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The '''Occupational Safety and Health Administration''' ('''OSHA'''; {{IPAc-en|ˈ|oʊ|ʃ|ə}}) is a [[regulatory agency]] of the [[United States Department of Labor]] that originally had federal visitorial powers to inspect and examine workplaces.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Van Loo|first=Rory|date=August 1, 2018|title=Regulatory Monitors: Policing Firms in the Compliance Era|url=https://scholarship.law.bu.edu/faculty_scholarship/265|journal=Faculty Scholarship|volume=119 |issue=2 |page=369 }}</ref>{{rp|12,16}} The [[United States Congress]] established the agency under the [[Occupational Safety and Health Act]] (OSH Act), which President [[Richard Nixon|Richard M. Nixon]] signed into law on December 29, 1970. OSHA's mission is to "assure safe and healthy working conditions for working men and women by setting and enforcing standards and by providing training, outreach, education, and assistance."<ref name="About OSHA">{{cite web|title=About OSHA|url=https://www.osha.gov/about.html|access-date=March 22, 2015|archive-date=June 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190609151800/https://www.osha.gov/about.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The agency is also charged with enforcing a variety of [[whistleblower]] statutes and regulations. OSHA's workplace safety inspections have been shown to reduce injury rates and injury costs without adverse effects on employment, sales, credit ratings, or firm survival.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last1=Levine|first1=David I.|last2=Toffel|first2=Michael W.|last3=Johnson|first3=Matthew S.|date=May 18, 2012|title=Randomized Government Safety Inspections Reduce Worker Injuries with No Detectable Job Loss|journal=Science|language=en|volume=336|issue=6083|pages=907–911|doi=10.1126/science.1215191|issn=0036-8075|pmid=22605775|bibcode=2012Sci...336..907L|s2cid=17363586}}</ref>
The '''Occupational Safety and Health Administration''' ('''OSHA'''; {{IPAc-en|ˈ|oʊ|ʃ|ə}}) is a [[regulatory agency]] of the [[United States Department of Labor]] that originally had federal visitorial powers to inspect and examine workplaces.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Van Loo|first=Rory|date=August 1, 2018|title=Regulatory Monitors: Policing Firms in the Compliance Era|url=https://scholarship.law.bu.edu/faculty_scholarship/265|journal=Faculty Scholarship|volume=119 |issue=2 |page=369 }}</ref>{{rp|12,16}} The [[United States Congress]] established the agency under the [[Occupational Safety and Health Act]] (OSH Act), which President [[Richard Nixon|Richard M. Nixon]] signed into law on December 29, 1970. OSHA's mission is to "assure safe and healthy working conditions for working men and women by setting and enforcing standards and by providing training, outreach, education, and assistance."<ref name="About OSHA">{{cite web|title=About OSHA|url=https://www.osha.gov/about.html|access-date=March 22, 2015|archive-date=June 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190609151800/https://www.osha.gov/about.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The agency is also charged with enforcing a variety of [[whistleblower]] statutes and regulations. OSHA's workplace safety inspections have been shown to reduce injury rates and injury costs without adverse effects on employment, sales, credit ratings, or firm survival.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last1=Levine|first1=David I.|last2=Toffel|first2=Michael W.|last3=Johnson|first3=Matthew S.|date=May 18, 2012|title=Randomized Government Safety Inspections Reduce Worker Injuries with No Detectable Job Loss|journal=Science|language=en|volume=336|issue=6083|pages=907–911|doi=10.1126/science.1215191|issn=0036-8075|pmid=22605775|bibcode=2012Sci...336..907L|s2cid=17363586}}</ref>
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