OSHA Industrial Testing

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is the predominant watchdog organization that the government assigns workplace safety issues. Testing by OSHA is performed in innumerable industries and on countless units, safety equipment and machinery used in work facilities.

Why the Testing?

• OSHA's philosophy is that not only do employers owe the federal government compliance with safety regulations, but they owe that compliance to their workers. Testing ensures not only that companies meet requisite guidelines, but that uniform or consistent procedures are used to gauge the quality of similar work environments and materials.

What is Tested?

• OSHA requires testing for countless pieces of equipment. These can include safety respirators, scaffolding, cranes, machines, fire extinguishers and flooring. OSHA also concerns itself with the direct physical health of industrial employees. One of the prime example of this is initiatives for hearing tests among workers. You can make appointments for hearing tests based on your availability or discover if OSHA's mobile testing units come to your place of work.

How are Tests Performed?

• One of the ways OSHA conducts industrial testing is through the establishment of nationally recognized testing laboratories. These are often private-sector companies that perform the needed tests and are then certified by the government. In some cases, individual employers are to conduct tests themselves by following strictly detailed guidelines supplied them by OSHA. In severe cases, OSHA inspectors will be deployed to specific sites to conduct their own examinations.