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OSHA
According to an essay by Judson MacLaury published on the U.S. Department of Labor website, by 1970 the number of industrial accidents coupled with reports of increases in occupational diseases and work-related disabilities prompted Congress to pass the Occupational Safety and Health Act (the OSH Act) in an effort to ensure a safe and healthy working environment for all employees. Thus, the evolution of laws governing worker safety shifted from laws passed by the various States offering varying degrees of protection to workers to a federal law covering essentially every worker in the United States.
The impetus for passing the OSH ACT included a desire to reduce the number of workplace injuries and deaths. Another motivation involved the goals of improving employee morale and productivity while reducing workers compensation costs. The OSH Act assigns to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration two principal functions. The first involves setting safety standards......

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