Occupational Safety and Health Administration vs EPA
OSHA stands for Occupational Safety and Health Administration. It refers to a governmental agency that is in charge of coming up with standards, provides information, and training employers and employees (Sas, Suarez & EU-OSHA, 2013). OSHA is also responsible for generally making sure that the workforce in America stays safe and healthy. On the other hand, the EPA stands for the Environmental Protection Agency. It refers to a US agency that is designed to enforce regulations that are used for protecting the environment and the natural resources (Glicksman, Markell & Bodansky, 2019). EPA is used to perform studies of the surroundings, such as the environment, to support and shape the legislations responsible for protecting the environment.
While the OSHA regulates the safety of a workplace, the EPA, on the other hand, is responsible for setting rules that limit pollution of the environment. For instance, an industry that produces and releases contaminated air that affects the environment due to its serious volume is supposed to be aware of both sets of rules and regulations. The regulations set by OSHA concerning air quality often come in the form of PEL’s (permissible exposure limits) for those working. These OSHA standards are responsible for limiting the amount of a certain substance a worker can be exposed to within a typical shift. In case an exposure exceeds those limits, an employer can face the consequences, which includes a citation and a possible fine (Sas, Suarez & EU-OSHA, 2013). Additionally, OSHA also maintains more than ten regional field offices and an area office in various states responsible for inspecting facilities, helping employers in meeting the set regulation, and enforcing the rules in case there is noncompliance.
The regulations of EPA are different, on the other hand. Several relevant standards that are set for manufacturers are based on the ACT of clean air. These EPA regulations are responsible for limiting the amount of a particular substance an industry or a company, in particular, can release into the environment. The concern of the EPA regulations is the health impact of these substances on the environment and the general community. Additionally, EPA also maintains a list of sources responsible for air omissions such as Lead, particulate matter, nitrogen dioxide, and the ozone (Glicksman, Markell & Bodansky, 2019). Therefore, some of the limits will affect the typical manufacturers such; if a company or a firm is producing air that is contaminated for instance, through exhausting all the waste to the outside, the company is said to be breaking the regulations of EPA which in return it will attract citations and penalties.
Conclusion
Both OSHA and EPA have strived to improve both the workplace and the environment by ensuring that they do not impose unreasonable costs on society. They have achieved this by grounding their policy proposals in the analysis of a sound economy. OSHA well protects the employees under the aviation industry without or with less cost. Besides, the organizations, more so EPA, have imposed cost-effectiveness and a market-based incentive to the aviation industry since they are essential when developing policies and regulations (Boyle & Kotchen, 2018).