2018-2019 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
    Mar 29, 2024  
2018-2019 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

HA 245 - OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)


The purpose of this course is to provide students with an overview of the functions and requirements of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The course examines the federal mandate to assure safe and healthful working conditions for working men and women by authorizing enforcement of the standards developed under the OSH Act implemented in 1970 and revised in 2004. The course will address the federal government’s role in assisting and encouraging states in their efforts to assure safe and healthful working conditions by providing for research, information, education, and training in the field of occupational safety and health and for other purposes. Students may not earn more than 5 credits by taking HA, HS or GS one credit courses. Three one-credit options are not equivalent to a three credit course, and cannot be applied to the requirement of major electives.

1 semester 1 credit.