The basic purpose of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration is to ________.
A) set and enforce the safety and health standards that apply to almost all workers in the United States
B) ensure that employees of state agencies have safe and healthy working conditions
C) provide safe and healthy working conditions to all self-employed persons
D) prevent the occurrence of occupational illnesses among all employees

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OSHA is the agency created within the Department of Labor to set safety and health standards for almost all workers in the United States. OSHA does not cover self-employed persons or farms in which only immediate members of the employer's family work. OSHA covers federal agencies, but usually not state and local governments.

The Basic Purpose of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration