Bureau of Labor Standards

Alanson D. Morehouse II, The Use and Handling of Compressed Gases, U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Standards Bulletin No. 259, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1963, pp. 1-30. 

OSH A n. See (1) Abbreviation for Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the Federal Agency established by the Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Standards, to enforce occupational safety and health standards. The standards are known as Part 1910 of amended Chapter XVII of Title 29 of the Code of Federal Regulations established on April 13, 1971 (36 F R 7006) and as amended thereafter. (2) Abbreviation for Occupational Safety and Health Act. 

Maine Dept, of Labor, Bureau of Labor Standards State House Station 45 Augusta ME 04333... 

In 1968, the Department of Labor s Bureau of Labor Standards proposed a regulation Umiting exposures to steady noise at an 85 dBA level (Lipscomb 1988). It was based upon a threshold Umit value (TLV) proposed by the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH). Eventually, this regulation became known as the Walsh-Healy Noise Standard of 1969 and became known as the backbone for many modern noise standards. 

While the CPI is very popular, it is not the only price index available to those in need of estimating inflation for a specific service or commodity. The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes a number of price indexes that may or may not influence the CPI (Standard Poor s Statistical Service 1999). To provide some semblance of the range of available data, the Bureau of Labor Statistics provides producer price indexes for selected lumber, including hardwoods, southern pine, oak, softwoods, and Douglas fir. Breakdowns to such fine detail are available for a variety of commodities. Indexes are also available for industry trade groups to provide information for specific estimates, such as construction costs and machinery. 

The OIICS was developed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) to provide a standardized coding system for characterizing work-related injuries and illnesses. The... 

Maybe not you personally, but your field of work as an Occupational Health and Safety Specialist and Technician was adopted by the public health workforce. Your branch of the family tree is located at the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) System under number 29-9010. Occupational activities under this number include Review, evaluate, and analyze... 

In addition to injury and illness counts, the survey also reports on the frequency (incidence rate) of such cases (Bureau of Labor Statistics 1997,72). The BLS uses a standard of 200,000 man-hours of annual exposure when calculating rates. The number 200,000 is equivalent to 100 workers working 40 hours per week for 50 weeks during... 

The BLS administers an annual Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses. The survey is an indication as to the levels of occupational injuries and illnesses occurring in the United States. Under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, most private employers are now required to record related injuries and illnesses as part of the recordkeeping standards. If selected through the random selection process, employers are required to submit their occupational injury and illness information to the Bureau of Labor Statistics for the purpose of compiling national estimates on the extent of injuries and illnesses in the workplace. 

Employers are not required to keep OSHA injury and illness reoords for any establishment classified in the following Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes, unless they are asked in writing to do so by OSHA, the Bureau of Labor Statistios (BLS), or a state agency operating under the authority of OSHA or the BLS. All employers, inoluding those partially exempted by reason of company size or industry classification, must report to OSHA any workplace incident that results in a fatality or the hospitalization of three or more employees (see 1904.39). 

Of particular usefulness for safety and health professionals are the standards, field manual, and statistics. Each and every standard in general industry as well as construction can be easily located on the site or through a search. The interpretations for each of these standards are also easily searched by switching to the interpretation search database. The website also contains different statistical databases, including the Bureau of Labor statistics, and the most current injury and fatality statistics. 

During the past several decades the primary indicator of the safety and health experience of the American work force has been the incidence of work-related injuries and illnesses as publishedannually by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).Pl These incidence rates (calculated as the average number of new injury or illness cases per 100 full-time equivalent employees per year) have provided a standardized annualized statistic for comparing the overall work injury and illness experience of workers in various industry sectors. 

Under this system, it is essential that data recorded by employers be uniform and accurate to assure the consistency and validity of the statistical data which are used by OSHA for many purposes, including inspection targeting, performance measurement under the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA), standards development, resource allocation. Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) eligibility, and low-hazard industry exemptions. The data also aid employers, employees, and compliance officers in analyzing the safety and health environment at the employer s establishment and is the source of information for the OSHA Data Initiative (ODI) and the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Annual Survey. 

For risk assessment purposes, national data for injuries, illnesses and fatalities may be obtained from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) website at www.bls.gov/iif. The annual data, beginning in 2003, are grouped by the North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) that assigns a numeric code for each t5T)e of work establishment. Prior to 2003, the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) system was used to categorize the data instead of NAICS. 

F.B. Silsbee, Static Electricity, Circular C-438 (Washington, DC National Bureau of Standards, 1942). Static Electricity, Bulletin 256 (Washington, DC US Department of Labor, 1963). 

Bureau of Standards or National Bureau of Standards(NBS), Washington 25, DC. It was established in 1901 as a part of the Treasury Dept and was transferred in 1903 to the Dept of Commerce and Labor. The fundamental purpose of the Bureau is to provide national leadership in the development and use of accurate uniform techniques of physical measurements. It conducts fundamental research in physics, chemistry,... 

The training requirements of 1926.761 will be deemed to have been met if employees have completed a training course on steel erection, including instruction in the provisions of this standard, that has been approved by the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Apprenticeship. 

The 1977 Act consolidated metal and coal mines under a single set of standards and transferred the functions of the former MESA (under the Bureau of Mines) to the newly created Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA). The 1977 Act thus placed the responsibility for worker safety within the Department of Labor and removed the potential conflict of interest that might occur if MESA inspectors interrupted production to enforce health and safety standards. 

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