, has legal obligation to provide a safe and healthful workplace for employees. OSHA also made some guidelines on preventing violence in the workplace. They would be management commitment, work analysis, hazard prevention, education and training, record keeping, and…

American Bar Association’s Occupational Safety and Health Law Midwinter panel discussion. The focus of the meeting was about the new standards issued by The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Some of the new standards introduced include placing limits on post-accident drug-testing programs and having certain measures in place for protecting employees from silica and beryllium exposure. Based on these changes, employers will have to revise their workplace safety policies to…

Five Considerations for Rail Safety Rail freight is critical to American industry and commerce. Nearly everything we use to keep our nation afloat has at least a portion of its components moved by rail. Trains move everything from fertilizer for our food to crude oil, natural gas, coal, ethanol, grains, and many different kinds of ore to heavy machinery, components for wind turbines, and even waste materials. With so many important components of our lives dependent on the rail system, it is…

the community where people have taken risk, whether it was intentional or not. Taking risk is part of the job and it is important to take these risk with all the necessary safety precautions and training in place. There are two key agencies which influence fire department training; Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and the Nation Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Unlike NFPA which issues guidelines, which are recommendations, OSHA is a regulatory agency which enforces…

Santiago Michel Rodríguez #28 University of Nevada Las Vegas HMD 402 Prof. Cotham Medical Marijuana in the Hospitality Workplace “The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSHA Act was passed to assure safe and healthful working conditions for workers. The OSHA Act implements and enforces standards to reduce and prevent occupational safety and work hazards at places of employment. This law requires employers to provide their employees with safe working conditions that are free from…

what OSHA and the General Duty Clause is, the effect on construction companies, and lastly I will be informing you of a case regarding the General Duty Clause. What Is It OSHA stand for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, OSHA is the general umbrella for protecting worker health and safety The law requires for employers to condition a safe environment for their employees and OSHA sets and enforces this law. According to Small Business What is the OSHA General Duty Clause, “The…

on safety and health practices by the organizations and breaching them could prove detrimental to the organization by attracting huge fines and penalties. In addition to the huge fines and penalties, the violating employers are also vulnerable to being accused and prosecuted with criminal charges. The following are some of the federal laws and regulations laid down by the government concerning safety at the workplace for the majority of the organizations. OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health…

According to Buchbinder & Shanks 2012, I Love You…Forever case study, an assault transpired at the clinic, it involved an employee, Nurse Practitioner (NP) Nancy Masters, and intimate partner Joe, who later began stalking her. The author wrote that violence and death are a derivative of stalking. The case study focused on addressing the issue of intimate partner violence (IPV) in workplace and the employers’ response to an occurrence. It was obvious that the hospital needed to review and…

blood on a daily basis. Although blood flows through every human body, harmful bacteria can lace itself into the blood stream and spread from person to person. Controlling these pathogens from spreading could save a life. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) defines bloodborne pathogens as “infectious microorganisms in human blood that can cause disease in humans.” Diseases included are hepatitis B, hepatitis…

developed a privacy policy that outlined what was expected of their staff members in relation to their conduct on the internet. Mr. Scott and Mr. Shrute were also in violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act when they stored cardboard file boxes by stairwells and emergency exits. The Occupational Health and Safety Act outlines the basic responsibilities of the employer. The basic responsibilities include; providing employees with policies and producers in order to sustain a safe work…