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The Laws Laid Down by OSHA

The Occupational Safety and Health Act has laid down certain laws for assuring safe and healthy work place conditions for workers. The act was first passed in the year 1970. Since then, it has been altered and amended throughout the years. As per OSHA, all employers are required to provide their employees with a safe, hazard free work place. Employees should strictly be kept away from exposure to toxic chemicals, mechanical dangers, excessive noise levels, heat and cold stress and unsanitary conditions. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration aids individual states for assuring that the work place conditions correctly meet the regulations laid down by it. Every state has its own OSHA training office. Sometimes, these offices themselves provide OSHA training courses. All the necessary education, information and training requirements for abiding by the law of OSHA and complying with its health issues are provided by the federal agency itself. But there are also certain web