In April 1970, Occupational Safety and Health Administration Act was adopted in response to the lost productivity and wages, medical expenses, and disability compensation to assure safety and preserve human resources. OSHA was created under the ACT as part of the United States Department of Labor. OSHA provides many activities to reinforce its goals and purposes and requires certain standards to be followed. In addition, it has some limitations of its coverage, inspection priorities and guidelines.
One of the most important goals of the OSHA is to ensure a safe and healthy workplace for every worker as well as to enforce the safety and health standards. It also divides responsibilities and rights for employees to assure productive working environment, maintains a report on injuries and illnesses, provides training qualification …show more content…
Additionally, the General Duty Clause requires all employers and employees to comply with occupational safety and health standards under this Act. Any interested parties may file a complaint about dental office concerning any OSHA standard without disclosing their names. The OSHA stuff then gather the evidence and conducts documentation to determine if violation is present and requires inspection. However, inspection of complains is based on priorities. If OSHA staff determines that there is a sufficient ground to believe that a violation of its standards exists, an inspection on site may be conducted. However, it is usually involves a serious issue and used to enforce the OSHA standards. If violation are present, OSHA will issue a citation and provide an employer with time necessarily to correct the violations. Employers, who disagree with a citation, may submit a written petition within 15 days of the citation with the issue being