|
|
|
Apr 19, 2024
|
|
OSH 140 Regulatory Environment (3 credits)
Course Description
Introduction to regulatory bodies and overview to Occupation Safety and Health Agency (OSHA), Washington Industrial Safety and Health Act (WISHA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Department of Transportation (DOT,) Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) regulations. History and political evolution of the regulatory environment; how violations are penalized, and how a regulatory agency performs a formal inspection.
Student Outcomes
1. Analyze the range of implications federal, state and local regulatory agency laws and processes have on financial and human entities.
2. Determine how federal, state and local regulatory agency interface.
3. Assess regulatory inspection processes.
4. Explain how OSHA and WISHA regulations, violations, penalties and fines apply to situations. (Add to OSH Resource Book)
5. Examine how gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnic, class and other cultural groups have played a role in the history and political evolution of OSH regulations.
6. Research a variety of OSH regulatory agencies and the scope of their jurisdictions. Note the points the agencies intersect, points of contention between them, and barriers to servicing claimants. (OSH Resource Book)
Add to Portfolio (opens a new window)
|
|
|
