Occupational Safety and Health Administration

This section describes OSHA standards, commentary (formal interpretation of standards), and other federal standards on vehicle safety.

Note: These are not regulations of OSHA. However, they provide guidance from the original organization on worker protection.

29 CFR Part 500, Part D, Automobile Safety and Insurance for Immigrant and Seasonal Agricultural Workers, Housing Safety and Health for Migrant Workers, Volume 3, (July 1, 2012). The following topics are related to vehicle safety.

500.104, Ministry of Labor standard passenger car and station wagon, transportation of 75 miles or less

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration was formerly part of the US Department of Labor and was established as part of the Occupational Safety and Health Act in 1970. Its mission is to prevent injury, illness and death in the workplace by enacting and enforcing workplace safety and hygiene regulations (called standards). - Ensuring employee health and safety is extremely important to the organization. The organization is working on maintaining safety facilities, sponsorsing appropriate training programs, and providing necessary safety equipment.

To establish workplace safety and health standards, the law also established the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) as a research institution of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). OSHA is a division of the US Department of Labor, oversees the management of the law, and carries out standards in all 50 states. The National Environmental Policy Law is one of the first laws in history to establish a broad national framework for environmental protection. The basic policy of NEPA is to ensure that all agencies fully consider environmental issues before taking the major federal actions that have a serious environmental impact.