Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970. Created to help employers and employees reduce workplace injuries, illnesses and deaths . Since OSHA's creation, workplace deaths have decreased by 60%, while injuries and illnesses have decreased by 40%. This has helped reduce training costs due to fewer replacement workers, and overtime has also been reduced. OSHA directs national occupational health and safety compliance. Worker Compliance The cost of insurance, medical costs, and reduced compensation payments to return-to-work programs all decrease when employers/businesses stay safe and healthy in the work environment. OSHA's strategies to help employers and employees are things like enforcement, assistance, and cooperation. During enforcement, OSHA ensures that its regulations are followed. In Assistance, OSHA provides awareness and training services to employees and employers. Cooperatively, OSHA has partnerships and alliances with voluntary programs. OSHA also promotes safe and healthy workplaces through such things as: Implementing new health and safety systems, conducting routine inspections of workplaces, establishing and ensuring that specific rights and responsibilities are respected and promote programs. There are only a few things that the OSH law does not cover, such as self-employed workers, families of agricultural employers who do not have outside workers. Also federal agencies that have their own requirements for worker safety and health. Even state and local government employees. OSHA has approved state plans, twenty-two states intend to develop their own health and safety laws, but in doing so they must follow federal OSHA requirements. OSHA is also part of the United States Department of Labor, which developed...... middle of paper ......has existed for 37 years to protect the safety and health of American workers. This has helped save thousands of lives and reduce the increase in injuries and illnesses. The agency has completely transformed itself over the years and has saved more and more lives and saved more money with its rules and regulations protecting people today. Richard Nixon is the founder of OSHA, he also served as President of the United States from 1969 to 1974. He founded OSHA because the 1960s were a very turbulent time, jobs were growing and accidents of labor had increased by 20% in order to secure the Americas. men and women, they would benefit from a healthy and safe work environment, he pushed with two other men and passed the OSHA law.Works CitedRefrences:http://www.osha.gov/historyhttp://www.osha .govhttp://www.allaboutosha.com/what-is-osha