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LINKS TO WORKPLACE SAFETY AND HEALTH LAWS AND REGULATIONS
Welcome to OHS...and...thank you
for your interest in our
company!
We
created this
page specifically for the Managers of America's Employers!
On
this single page is a convenient resource with quick access to
the best web sites on the Internet with all the information every employer
needs to establish and maintain "a safe and healthy environment" in
their workplace. Add this page of links to your "Favorites" list for
your easy future
reference. It's easy! just TOUCH "CTRL+D" on your keyboard
RIGHT now!
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/adahom1.htm
For business owners, human resources managers, and safety officers, the
information on this site is as "Must-Know" as it gets. It's
importance to workplace health and safety is second only to the OSHA site listed above. Actually, this is
not the ADA "web site". It is a web page belonging to the U.S. Department of
Justice (DOJ). Doesn't THAT tell you something right there about the
ADA?
Drug Free Workplace (DFW) http://www.drugfreeworkplace.com Along with our own OHSinc.com web site that you are visiting right this
minute, this is absolutely one of the very,
very best other sites on the Internet today for information on drugs of abuse and how to
initiate a Drug-free Workplace Program for your company, school, or other
organization.
Institute for a Drug-Free Workplace (IDFW) http://www.drugfreeworkplace.org/ Like the PDFA (see preceding listing), the IDFW is a non-profit organization
promoting substance abuse prevention and providing lots of info and stats on
drug abuse in America. Two of their many available publications, "Guide
to State and Federal Drug-Testing Laws" and "Drug and Alcohol
Abuse Prevention and the ADA: An Employer's Guide" are the best and
most helpful available on those subjects. Unlike the PDFA, the IDFW
coalition of professionals was formed and is supported by general business and
industry (i.e., "employers"), not just the communications (media)
segment.
National
Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) http://www.nida.nih.gov/ NIDA is the Federal agency that established the "gold standard" of
drug testing procedure and process for the U.S. Department of Transportation
(DOT). That same testing standard is followed today by the vast majority of
business and industry. The "NIDA-5 Panel" refers to the panel of
the five most common drugs of abuse tested in America today: Amphetamines,
Marijuana, Cocaine, Opiates, and PCP. This site offers information on drug
abuse for research and health professionals, parents, teachers, and students.
Occupational
Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) http://www.osha.gov/ This site, you'd darn well better visit and learn to navigate well if you own or manage a
business or intend to start a business! Click on "About
OSHA" and then on "OSH Act" (or click on the link we created for you
that follows)
and you'll be taken to the index of the complete text of the "Occupational
Safety and Health Act of 1970". The OSH Act contains all of
the very strict workplace health and safety rules and regulations that apply to
105
million U.S. employees and their 6 1/2 million employers. Chances are, you
probably fit one of those two categories.
OHS Health & Safety Services, Inc. (d.b.a., Occupational Health Services,
or, "OHS") http://www.OHSinc.com
We cannot help but offer you a link here to the Home page of our
own web site! Each month, 95,000+ visitors access our web site
from more than 70 different countries around the world for the information
we make available about drug testing and other workplace safety and health
issues. OHS is a "TPA", a Third Party Administrator of health
and safety services for other companies and organizations. Since 1991, our core business has
been and continues to be initiating and managing Drug-Free Workplace Programs
for large and small organizations. After a dozen years at it, we are now also among the
largest TPAs in our Industry that provide "on-site" drug-testing,
physical exams, blood draws, and a host of other medical services on-site. If
your organization is in need of any of these type services, it should go without
saying that we strongly recommend OHS. (But, of course, we said it
anyway!)
Osh.Net http://www.Osh.net
A gateway for occupational safety and health information and resources. Finding
information about occupational safety and health no longer means having to
burrow through thick unwieldy volumes of government reports. When you use
Osh.Net, it is the one-stop you will make.
Partnership for a Drug-Free America (PDFA) http://www.drugfreeamerica.org/default.asp
The Partnership for a Drug-Free America (PDFA) is a private non-profit,
non-partisan coalition of professionals from the communications industry.
Their mission is to reduce demand for illicit drugs in America - especially
among children and teenagers - through media communication. This
site has a wealth of information on drugs of abuse. Especially great:
each day they publish links to the most recent "headline news"
articles on illicit drug-related issues and drug abuse-related stories being
reported in various newspapers (e.g., USA Today, Washington Post, Seattle Times,
Dallas Morning News, et al) in different parts of the country.
Small Business Administration (SBA) http://www.sba.gov/
This site can be helpful to both existing and proposed businesses (in case you're
thinking of starting one). Don't let the "Small" in SBA fool
you. The U.S. Government's official (and ridiculous) definition of a
"small business" is any business "doing less than $500 million
dollars annually". Therefore, OHS, Inc. and most of the rest of us 6
1/2 million employers in the U.S. easily qualify for the SBA's free business advice,
guidance, and other assistance. Get free tips on starting,
expanding, and financing your business. Includes
an outstanding directory of information and links to local services.
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) http://www.samhsa.gov/ SAMHSA is the Federal agency charged with improving the quality and
availability of prevention, treatment, and rehabilitative services in order to
reduce illness, death, disability, and cost to society resulting from
substance abuse and mental illnesses.
U.S. Department of Transportation (D.O.T.) http://www.dot.gov/ If your company employs one or more of the approximately 8,000,000 big-rig
or hazmat truck drivers, airline personnel, public transportation workers,
oil-gas pipeline workers or other employees "covered" under D.O.T.
regulations, this site is very important for you. If your company is not
D.O.T. regulated, skip over this site. It's actually a bit boring.
Links and easy direct access to the full compliment of D.O.T. organizations (FFA, FHWA, et al) will be found on the
"U.S. Government Agency" web site a bit further below on this
page.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) http://www.epa.gov/ Your business may be one of the lucky ones of the type that need not follow
EPA edicts and dictates to the "T", as they relate to workplace health
and safety. If you are not that lucky,
at least you are fortunate enough to have found this page we have provided for
you to easily link to their
site for all the latest EPA information you need. We highly recommend the
following: once you access their site, click on "Laws and Regulations"
about half-way down the left frame. Get to know those well!
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
(Added by OHSinc.com visitor request.)
http://www.eeoc.gov/
U.S. Government
Agencies http://www.OHSinc.com/workplace_health_safety_information_U.S.
Government_links.htm A comprehensive listing of U.S. Government Agency web sites including the
full compliment of the various Department of Transportation sub-agencies.
Includes other sites with government information (rules, laws, regs) helpful to
business owners, HR managers and safety officers. Includes a long list of
"consumer" oriented sites, too (just in case you also happen to be a
consumer).
If
you know of other web sites that would add value and offer additional convenience to you by
appearing on this "single-source" page, please e-mail us:
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organizations in 50 U.S. states
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1835 Newport Blvd., Suite D-258
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