Abstract:
: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.
journal_name
Am J Public Healthjournal_title
American journal of public healthauthors
Silverstein Mdoi
10.2105/AJPH.2007.117382subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2008-03-01 00:00:00pages
416-23issue
3eissn
0090-0036issn
1541-0048pii
AJPH.2007.117382journal_volume
98pub_type
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journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/AJPH.2011.300230
更新日期:2011-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:American journal of public health
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doi:10.2105/AJPH.2008.134940
更新日期:2008-12-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2012-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2007-01-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:1981-01-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2004-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/AJPH.2014.302069
更新日期:2014-10-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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doi:10.2105/AJPH.2013.301254
更新日期:2013-07-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:1971-05-01 00:00:00
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doi:10.2105/AJPH.2004.057067
更新日期:2006-04-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/ajph.85.7.957
更新日期:1995-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 传,历史文章,杂志文章
doi:10.2105/ajph.84.6.1022
更新日期:1994-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/ajph.73.11.1316
更新日期:1983-11-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 历史文章,杂志文章
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更新日期:2017-09-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2020-09-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/ajph.68.4.342
更新日期:1978-04-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
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更新日期:2010-08-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:1984-06-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2002-12-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:1985-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2018-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:American journal of public health
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更新日期:1997-09-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:1994-11-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2001-09-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:1982-06-01 00:00:00