OSHA: Potential to Reform Regulatory Enforcement Efforts.
Testimony, 10/17/95, GAO/T-HEHS-96-42.

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed employers' and
employees' views on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's
(OSHA) mission and how OSHA can improve its enforcement efforts. GAO
noted that: (1) OSHA approaches to regulating workplace safety and
health issues are often dated and frustrating for both workers and
employers; (2) employers and employees believe that OSHA needs to
increase communication and cooperation with business and labor and
increase employer and worker accessibility to compliance information;
(3) OSHA may be able to more effectively carry out its statutory
responsibilities by developing alternative regulatory strategies that
supplement its labor-intensive enforcement approach; and (4) although
OSHA has begun to change its enforcement approach, it is too early to
assess the impact of OSHA actions.

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 REPORTNUM:  T-HEHS-96-42
     TITLE:  OSHA: Potential to Reform Regulatory Enforcement Efforts
      DATE:  10/17/95
   SUBJECT:  Occupational safety
             Working conditions
             Safety standards
             Occupational health standards
             Occupational health/safety programs
             Labor-management relations
             Cost effectiveness analysis
             Agency missions
             Information dissemination operations
             Safety regulation
IDENTIFIER:  OSHA Voluntary Protection Program
             
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