What is OSHA's mission/purpose?

What will be an ideal response?


According to the Department of Labor, OSHA's mission and purpose can be summarized as follows:
• Encourage employers and employees to reduce workplace hazards.
• Implement new safety and health programs.
• Improve existing safety and health programs.
• Encourage research that will lead to innovative ways of dealing with workplace safety and health problems.
• Establish the rights of employers regarding the improvement of workplace safety and health.
• Establish the rights of employees regarding the improvement of workplace safety and health.
• Monitor job-related illnesses and injuries through a system of reporting and record keeping.
• Establish training programs to increase the number of safety and health professionals and to improve their competence continually.
• Establish mandatory workplace safety and health standards and enforce those standards.
• Provide for the development and approval of state-level workplace safety and health programs.
• Monitor, analyze, and evaluate state-level safety and health programs.

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