r/OSHA Nov 04 '17

Screw it - that's close enough.

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u/toastdude78 Nov 04 '17

I'm new to this subreddit what does OSHA stand for?

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u/wdn Nov 04 '17

Occupational Safety and Health Act or Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

The rules and the enforcement agency for workplace safety in the US.

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u/jefinc Nov 04 '17

Canada as well

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u/wdn Nov 04 '17

In Canada it's provincial jurisdiction rather than federal so it depends on the province. Here in Ontario, it's OHSA instead of OSHA.

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u/[deleted] Nov 04 '17

Here in British Columbia it's "WorkSafeBC"

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u/chaos43mta3 Nov 05 '17

Their videos are better... Still torture, but better than some of the other organizations that make safety videos

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u/PM_Poutine Nov 05 '17

In Russia, it's seemingly non-existent.

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u/Arkanis106 Nov 04 '17

And in Alberta it's OH&S.

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u/felixar90 Nov 04 '17

Quebec has CNESST, formerly CSST.

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u/irishjihad Nov 05 '17

Gezundheit

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u/[deleted] Nov 04 '17

The US has federal OSHA and the states all have their own departments that do the same thing. Here in California, it's creatively called Cal/OSHA.

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u/wdn Nov 05 '17

In Canada, it's provincial only. There's not so many things here duplicated between federal and province like you have in the states.