OSHA and the politics of health regulation

"This book presents the decision- and policy-making processes in the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Contents: perspectives on government regulation; occupational disease; magnitude and issues of the problem; political and economic factors in occupational health work; p...

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Main Author: McCaffrey, David P.
Institution:ETUI-European Trade Union Institute
Format: TEXT
Language:English
Published: New York 1982
Plenum Press
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Online Access:https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19203150124910213329-oSHa-and-the-politics-of-healt.htm
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Summary:"This book presents the decision- and policy-making processes in the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Contents: perspectives on government regulation; occupational disease; magnitude and issues of the problem; political and economic factors in occupational health work; procedures of an predictions about OSHA; OSHA's chemical regulations, 1970-1976; OSHA's regulations after 1976; service activities; regulatory balance; postscript on the Regulatory Impact Analysis Program; appendix (Grover Wrenn affidavit on health standards process)"
Physical Description:209 p.
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