As we approach the celebration of the 250th anniversary of our nation’s founding, we continue to feature important events in OSHA’s history that have shaped worker safety in America.
During OSHA’s fourth decade in the 2000s, the agency responded to some of the nation’s most unprecedented challenges. Dedicated OSHA staff worked alongside federal, state, and local partners to help protect the safety and health of the recovery workers following the 9/11 terrorist attacks and Hurricane Katrina. The decade also saw important advances in worker protection, including new standards to protect construction workers in steel erection and prevent exposure to hexavalent chromium.
Explore OSHA’s 50th Anniversary webpage to learn more about how the agency has helped shape workplace safety and visit the OSHA Freedom 250 webpage to see how that work continues today.
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Original article published by OSHA