Does OSHA need outside help?
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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) should consider using third-party certification in inspecting work sites and safety and health programs. However, a number of issues should be resolved before the idea of using outside help can be adopted. First, it appears unethical for third-party inspectors to collect fines that would pay their salaries. Second, these inspectors should be adequately trained in a particular industry, with organizations such as the National Safety Council augmenting the OSHA's limited resources.
Publication Name: Safety & Health
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0891-1797
Year: 1995
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Should OSHA recruit outside help?
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Third-party certification is a viable alternative for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) in its task of regulating US workplaces. Under this concept, the OSHA will authorize outside parties to certify work sites and safety and health programs. The idea is expected to extend the agency's outreach and ease its onerous certification process. It has garnered support from a proposed legislation that would allow the agency to establish a certification program for safety inspectors.
Publication Name: Safety & Health
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0891-1797
Year: 1995
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Targeting inspections just got easier
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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) presently maintains a system involving safety inspections of employers. The system, which was developed after a Supreme Court ruling, involves analysis of data annually obtained by the Bureau of Labor Statistics from about 250,000 employers. The data contain summary of employers' OSHA 200 log, which documents incidence of employee injuries and illnesses.
Publication Name: Safety & Health
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0891-1797
Year: 1997
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