1. Discuss the basic facts about OSHA – its purpose‚ standards‚ inspection‚ and rights and responsibilities. OSHA and its state partners have approximately 2100 inspectors‚ plus complaint discrimination investigators‚ engineers‚ physicians‚ educators‚ standards writers‚ and other technical and support personnel spread over more than 200 offices throughout the country. This staff establishes protective standards‚ enforces those standards‚ and reaches out to employers and employees through technical
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CS204 Unit 5 Assignment OSHA stands for the Occupational Safety and Heath Administration‚ which is a US agency for the Department of Labor. OSHA’s priority is the safety of workers and health protection. OSHA was created and passed by Congress in 1970. Until 1970‚ there were no US laws protecting employee’s safety and health in the work force and this is why OSHA came to be. There are workers who do not qualify for protection by OSHA; public employees‚ mine workers‚ truck and transportation
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Critique of “Momma’s Encounter” Maya Angelou was born in St. Louis‚ Missouri (1928) as Marguerite Johnson; however she grew up in Stamps‚ Arkansas where her grandmother ran a general store. Angelou has acted and written several plays‚ poems‚ and a six-part autobiography “I Know Why the caged Bird Sings” making her one of this country’s foremost black writers. In this story Angelou tells about how her grandmother (momma) triumphs over a pack of taunting neighborhood children. I feel very strongly
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OSHA’s Strategic Management Plan for 2003-2008 The OSHA Strategic Management Plan for 2003-2008 was a management tool that outlined OSHA’s ongoing process to evaluate‚ control‚ and reduce workplace fatalities‚ injuries‚ and illnesses for specific industries during the projected period. According to a May 12‚ 2003 OSHA Trade Release‚ OSHA’s plan was to “support the Department of Labor’s Strategic Plan” (OSHA’s 2003-2008 Strategic Management Plan Goals‚ 2003). The plan established three main goals
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OSHA Past‚ Present and Future PAST The Occupational Safety and Health Administration or OSHA is a part of the US Department of Labor‚ and was started in 1970 as part of the Occupational Safety and Health Act. Its mission is to prevent work-related injuries‚ illnesses‚ and deaths by issuing and enforcing rules (called standards) for workplace safety and health. Since it’s inception it has helped to cut the incidents of workplace fatalities by sixty percent‚ and occupational injury
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EDUCATION Construction Safety & Health Officer 5-days Training Program. CIDB/DOSH to accredit Training Providers. Competency requirement for Construction OSH Trainers. To organise 12 Seminars on Construction Safety. Publication – accidents & legal prosecutions to be highlighted in the main stream media (paper & electronic). Contractors Association to play active role in encouraging members to attend OSH training. Government enforcers to attend construction OSH training. Introduction of
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After reading this assignment‚ I get to learn about the monument that marks the spot where the mayflower found the Indian winter supply of corn and stole it. The spot is called today Corn Hill .This precious corn played a major role in keeping the pilgrims alive through their first winter. They were desperately hungry‚ cold and afraid; they had no other choice but taking the corn and save their lives. In the text‚ it was also stated that they wanted to leave something for the Indians in exchange
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Year 12 Legal Studies Exam Notes YEAR 12 LEGAL STUDIES NOTES UNITS 3 AND 4 Year 12 Legal Studies Exam Notes AREA OF STUDY 3 LAW-MAKING Year 12 Legal Studies Exam Notes AREA OF STUDY 1 PARLIAMENT AND THE CITIZEN Year 12 Legal Studies Exam Notes The Principle of Responsible Government • Our government is answerable and accountable to parliament‚ therefore to the people • It must act fairly and responsibly • If it doesn’t it will lose the support of the parliament/people and
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It was a conventional evening at the Gladwyne Pharmacy. Preparing for our closure‚ I was organizing the register receipts from the day to save myself from ancillary labor the following morning. 6:57PM: only three more minutes before I can finally return home after an extensive‚ demanding afternoon. Contrary to the ordinary occurrence‚ our regular last-minute customers were not swarming in the door. Initially‚ I took this as a good sign: today may mark the first time I get off work punctually. But
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It was a dark and thunderous night when returning home from my girlfriend’s house in Westville. Most of the way had clearly lit streets‚ until I got to the junction of Buttercup Lane and Meadow Street. I had a choice of taking a short cut through my local park‚ or walking around it‚ which would add a further mile to my journey. It was getting late‚ so I decided to take the short cut. The park was always dark with little or no illumination‚ except for the light given from the moon and the stars.
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