OSHA & Pop Culture
OSHA was established in 1971, the same year this Florida property opened eventually dubbed, "The Most Magical Place on Earth!"
What is Walt Disney World?
In this decade OSHA worked to adopt standards to give workers the right to know what chemicals they are working with while "Sixteen Candles", "Purple Rain", and "Ghostbusters" were on the silver screen.
What is the 1980's? (1984)
Coming in at number 9 of the most cited violations with 1,420 violations are incidents with these powered industrial trucks which are common in warehouses and like to beep when they back up.
What is a forklift?
Home builders can thank OSHA's 2011 efforts that issued the Directive for Fall Protection in Residential Construction. Of the following, the number 1 home builder in the US last year: Taylor Morrison, Lennar, DR Horton
What is DR Horton? (5) Taylor Morrison, (4) NVR, (3) Pulte Group, (2) Lennar Corp, (1) DR Horton
In 2020, OSHA launched a historic response to protect American workers and issued guidance to address the shortage of respirators from this world-wide pandemic.
What is Covid-19?
A first order of business for OSHA was issuing construction industry standards set the same year this Francis Ford Coppola film debuts eventually winning the Oscar for best picture…guess they made them, "an offer they couldn't refuse."
What is "The Godfather" (1972)
The decade OSHA made its first standard on protecting workers from asbestos.
What is the 1970's? (1972)
Coming in at number 3 on the most cited violations with a total of 2,026 violations are these apparatus can lead to injuries if not used correctly like standing on the top rung.
What are ladders?
In the summer of 2014, Germany & Argentina squared off in FIFA's World Cup Final. Meanwhile OSHA kicked off its first ever National Fall Prevention Stand-Down, reaching more than 1 million US workers. This South American country hosted the Word Cup.
What is Brazil?
This US President signed the Occupational Safety & Health Act in 1972, a year before being impeached.
Who was Richard M. Nixon?
On Dec 29, 1970, the Occupational, Safety, & Health Act was signed into law and this former Beatle had the Billboard number 1 song in the US.
Who is George Harrison?
In this decade, OSHA set Bloodborne Pathogen standards protecting health care workers from HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis B.
What is the 1990's? (1991)
With 1,452 violations, these citations centered around this equipment like gloves, eye protection, & face shields.
What is Personal Protective Equipment or PPE?
It has been estimated that OSHA has saved 618,000 lives over its 50 years in existence. This, the number of times over you could fill Boone Pickens Stadium in Stillwater, OK to get all of those people a seat.
What is 10? (capacity 60,218)
In 2001, OSHA led efforts to monitor worker exposure during clean up efforts at this location, in New York City, referred to as the center of the devastation of the September 11th attacks.
What is "Ground Zero", "The Pile", or "The World Trade Center"?
It's "SAFE" to say OSHA did not inspire this Men Without Hats song from 1982, but that year they did create the Volunteer Protection Program which recognizes employers & workers who have implemented effective safety measures.
What is "The Safety Dance"
In the 2010's OSHA updated a standard that employers be required to report all employee accident fatalities, hospitalizations, amputations, and loss of this part of the anatomy…."I" firmly agree.
What is an "eye"?
This violation comes in at number 6 with 1,698 violations & centers around a program meant to establish the employer's responsibility to protect employees from hazardous energy sources on machines and equipment during service and maintenance.
What is Lock Out Tag Out?
In 2010, OSHA issued standards to prevent fatalities among crane and derrick operators. This Canadian city tops the list of North American cities with the most cranes, 84 in fact. That's 43% of all North American cranes.
What is Toronto?
In 1978, OSHA issued a standard to protect US workers from exposure to this metal which has "led" to kidney disease as well as damage to both the nervous and reproductive systems.
What is lead?
The Steelers and Cardinals squared off for Super Bowl XLIII (43) in 2009, the same year OSHA would adopt this system, in an effort to standardize hazard classification, labels, & safety data sheets.
What is the Global Harmonization System.
In the 1990's OSHA issued standards to define safety requirements covering all logging operations. That industry's position on a 2020 list of the 10 Most Dangerous Jobs in the US.
What is Number 1? (Fatal Injury Rate of 97 per 100,000 workers)
This standard violation comes in a number 1 and accounts for 5,295 violations in 2021.
What is Fall Protection (General)?
OSHA did not inspire this "Safety" song from 1982, but that year they did create Volunteer Protection Programs which recognizes employers & workers who have implemented effective safety measures.
What is "The Safety Dance"
In 1972, the Occupational Safety & Health Administration is established as a regulatory agency that reports to this cabinet-level department of the US federal government.
What is the Department of Labor?