This is a geographically sorted list of national and subnational government agencies focusing on
occupational safety and health. Subnational agencies are indented and listed after the corresponding national agencies.
Africa
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National Institute for Occupational Health (South Africa)
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Occupational Safety and Health Authority (Tanzania)
* Directorate of Occupational Safety and Health Services
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Asia
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State Administration of Work Safety (China)
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Japan Industrial Safety and Health Association (Japan)
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National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (Malaysia)
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National Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Profile (India)
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Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency
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National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (Sri Lanka)
Europe
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European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
The European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) is a decentralised agency of the European Union with the task of collecting, analysing and disseminating relevant information that can serve the needs of people involved in safety and ...
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Scientific Committee on Occupational Exposure Limit Values (European Union)
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Finnish Institute of Occupational Health
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Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (Germany)
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Health and Safety Authority
The Health and Safety Authority (HSA) is the national body in Ireland with responsibility for occupational health and safety. Its role is to secure health and safety at work. It is an Irish state-sponsored body, established under the ''Safety, H ...
(Ireland)
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National Institute of Occupational Health
National Institute of Occupational Health, also known as Statens arbeidsmiljøinstitutt or STAMI is a government body organised by the Norwegian Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion. The institute deals with a range of occupational health areas ...
(Norway)
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Swedish Work Environment Authority
The Swedish Work Environment Authority (SWEA) ( sv, Arbetsmiljöverket, abbreviated ''AV'') is a Swedish administrative authority sorting under the Ministry of Employment, responsible for issues relating to the working environment and work inj ...
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Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (France)
United Kingdom
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Health and Safety Executive
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Health and Safety Commission
The Health and Safety Commission (HSC) was a United Kingdom non-departmental public body. The HSC was created by the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (HSWA). It was formally established on 31 July 1974. The Commission consisted of a chairm ...
(defunct)
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Her Majesty's Railway Inspectorate
Established in 1840, His Majesty's Railway Inspectorate (HMRI) is the organisation responsible for overseeing safety on Britain's railways and tramways. It was previously a separate non-departmental public body, but from 1990 to April 2006 it ...
(defunct)
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Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland
The Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI) is a Northern Ireland non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for the Economy. It is responsible for the encouragement, regulation and enforcement of occupational health ...
North America
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Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety
The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS) is an independent departmental corporation under Schedule II of the Financial Administration Act and is accountable to Parliament through the Minister of Labour.
CCOHS functions as the ...
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WorkSafeBC
The Workers' Compensation Board of British Columbia, operating as WorkSafeBC, is a statutory agency that came into existence in 1917, after the provincial legislature put into force legislation passed in 1902. This legislation is known as the '' ...
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Workplace Safety & Insurance Board
The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB; french: Commission de la sécurité professionnelle et de l'assurance contre les accidents du travail, CSPAAT) is the workplace compensation board for provincially regulated workplaces in Ontario
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(Ontario)
United States
Federal
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U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board
The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (USCSB), generally referred to as the Chemical Safety Board or CSB, is an independent U.S. federal agency charged with investigating industrial chemical accidents. Headquartered in Washing ...
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National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health
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National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH, ) is the United States federal agency responsible for conducting research and making recommendations for the prevention of work-related injury and illness. NIOSH is part of the C ...
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Navy Occupational Safety & Health
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Mine Safety and Health Administration
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) () is a large agency of the United States Department of Labor which administers the provisions of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 (Mine Act) to enforce compliance with mandatory safe ...
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Occupational Safety and Health Administration
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration'' (OSHA ) is a large regulatory agency of the United States Department of Labor that originally had federal visitorial powers to inspect and examine workplaces. Congress established the agenc ...
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Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission
The Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC) is an independent federal agency created under the Occupational Safety and Health Act to decide contests of citations or penalties resulting from OSHA inspections of American work places ...
State
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California Occupational Safety and Health Administration The Division of Occupational Safety and Health of California (DOSH, but more commonly known as Cal/OSHA) is an agency of the Government of California established by the California Occupational Safety & Health Act of 1973. Administered by the Calif ...
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Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration
The Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration (MIOSHA) is a state government agency that regulates workplace safety and health in the U.S. state of Michigan. Michigan OSHA is an agency within the Michigan Department of Licensing an ...
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Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division
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Washington State Industrial Safety and Health Administration
Oceania
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National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (Australia)
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National Offshore Petroleum Safety Authority
The National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA) is the Australian Government offshore energy regulator responsible for the health and safety, well integrity and environmental management aspects of offshore ...
(Australia; defunct)
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Safe Work Australia
Safe Work Australia is an Australian Government statutory agency established in 2009 under the Safe Work Australia Act 2008. Their primary responsibility is to improve work health and safety and workers’ compensation arrangements across Austra ...
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Worksafe (Western Australia)
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WorkSafe Victoria
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WorkSafe New Zealand
WorkSafe is New Zealand's primary workplace health and safety regulator.
Over 550 staff based across New Zealand who are working to lift New Zealand's health and safety performance and support workers to return home healthy and safe.
WorkSafe ...
References
External links
International Labour Organization: country profiles on occupational safety and health
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Government health agencies
Occupational safety and health
Occupational safety
Occupational safety and health (OSH), also commonly referred to as occupational health and safety (OHS), occupational health, or occupational safety, is a multidisciplinary field concerned with the safety, health, and welfare of people at wor ...