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The original OSHA standards, adopted during the first 6 months after the Agency was established, came from existing government standards and and consensus standards such as those issued by ANSI.

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The Williams-Steiger Occupational Safety and Health Act was passed by Congress in 1970 and signed into law by President Nixon. It created OSHA as part of the US Department of Labor.

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