federal job safety law

federal job safety law
noun
a law passed by the United States Congress that created the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to prevent employees from being injured or contracting diseases in the course of their employment
Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence
Hypernyms: ↑legislation, ↑statute law

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