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Safety Training and Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)
by
Xavier Uribe
Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administation
The Occupational Safety and Health ACT of 1970 established the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Their mission is to save lives, prevent injuries and protect the health of America’s workers. To accomplish this, OSHA establishes protective standards, enforces those standards, and supports and communicates those standards to cover over 100 million working men and women and over six million employers.
OSHA begins the development of these standards either on its own initiative, or through petitions received from other parties including the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), state and local governments, any nationally recognized standards producing organization, employer or labor representatives, or any other interested individual.
As OSHA determines that a specific standard is needed, any of several advisory committees may be utilized to develop specific recommendations. Two permanent (or standing) committees are the National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health, and the Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health. Each of these committees includes members representing management, labor and state agencies, as well as one or more members representing the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Additional ad hoc committees may also be included in the standards development process.
Once OSHA has developed plans to propose, change or revoke a standard, it publishes these intentions in the Federal Register as a "Notice of Proposed Rulemaking". A comment period and public hearings are completed, and if required, OSHA will set emergency temporary standards to take effect immediately until superseded by a permanent standard. Appeals and variances may be submitted by the public, and hearings may be held prior to the issuance of a permanent order. A final ruling is made within six months, but petitions to OSHA rules and standards may be submitted at any time.