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The Role of the Worksite Inspection under the Occupational Safety and Health Act
Author(s) -
CORN MORTON
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1989.tb13599.x
Subject(s) - occupational hygiene , public health , citation , occupational safety and health , library science , gerontology , medicine , environmental health , political science , law , nursing , computer science
The inspection process has its counterpart in other areas of safety, namely, automobile safety, airplane safety, truck safety, structural safety, and the like. That we are less than pleased with the results in measures of workplace safety performance during the last decade and a half is not a reason to forsake the inspection process. There are ways to greatly improve the inspection process. The current dialogue should focus on extensions and improvements of inspections rather than relieving regulates of the inspection experience. The inspection process has demonstrated its value as a safety management tool.