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Title: Keeping Osha In Perspective
Author: Jimmy D. Harp
Source: 1976 International School of Hydrocarbon Measurement
Year Published: 1976
Abstract: The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 was signed into law by President Nixon on December 29, 1970, and went into effect on April 28, 1971. With this act, a set of rules and regulations was initiated which affected three out of four workers in the United States. Congress cited the statistics on industrial accidents and health hazards as the basis for the need for this far reaching legislation. The statistics indicated that 14,200 workers died and 2.2 million were disabled in the work place each year. If non-disabling serious accidents (accounting for less than a days work) were included, the total number of injured workers would be 2 5 million annually. Congress cited the overall annual costs of these accidents as being 9.5 billion annually (includes loss in wages and gross national product.)

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