OSHA
Federal safety watchdog
OSHA is the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, a U.S. federal agency that sets and enforces workplace safety standards.
Employers must follow OSHA regulations covering hazards from machinery to chemicals to fall protection.
The factory was fined after an OSHA inspection.
The term often appears as shorthand for workplace safety compliance generally: Is this OSHA-compliant?
Suggested rules for behavior
- regulationsEnforced rules and standards
- codesSystems for secrecy
- requirementsNecessary conditions for something
- specificationsStated requirements and parameters
protocols · criteria · benchmarks · threshold · recordkeeping · compliance · certification · accreditation
Source of potential harm
- PPEHazard-shielding work attire
- gogglesSealed protective eyewear
- glovesHand coverings with fingers
- respiratorBreathing protection device
harness · guardrail · lockout-tagout · scaffolding · ladder · electrical · fire · evacuation
Divided governmental authority
- governmentAuthority over a state
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
- regulatorDevice maintaining steady output
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
enforcement · authority · bureau · department · inspector · watchdog · jurisdiction · secretary
Related to one's work
- ergonomicsStudy of work efficiency
- exposureState of being unprotected
- toxicologyScience of poisons
- carcinogenCancer-promoting agent
asbestos · silica · lead · benzene · noise · audiogram · respiratory · ventilation
Process of building something
- manufacturingIndustrial product creation
- warehouseBulk goods storage building
- employerOne who employs others
- employeeHired organizational member
worker · supervisor · contractor · shipyard · maritime · meatpacking · agriculture · refinery
guidelines
Suggested rules for behavior
- regulationsEnforced rules and standards
- codesSystems for secrecy
- requirementsNecessary conditions for something
specifications · protocols · criteria · benchmarks · threshold · recordkeeping · compliance · certification · accreditation · inspection
hazard
Source of potential harm
respirator · harness · guardrail · lockout-tagout · scaffolding · ladder · electrical · fire · evacuation · emergency
federal
Divided governmental authority
- governmentAuthority over a state
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
- regulatorDevice maintaining steady output
oversight · enforcement · authority · bureau · department · inspector · watchdog · jurisdiction · secretary · investigator
occupational
Related to one's work
- ergonomicsStudy of work efficiency
- exposureState of being unprotected
- toxicologyScience of poisons
carcinogen · asbestos · silica · lead · benzene · noise · audiogram · respiratory · ventilation · needlestick
construction
Process of building something
- manufacturingIndustrial product creation
- warehouseBulk goods storage building
- employerOne who employs others
employee · worker · supervisor · contractor · shipyard · maritime · meatpacking · agriculture · refinery · plant
- industrial regulationsEPA, labor laws, pollution control, fire codes, wage laws
- employmentjob, jobs, career, careers, interview
- workjob, 9 to 5, jobs, labor, employee
- safetyhazard, airbag, alert, danger, seatbelt
- federal governmentexecutive branch, judicial branch, legislative branch, agencies, bureaus
- safety equipmentlife jacket, lifeboat, smoke alarms, smoke alarm, life raft
OSHAself-regulation
Managing one's own behavior
honor system · laissez-faire · deregulation · best practices
OSHAderegulation
Removing governmental business restrictions
laissez-faire · free market · anti-regulation · small government · right-to-work