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Answer & Explanation:Need a 100-135 word reply  to the discussion:Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA) is defines as a federal agency created in 1970 under the
US Department Of Labor to establish and enforce standards and laws for working
conditions in commercial and industrial sectors. Its recommendations and
guidelines are followed in many other countries also. The propose of OSHA are
followings –
· 
Ensure the safety and health
conditions of working people by framing and monitoring the standard procedures
at work place.
· 
OSHA sets standards and
requirements for the employers based on workplace research and input from
technical experts, employers, unions and other stakeholders.
· 
To help employers adhere to its
standards and requirements, OSHA offers training and tools to educate employers
and employees.
· 
In their training OSHA explain
the procedures, equipment and training that employers and workers must use to
reduce hazards and ensure safety measures specific to the employers’ workplace
and workers’ jobs.
· 
If some violation from OSHA’s
standard happens in that case OSHA can issue fines for the violations and if it
required they refer violators f

or criminal prosecution.
· 
OSHA can also take the
preventive measures and identify possible causes for job-related injuries,
deaths and illnesses.
One of the possible strategies
to reduce OSHA violations in an industry or in the organization is awareness
programs for the employees so that they can be fully aware about their rights.
OSHA is already doing that but this initiative should be at a larger scale and
at regular time interval so that the new employees joining the work force can
get the information early as in many cases they are the first target of these
types of conditions. The second strategy to reduce OSHA violations is better job
creation otherwise in need of a job employees will be forced to work in hazards
condition where their safety and health will take a back seat.
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration – Home. (n.d.). Retrieved from londonessays.com
United States, & Mangan
Communications. (2003). OSHA dictionary: Including definitions from
Part 1903–Inspections, citations, and proposed penalties, Part 1904–Recording
and reporting occupational injuries and illnesses, Part 1910–General industry,
Part 1926–Construction. Davenport, IA: Mangan Communications.