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Definition of Occupational safety and health act
1. Noun. A law passed by the United States Congress that created the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to prevent employees from being injured or contracting diseases in the course of their employment.
Generic synonyms: Legislation, Statute Law
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law
Lexicographical Neighbors of Occupational Safety And Health Act
Literary usage of Occupational safety and health act
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hazards Ahead: Managing Cleanup Worker Health and Safety at the Nuclear (1993)
"The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 established that those Federal
agencies that exercise statutory authority to prescribe or enforce ..."
2. Biosafety in the Laboratory: Prudent Practices for the Handling and Disposal by National Research Council (U. S.) (1989)
"Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) The Occupational Safety and
Health Act of 1970 created OSHA within the Department of Labor. ..."
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