{"id":828,"date":"2019-08-13T22:38:24","date_gmt":"2019-08-13T22:38:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-humanresourcesmgmt\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=828"},"modified":"2024-04-25T01:44:32","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T01:44:32","slug":"introduction-to-workplace-safety-and-health","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-humanresourcesmgmt\/chapter\/introduction-to-workplace-safety-and-health\/","title":{"raw":"Introduction to Workplace Safety and Health","rendered":"Introduction to Workplace Safety and Health"},"content":{"raw":"<h2>What you'll learn to do:\u00a0Describe the legal obligations for workplace safety and health<\/h2>\r\nWorkplace safety isn\u2019t just a business best practice, it is, as OSHA posters declare, the law. Passed by Congress in 1970, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.osha.gov\/laws-regs\/oshact\/toc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Act<\/a> created the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), whose mission is \u201cto assure safe and healthful working conditions for working men and women by setting and enforcing standards and by providing training, outreach, education and assistance.\u201d[footnote]\"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.osha.gov\/laws-regs\/oshact\/toc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Occupational Safety and Health Act<\/a>.\" United States Department of Labor. Accessed August 20, 2019.[\/footnote] In this section, we\u2019ll discuss employer requirements and employee rights under the OSH Act and associated state plans.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1171\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4056\/2019\/08\/03214520\/pop-zebra-wp81DxKUd1E-unsplash-e1567547144290-1024x271.jpg\" alt=\"Photograph of several wire-frame lockers containing hard hats and safety equipment.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"271\" \/>","rendered":"<h2>What you&#8217;ll learn to do:\u00a0Describe the legal obligations for workplace safety and health<\/h2>\n<p>Workplace safety isn\u2019t just a business best practice, it is, as OSHA posters declare, the law. Passed by Congress in 1970, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.osha.gov\/laws-regs\/oshact\/toc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Act<\/a> created the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), whose mission is \u201cto assure safe and healthful working conditions for working men and women by setting and enforcing standards and by providing training, outreach, education and assistance.\u201d<a class=\"footnote\" title=\"&quot;Occupational Safety and Health Act.&quot; United States Department of Labor. Accessed August 20, 2019.\" id=\"return-footnote-828-1\" href=\"#footnote-828-1\" aria-label=\"Footnote 1\"><sup class=\"footnote\">[1]<\/sup><\/a> In this section, we\u2019ll discuss employer requirements and employee rights under the OSH Act and associated state plans.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1171\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4056\/2019\/08\/03214520\/pop-zebra-wp81DxKUd1E-unsplash-e1567547144290-1024x271.jpg\" alt=\"Photograph of several wire-frame lockers containing hard hats and safety equipment.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"271\" \/><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t <section class=\"citations-section\" role=\"contentinfo\">\n\t\t\t <h3>Candela Citations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <div id=\"citation-list-828\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"licensing\"><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Original<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Introduction to Workplace Safety and Health. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: Nina Burokas. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: Lumen Learning. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY: Attribution<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Specific attribution<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Construction helmets. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: Pop and Zebra. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: Unsplash. <strong>Located at<\/strong>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/wp81DxKUd1E\">https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/wp81DxKUd1E<\/a>. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/about\/cc0\">CC0: No Rights Reserved<\/a><\/em>. <strong>License Terms<\/strong>: Unsplash License<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t <\/section><hr class=\"before-footnotes clear\" \/><div class=\"footnotes\"><ol><li id=\"footnote-828-1\">\"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.osha.gov\/laws-regs\/oshact\/toc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Occupational Safety and Health Act<\/a>.\" United States Department of Labor. 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