Under the Act, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) was created within the Department of Labor.
OSHA is the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and is responsible for worker safety and health protection.
Since its inception in 1970, OSHA has cut the work-fatality rate by more than half, reduced the overall injury and illness rates in industries where OSHA has concentrated its attention, virtually eliminated brown lung disease in the textile industry, and reduced trenching and excavation fatalities by 35 percent.
OSHA is administered through the Department of Labor (DOL). The DOL regulates and enforces more than 180 federal laws. These mandates and the regulations that implement them cover many workplace activities for about 10 million employers and 125 million workers.