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Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: Its Genesis, Implementation and Impact (Including a Case Study of the Texas Gulf Coast Petrochemical Industry)

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Date Issued:
1974
Summary:
This thesis reviews the historical background, legislative history, implementation and impact of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970. A study was conducted to determine the impact of the Act on forty-five petrochemical plants located in the Texas Gulf Coast Region. Factors surveyed included costs associated with compliance with the Act, staffing, union and employee relations, safety standards, compliance activities and Federal inspections.
Title: The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: Its Genesis, Implementation and Impact (Including a Case Study of the Texas Gulf Coast Petrochemical Industry).
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Name(s): Anderson, Bruce McDonald
Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor
Zimmerer, Thomas W., Thesis advisor
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Date Issued: 1974
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Fla.
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 191 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: This thesis reviews the historical background, legislative history, implementation and impact of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970. A study was conducted to determine the impact of the Act on forty-five petrochemical plants located in the Texas Gulf Coast Region. Factors surveyed included costs associated with compliance with the Act, staffing, union and employee relations, safety standards, compliance activities and Federal inspections.
Identifier: 13620 (digitool), FADT13620 (IID), fau:10460 (fedora)
Collection: FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
Note(s): Thesis (M.B.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1974.
College of Business
Subject(s): Industrial safety--Law and legislation--United States
Industrial hygiene--Law and legislation--United States
Petroleum products
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