State-by-State Guide to Workplace Safety Regulations, 2007 Edition

This authoritative reference helps human resources professionals and workplace safety officers comply with state workplace safety laws and regulations. The 2007 State by State Guide to Workplace Safety Regulation emphasizes practical methods of developing and implementing workplace safety policies and offers guidance on how to ensure that the workplace is in compliance with state laws and regulations. The 2007 Edition gives new emphasis to a danger that has been around for a long time but that has not always received due consideration: automobile accidents. Roadway crashes are the number one cause of work-related death, precipitating more than one in five worker fatalities each year. With an average of four worker automobile fatalities per day, workplace crashes have far-reaching financial, medical, and legal consequences for both employers and employees. Millions of workers find themselves find themselves behind the wheel while 'on the clock' each day. 2007 State by State Guide to Workplace Safety Regulation organizes essential information in a ready reference form--information necessary to ensure compliance with workplace safety regulations applicable to a broad range of businesses. Charts make it easy to locate information concerning one state's treatment of a particular issue or to compare the treatment required by several different states--all on the same chart. Each chart also provides citations with which to access further information about such current concerns as: Required written safety plans Required emergency action plans Regulation of smoking in the workplace Elevator safety requirements Illumination levels required for different locations and tasks Safety equipment required for employees Employment of minors