Osha

Occupational Safety and Health Center has a mission OSHA's mission is 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".[2] The agency is also charged with enforcing a variety of whistleblowerstatutes and regulations.

*  developed a number of training, compliance assistance, and health and safety recognition programs throughout its history.

* to train workers and employers in reducing workplace hazards.

*  started the Voluntary Protection Programs in 1982, which allows employers to apply as "model workplaces" to achieve special designation if they meet certain requirements.[3]

OSHA is responsible for enforcing its standards on regulated entities. The agency sends Compliance Safety and Health Officers to work sites, where they carry out inspections and assess fines for regulatory violations. Inspections are planned for work sites in particularly hazardous industries. Inspections can also result in response to workplace incidents, worker complaints or referrals by other individuals.

Certain workplaces are exempted from OSHA inspections because they fall outside of the scope of the Occupational Safety and Health Act, are regulated by other agencies, or are exempted through Department of Labor appropriations bills.

Exempted workers include:

* Mine and quarry workers (regulated by the Mine Safety and Health Administration)

* Independent contractors and other self-employed individuals[7]

* Public sector employees (covered only in jurisdictions with state plans; the United States Postal Service is covered under the Postal Employees Safety Enhancement Act)[8]

* Domestic workers (workers whose workplace is a household)[9]

* Flight crews (covered by the Federal Aviation Administration)[10]

* Farms employing only family members and farms employing fewer than 10 employees with no migrant labor housing[11]...