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The
Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Act was enacted to "assure
safe and healthful working conditions for working men and women." The OSH Act
created the Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA) at the federal level and provided that states could
run their own safety and health programs as long as those programs were at
least as effective as the federal program. Federal and state safety personnel
work to ensure worker safety and health through worksite enforcement, education
and compliance assistance, and cooperative and voluntary programs. Enforcement
and administration of the OSH Act in states under federal jurisdiction is
handled primarily by OSHA. Safety and health standards related to field
sanitation and certain temporary labor camps in the agriculture industry are
enforced by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour
Division (WHD) in states under federal jurisdiction. If a worksite is
located in a state plan
state, additional safety and health requirements may apply.
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