Which of the following best describes the intent of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970?
• It is intended to force companies to minimize accidents in their workplaces. • To assure safe and health field working conditions, and to preserve human resources. • To eliminate the tremendous 29% increase in occupational injuries that occurred during the 1960’s. • To eliminate or minimize on-the-job exposure to chemicals and safety hazards. • Which of the following statements best describes the priority of inspections conducted by OSHA? • Employee complaints are inspected first, followed by programmed inspections, and inspections of fatalities and catastrophes. • Imminent danger, followed by inspections of fatalities/catastrophes, then complaints/referrals and finally programmed inspections. • Routine, programmed inspections must be conducted followed by inspections of accidents and employee complaints. • Inspections of fatalities/catastrophes followed by imminent danger inspections, followed by programmed inspections. • An employer believes he/she has been treated unfairly by bein
