What are the major provisions of OSHA 1970?

Answer 1

Congress passed the Occupational and Safety Health Act to ensure worker and workplace safety. Their Goal was to make sure employers provide their workers a place of employment free from recognized hazards to safety and health, such as exposure to toxic chemicals, excessive noise levels, mechanical dangers, heat or cold stress, or unsanitary conditions. In order to establish standards for workplace health and safety, the Act also created the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) as the research institution for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). OSHA is a division of the U.S. Department of Labor that oversees the administration of the Act and enforces standards in all 50 states.

Answer 2

The Willliams-Steiger Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 established the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) in the Department of Labor, the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) in the then Department of health, Education, and Welfare, and it established the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission to review appeals to OSHA citations.

The Act established the process for setting occupational safety and health exposure standards, authorized OSHA to inspect private businesses for compliance and to issue citations and fines when appropriate, and established that a citation could be appealed to the Review Omission before going to the courts.

The Act laid out the ground rules for NIOSH research into occupational safety and health issues.

Answer 3

OSHA 1970 is the Williams-Steiger Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970. This act of the US Congress established the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), and the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC)