The mission of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is to assure safe and healthy working conditions for working men and women by developing, setting, and enforcing standards and by providing outreach, education, training, and compliance assistance. Under the law, employers have the responsibility to provide a safe workplace.
Physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and other health care professionals often encounter work-related health and safety questions as they care for their patients. For more information, see the OSHA website: