N.C. Industrial Commission webmaster Robert W. McDowell last updated this list of Selected Federal Government Home Pages on May 12, 2010. Please e-mail any comments and suggestions for additional sites to:
Robert.McDowell@ic.nc.gov/
Federal government agency home pages include:
- U.S. Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC)—http://www.cdc.gov/
Located in Atlanta, Georgia, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services—http://www.hhs.gov/
- National Institute of
Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)—http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/
NIOSH is a part of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Among many other things, this site contains:
- U.S. Consumer Product Safety
Commission (CPSC)—http://www.cpsc.gov/
Created in 1972 when Congress passed the Consumer Product Safety Act,
the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is an independent federal
regulatory agency. Congress directed the Commission to “protect the public against
unreasonable risks of injuries and deaths associated with
consumer products.”
The CPSC has “jurisdiction over about 15,000 types of consumer products, from
automatic-drip coffee makers to toys to lawn mowers. Some types of products,
however, are covered by other federal agencies. For example, cars, trucks and
motorcycles are covered by the Department of Transportation; drugs and cosmetics
are covered by the Food and Drug Administration; alcohol, tobacco and firearms
are covered by the Department of the Treasury.”
- U.S. Department of Labor (DOL)—http://www.dol.gov/
“The U.S. Department of Labor is charged with preparing the American workforce for new
and better jobs, and ensuring the
adequacy of America’s workplaces. It is responsible for the administration and enforcement of
over 180 federal statutes. These
legislative mandates and the regulations produced to implement them cover a wide variety of
workplace activities for nearly 10
million employers and well over 100 million workers, including protecting workers’ wages, health
and safety, employment and
pension rights; promoting equal employment opportunity; administering job training,
unemployment insurance and workers’ compensation programs; strengthening free
collective bargaining and collecting, analyzing and publishing labor and
economic statistics.”
- Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)—http://stats.bls.gov/
“The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is the principal fact-finding agency
for the Federal Government in the broad field of labor economics and statistics.
It has a dual role as the statistical arm of the Department of Labor and as an
independent national statistical agency that collects, processes, analyzes, and
disseminates sensitive economic and statistical data to the American public,
Congress, other Federal agencies, State and local governments, business, and
labor.”
- Mine Safety and Health
Administration (MSHA)—http://www.msha.gov/
“The mission of the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) is to administer the
provisions of the Federal Mine Safety
and Health Act of 1977 (Mine Act) and to enforce compliance with mandatory safety and health
standards as a means to
eliminate fatal accidents; to reduce the frequency and severity of nonfatal accidents; to minimize
health hazards; and to promote
improved safety and health conditions in the Nation’s mines. MSHA carries out
the mandates of the Mine Act at all mining and mineral processing operations in
the United States, regardless of size, number of employees, commodity mined, or
method of extraction.”
- Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA)—http://www.osha.gov/
OSHA is a division of the U.S. Department of Labor. “The mission of the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is to save lives, prevent injuries and protect the health
of America’s workers. To accomplish this, federal and state governments must
work in partnership with the more than 100 million working men and women and
their six and a half million employers who are covered by the Occupational
Safety and Health Act of 1970.”
- Ergonomics—http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/ergonomics/
“Ergonomics is the science of fitting workplace conditions and job demands to the capabilities of the working population. Effective and successful "fits" assure high productivity, avoidance of illness and injury risks, and increased satisfaction among the workforce. Although the scope of ergonomics is much broader, the term here refers to assessing those work-related factors that may pose a risk of musculoskeletal disorders and recommendations to alleviate them. Common examples of ergonomic risk factors are found in jobs requiring repetitive, forceful, or proplonged exertions of the hands; frequent or heavy lifting, pushing, pulling, or carrying of heavy objects; and prolonged awkward postures. Vibration and cold may add risk to these work conditions. Jobs or working conditions presenting multiple risk factors will have a higher probability of causing a musculoskeletal problem. The level of risk depends on the intensity, frequency, and duration of the exposure to these conditions and the individuals' capacity to meet the force of other job demands that might be involved.”
- OSHA Safety and Health Topics—http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/index.html
Safety and Health Topics Pages provide access to selected occupational safety and health information. The subjects of these pages include specific workplace hazards, as well as individual industries. Members of the Editorial Boards evaluate numerous OSHA and non-OSHA references on a given subject to determine which they consider most important in reducing occupational injuries and illnesses. With the continued support of our users, editors, and editorial boards, OSHA's Safety and Health Topics Pages provide assistance for complying with OSHA standards, enabling employers to ensure safer workplaces.
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Target Industry Profiles—http://www.osha.gov/dep/industry_profiles/index.html
Industry links include: agricultural operations, autobody repair and refinishing, commercial diving, construction (general), dry cleaning, grain handling, hazardous waste, health care facilities, laboratories, logging, maritime, meat packing, nursing homes, oil and gas well drilling and servicing, personal protective equipment, power transmission and distribution in construction, pulp, paper, and paperboard mills, semiconductors, ship building and repair, and textiles. There is also a link to an OSHA technical manual.
- Directorate of Technical Support and Emergency Management (TSEM)—http://www.osha.gov/dts/index.html
This page includes links to the Cincinnati Technical Center, Office of Ergonomics Support, Office of Occupational Health Nursing, Office of Occupational Medicine, Salt Lake Technical Center, Office of Science and Technology Assessment, Technical Data Center, and Office of Technical Programs and Coordination Activities.
- U.S. Supreme Court:
Recent Worker’s Compensation Decisions—http://neuro.law.cornell.edu/supct/search/search.html?query=workers+and+compensation&scope=onlysyllabi
This search result of U.S. Supreme Court syllabi includes the syllabus and opinion, plus
concurrence(s) and dissent(s) (if any). This page includes a searchable index.
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