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How to Meet OSHA Standards

 

The Occupational Safety and Health
Administration, better known as OSHA, is the government agency responsible for
enforcing safety and health legislation in the workplace.  OSHA was created in
response to the Occupational Health and Safety Act of 1970 in order to help
employers provide a safe working environment for their employees.  Since OSHA’s
establishment, injury and illness rates in the workplace have dropped 60
percent, and occupational deaths have dropped to their lowest annual number
since 1992.

 

OSHA has a set of requirements that each
employer must follow to comply with legislation.  Employers are required to
uphold or adopt the necessary practices in order to protect workers on the job. 
They must be well versed and compliant with standards relevant to their
establishment and enforce the use of personal protective equipment in the
workplace that is required for safety and health purposes. 

 

In order to accomplish these goals, OSHA has
issued standards for most workplace regulations.  Current legislation covers
workplace hazards, requiring the use of

safety signs and
identification tags to label toxic substances, electrical hazards, fall
hazards, hazardous waste, fire and explosion hazards, , machine hazards, and
confined spaces.

 

There is also legislation that covers areas
where there are no specific standards.  In this case, employers must comply with
OSHA’s General Duty Clause.  Under this act, each employer must “furnish ... a
place of employment which [is] free from recognized hazards that are causing or
are likely to cause death or serious physical harm to his employees.”

 

It is vital that employers comply with all of
OSHA’s standards at all times.  Statistics show that almost 5,200 American
workers die each year from workplace accidents. 
Nearly 50,000 employees die from workplace
illnesses, and as many as 4.3 million people endure non-fatal workplace injuries
and illnesses.  Occupational injuries and illnesses result in more than $156
billion per year.

 
These accidents and costs
can easily be avoided.  There are companies, such as Seton.com, that offer
safety products to meet many apsects of OSHA’s legislation.   Seton has a
full product line of industrial safety products,

industrial security products
and facility maintenance products that can be customized to your exact
specifications, to meet OSHA standards as well as your own company needs.
 
It is easy to customize
OSHA

signs, identification
tags, labels, safety products, security products, pipe markers and much
more.  Seton’s Design Your Own feature allows the customer to select size,
material, color and wording to customize the product online, and then instantly
view it on-screen in order to proof it and make changes before placing the
order.  Ordering is quick and easy, and many custom products ship same day.
 
Visit

www.Seton.com for more information, or to
customize OSHA approved signs and products. 
 

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