Getting Home Safe and Sound
Occupational Safety and Health Administration at 38
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11037199 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael Silverstein (0000-0001-5497-3578, The author is with the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Seattle., corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 98 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 416-423 |
| Publication date | 2008-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048 |
| Publisher | American Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2105/ajph.2007.117382 |
| PMID | 18235060 |
| PMCID | PMC2253592 |
| OpenAlex | W2053759059 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 18 |
The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSHAct) declared that every worker is entitled to safe and healthful working conditions, and that employers are responsible for work being free from all recognized hazards. Thirty-eight years after these assurances, however, it is difficult to find anyone who believes the promise of the OSHAct has been met. The persistence of preventable, life-threatening hazards at work is a failure to keep a national promise. I review the history of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and propose measures to better ensure that those who go to work every day return home safe and sound. These measures fall into 6 areas: leverage and accountability, safety and health systems, employee rights, equal protection, framing, and infrastructure
Accountability · Administration (probate law) · Business · Environmental health · Framing (construction) · Leverage (statistics) · Occupational safety and health · Political science · Work (physics) · Engineering · Law · Medicine · Occupational Health and Safety Research · Traffic and Road Safety · Workplace Health and Well-being
Health Disparities in the Latino Population
Healthy and productive workers
Worker Engagement in the Health and Safety Regulatory Arena under Changing Models of Worker Representation
Preventing Chronic Disease in the Workplace
An Impact Evaluation of a Federal Mine Safety Training Regulation on Injury Rates Among US Stone, Sand, and Gravel Mine Workers
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,29 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2016 (8) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |