N&R Cleaning – Client # A94261 29 USC 651 – The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970. Enacted into Federal Law by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. 29 CFR § 1903.1 – The Purpose and Scope of OSHA The OSH Act requires, in part, that every employer covered under OSHA to furnish to his employees 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. OSHA also requires that employers comply with occupational safety and health standards and that employees comply with standards, rules, regulations, and orders issued which are applicable to their own actions and conduct. Key Points of the OSH Act The United States Congress finds that personal injuries and illnesses arising out of work situations impose a substantial burden upon, and are a hindrance to, interstate commerce in terms of lost production, wage loss, medical expenses, and disability compensation payments. The United States Congress declares it to be its purpose and policy, through the exercise of its powers to regulate commerce and to provide for the general welfare, to assure so far as possible every working man and woman in the Nation safe and healthful working conditions and to preserve our human resources in the following manner:

1. P By encouraging employers and employees in their efforts to reduce the number of occupational safety and health hazards at their places of employment and to stimulate employers and employees to institute new and to perfect existing programs for providing safe and healthful working conditions.
2. P By providing that employers and employees have separate but dependent responsibilities and rights with respect to achieving safe and healthful working conditions.
3. P By authorizing the Secretary of Labor to set mandatory occupational safety and health standards applicable to businesses affecting interstate commerce.
4. P By building upon advances already made through employer and employee initiative for providing safe and healthful working conditions.
5. P By providing medical criteria which will assure insofar as practicable that no employee will suffer diminished health, functional capacity, or life expectancy as a result of his work experience.
6. P By providing for the development and promulgation (Enacting into Law) of occupational safety and health standards.