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| Jurisdiction | Federal Government of the United States |
| Headquarters | Frances Perkins Building  Washington, D.C. |
| Employees | 1,900 |
| Annual budget | $591,787,000 (2021) |
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| Parent department | United States Department of Labor |
| Website | www |
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA; /ˈoʊʃə/) is a regulatory agency of the United States Department of Labor that originally had federal visitorial powers to inspect and examine workplaces.[1]: 12, 16 The United States Congress established the agency under the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSH Act), which President 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."[2] 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.[3]
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- ^ "About OSHA". Archived from the original on June 9, 2019. Retrieved March 22, 2015.
- ^ Levine, David I.; Toffel, Michael W.; Johnson, Matthew S. (May 18, 2012). "Randomized Government Safety Inspections Reduce Worker Injuries with No Detectable Job Loss". Science. 336 (6083): 907–911. Bibcode:2012Sci...336..907L. doi:10.1126/science.1215191. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 22605775. S2CID 17363586.