OSHA and Your Work Accident What You Should Know

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OSHA and Your Work Accident

• What You Should Know ?

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About OSHA

• The Occupational Safety and Health Administration
  is an agency of the United States Department of
  Labor. Congress established the agency under the
  Occupational Safety and Health Act, which
  President Richard M. Nixon signed into law on
  December 29, 1970.

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What You Need To Know

• Theres a chance that youre already familiar
  with the acronym OSHA. At the very least, you
  should know that the OSHA falls under the
  direction of the United States Department of
  Labor. According to OSHAs mission statement, it
  exists to assure safe and healthful working
  conditions for working men and women by setting
  and enforcing standards and by providing
  training, outreach, education, and assistance.
  Therefore it has everything to do with overseeing
  the conditions that led to your work accident.

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Role Of OSHA

• It is the role of OSHA to impose strict
  regulations on every aspect of workplace safety.
  OSHA will investigate workplaces for safety,
  address issues of unsafe practices, protect the
  rights of workers, and take action when a
  workplace is unsafe, including penalties and
  shutting down workplaces where unsafe practices
  exist.
• The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics offers some
  alarming statistics. In 2016, it seems that
  private industry employers cited almost 3 million
  nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses. And
  according to the OSHA website, 4,693 workers were
  killed on the job in 2016.

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Need Help ?

• If you or your loved one was injured in workplace
  accident due to negligence in security measures.
  It recommended to consult with workplace accident
  lawyer at Elizabeth Personal Injury Attorney who
  can help you to get the compensation you deserve.
  
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  801-4577Location 1207 East Grand Street 2nd
  Floor Elizabeth, NJ 07201