美国的职业安全法WorkplaceSafetyLawsintheUS-CUNYALR.PDF

美国的职业安全法 Workplace Safety Laws in the U.S. November, 2014 – China Tour Vincent A. Harrington, Esq. May Y. Chen, CUNY 讨论的主要话题 Key topics for discussion • U.S. Occupational •美国职业健康安全局 Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) (OSHA) • Workers •工作中受伤的老工赔偿 Compensation for injuries on the job • American with •美国残疾人法案(ADA) Disabilities Act (ADA) 职业健康安全局的历史 History of OSHA • OSHA stands for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, an agency of the U.S. Department of Labor • OSHA’s responsibility is worker safety and health protection • OSHA 是职业健康安全局；是美国劳工部 其中的一个机构 • OSHA的职责是负责工人安全和健康保护 3 为什么OSHA对美国工人很重要？ Why is OSHA Important to U.S. Workers? • OSHA began because, until 1970, there were • OSHA的诞生是因为直 no national laws for 到1970年，还没有针对安 safety and health 全和健康危险的国家法律 hazards. . • On average, 15 workers • 平均每天有15名工人死 die every day from job 于工伤 injuries • Over 5,600 Americans • 每年有5600多个美国人 die from workplace 死于工伤 injuries annually • Over 4 million non-fatal • 超过四百万的非致命的 workplace injuries and 工伤和疾病被报道 illnesses are reported 4 WHO ENFORCES THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE OSHA LAW? 谁来执行OSHA的条款？ • The OSHA law is enforced by the Department of Labor, a federal government department, and applies to workplaces with 15 or more employees. 职业健康安全法由劳工部执行，是一个联邦政 府部门，适用于有15个或更多个的劳动场所。 • The individual states may also have workplace safety agencies which may establish standards higher than, and not conflicting with, the OSHA requirements. 个别的州可能也有自己的工作场所安全机构建