Worker safety and health is the prevention and reduction of the number of occupational safety and health hazards at the places of employment, providing safe and healthful working conditions.
For this, one uses :
- Occupational Safety and Health Standard", this is, a standard which requires conditions, or the adoption or use of one or more practices, means, methods, operations, or processes, reasonably necessary or appropriate to provide safe or healthful employment and places of employment.
- "National consensus standard" is any occupational safety and health standard or modification thereof which:
- Established Federal standards are any operative occupational safety and health standard established by any agency of the United States and presently in effect, or contained in any Act of Congress in force on the date of enactment of OSH Act of 1970.
- shall furnish to each of his/her employees employment and a place of employment which are free from recognized hazards that are causing or are likely to cause death or serious physical harm to the employees (this is free from occupational harzards);
- shall comply with occupational safety and health standards promulgated under the OSH Act.
See also: ACGIH