safety standards

Examples of safety standards in the following topics:

• Occupational Safety and Health Act

  • The Occupational Safety and Health Act is the primary federal law which governs occupational health and safety in the private sector and federal government in the United States.
  • Johnson submitted a comprehensive occupational health and safety bill to Congress.
  • OSHA was given the authority both to set and enforce workplace health and safety standards.
  • The act also created the independent Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission to review enforcement priorities, actions, and cases.
  • The "general duty clause" requires employers to 1) maintain conditions or adopt practices reasonably necessary and appropriate to protect workers on the job; 2) be familiar with and comply with standards applicable to their establishments; and 3) ensure that employees have and use personal protective equipment when required for safety and health.

• Growth of Government Intervention

  • The government issues and enforces workplace safety and health codes.
  • Nearly every product sold in the United States is affected by some kind of government regulation: food manufacturers must tell exactly what is in a can or box or jar; no drug can be sold until it is thoroughly tested; automobiles must be built according to safety standards and must meet pollution standards; prices for goods must be clearly marked; and advertisers cannot mislead consumers.
  • By the early 1990s, Congress had created more than 100 federal regulatory agencies in fields ranging from trade to communications, from nuclear energy to product safety, and from medicines to employment opportunity.
  • Among the newer ones are the Federal Aviation Administration, which was established in 1966 and enforces safety rules governing airlines, and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHSTA), which was created in 1971 and oversees automobile and driver safety.

• Safety Precautions in the Household

  • Electrical safety systems and devices are designed and widely used to reduce the risks of thermal and shock hazards.
  • In practice, a simple AC circuit with no safety features is not how power is distributed .
  • The first safety feature is the familiar circuit breaker (or fuse) that prevents thermal overload.
  • It lacks safety features.
  • The standard three-prong plug can only be inserted one way to ensure the proper function of the three-wire system.

• Labor Standards

  • The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 sets national minimum wages and maximum hours individuals can be required to work.
  • It also sets rules for overtime pay and standards to prevent child-labor abuses.
  • The Occupational Health and Safety Act of 1971 requires employers to maintain safe working conditions.
  • Under this law, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) develops workplace standards, conducts inspections to assess compliance with them, and issues citations and imposes penalties for noncompliance.
  • The Employee Retirement Income Security Act, or ERISA, sets standards for pension plans established by businesses or other nonpublic organizations.

• What's Next?

  • The liberal-conservative split over social regulation is probably deepest in the areas of environmental and workplace health and safety regulation, though it extends to other kinds of regulation as well.
  • Regulation by agencies such as National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) slowed down considerably for several years, marked by episodes such as a dispute over whether NHTSA should proceed with a federal standard that, in effect, required auto-makers to install air bags (safety devices that inflate to protect occupants in many crashes) in new cars.

• Activities in the Human Resources Department

  • Setting compensation levels to match the market, using benchmarks such as industry standards for a given job function
  • Achieving best practices in various industries include careful considering of safety and health concerns for employees.
  • Ensuring compliance with legal requirements based on job function for safety measures (i.e. hard hats in construction, available counseling for law enforcement, appropriate safety equipment for chemists, etc.)
  • Implementing new safety measures when laws change in a given industry

• Lab safety

  • This is to satisfy safety procedures for investigation and experimentation section based on MSDE & NGSS.
  • To introduce safety concerns to students who will be working with harmful chemicals.

• Quality Inspections and Standards

  • The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) created the Quality Management System (QMS) standards in 1987.
  • The ISO 9002 and 9003 standards were integrated into one single certifiable standard: ISO 9001:2008.
  • This standard covers the values and principles of ISO 9000 and the HACCP standards.
  • Audits can also be used for safety purposes.
  • Evans and Parker (2008) describe auditing as one of the most powerful safety monitoring techniques and "an effective way to avoid complacency and highlight slowly deteriorating conditions," especially when the auditing focuses not just on compliance but effectiveness.

• Safety in the Microbiology Laboratory

  • Working with microorganisms, especially pathogens, requires special equipment and safety practices.
  • Working with microorganisms, especially pathogens, requires special equipment and safety practices.
  • Work is generally conducted on open bench tops using standard microbiological practices.
  • certain procedures in which infectious aerosols or splashes may be created are conducted in biological safety cabinets or other physical containment equipment.
  • The entrance and exit of a Level Four biolab will contain multiple showers, a vacuum room, an ultraviolet-light room, autonomous detection system, and other safety precautions designed to destroy all traces of the biohazard.

• Occupational Health and Safety

  • Occupational safety and health (OSH) is an interdisciplinary area concerned with protecting the safety, health, and welfare of people engaged in work.
  • The goal of occupational safety and health programs is to foster a safe and healthy work environment.
  • Occupational safety and health can be important for moral, legal, and financial reasons.
  • Development of work organizations and cultures that support health and safety at the workplace
  • In the United States, the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 created both the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).