Title: Video: (CU3 M1) Protecting Workers
Course: SkillsCom BA 224 15.1

This Video discusses how OSHA conducts inspections.

Additional Information to Review:

- An occupational illness is any abnormal condition or disorder caused by exposure to environmental factors associated with employment. This includes acute and chronic illnesses caused by inhalation, absorption, ingestion, or direct contact with toxic substances or harmful agents.
- The Department of Labor enforces the standards established by the Occupational Safety and Health Act. Under OSHA, employers with 11 or more employees must maintain records of and report certain occupational injuries and occupational illnesses.
- The Department of Labor enforces the standards established by the Occupational Safety and Health Act to ensure compliance.
- The Occupational Safety and Health Act doesn't cover self-employed persons or farms in which only immediate members of the employer's family work. The act covers federal agencies, but usually not state and local governments.
- The Occupational Safety and Health Act was intended to "assure so far as possible every working man and woman in the nation safe and healthful working conditions and to preserve our human resources."