Occupational health refers to laws and regulations that protect workers’ health and safety on the job, including preventing workplace injuries and illnesses. It covers employer duties such as maintaining safe conditions, controlling exposure to hazards, providing training and protective equipment, and reporting and responding to incidents.
Employee well-being is easy to talk about and hard to operationalize once a company starts scaling. Headcount grows faster than HR bandwidth, new sites and job functions get added before safety procedures catch up, and well-being efforts drift toward perks (snacks, gym stipends, wellness apps) while the underlying exposures that actually cause illness and injury
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OSHA (the Occupational Safety and Health Administration) is a U.S. Department of Labor agency created in 1971 to enforce workplace safety and health standards. It sets regulations, performs inspections, and can issue citations and fines for violations to reduce injuries and deaths. This article explains what OSHA is, what it does, and how it impacts
