Occupational safety and health law handbook
Book
·
OSTI ID:20013745
- ed.
This book reviews the regulations and standards governing the protection of employees in the workplace and provides insight into dealing with pertinent regulations and regulatory authorities. Written for safety professionals, industrial hygienists, human resource professionals, attorneys, and students, this companion to Government Institutes' best-selling ``Environmental Law Handbook'' offers the legal fundamentals behind occupational safety and health laws in one concise and authoritative volume. In 19 chapters, the authoring law firm of Keller and Heckman cover the OSHAct and its development; OSHA, NIOSH, and OSHRC; the roles played by other regulatory agencies; the OSHA rulemaking process; OSHA Standards and the General Duty Clause; record keeping and reporting; employers' and employees' rights; inspections; violations, penalties, and how to contest them; criminal prosecutions; state plans; industry-specific issues; OSHA reform; and international regulations and standards. This book references approximately 400 seminal OSHA legal decisions from the approximately 1,300 cases on record and includes coverage of Canadian and European Community regulations, making it the first comprehensive global overview of occupational safety and health law.
- OSTI ID:
- 20013745
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Similar Records
OSHA compliance handbook
Reorganized OSHA poses greater criminal threat to managers, EEI counsel warns
Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission
Technical Report
·
Tue Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1991
·
OSTI ID:6345283
Reorganized OSHA poses greater criminal threat to managers, EEI counsel warns
Journal Article
·
Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1980
· Electr. Light Power (Boston); (United States)
·
OSTI ID:5023514
Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission
Journal Article
·
Sun Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1995
· Materials Performance
·
OSTI ID:170017