Sistem Perundang-Undangan tentang Keselamatan dan Kesehatan Kerja secara ANSI
Pengertian
American National Standards Institute (ANSI) adalah sebuah lembaga
nirlaba swasta yang mengawasi pengembangan standar konsensus sukarela untuk
produk, jasa, proses, sistem, dan personel di Amerika Serikat. Lembaga tersebut
mengawasi pembuatan, diberlakukannya, dan penggunaan ribuan norma dan pedoman
yang secara langsung berdampak bisnis di hampir setiap sektor. Lembaga tersebut
juga mengkoordinasikan standar Amerika Serikat dengan standar internasional
sehingga produk-produk Amerika Serikat dapat digunakan di seluruh dunia.
Lembaga tersebut memberi akreditasi untuk standar yang yang dikembangkan oleh
perwakilan dari lembaga pengembang standar, instansi pemerintah, kelompok konsumen,
perusahaan, dan lain-lain. Standar tersebut memastikan agar karakteristik dan
kinerja produk yang konsisten sehingga masyarakat menggunakan definisi dan
istilah yang sama, dan produk diuji dengan cara yang sama. ANSI juga memberi
akreditasi bagi organisasi yang melaksanakan sertifikasi produk atau personel
sesuai dengan persyaratan yang ditetapkan dalam standar internasional.
American National Standards
Institute didirikan pada tanggal 19 Oktober 1918 dengan misi untuk meningkatkan
daya saing global bagi bisnis dan kualitas hidup Amerika Serikat dengan
mempromosikan serta memfasilitasi standar konsensus sukarela dan sistem
penilaian kesesuaian.
Memorandum of Understanding Between
the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the American National
Standards Institute
WHEREAS the Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA) has the statutory authority to develop, promulgate and
enforce occupational safety and health standards; and
WHEREAS the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970
(the OSH Act) (sections 6(a) and 6(b)(8)) recognizes that national consensus
standards producing organizations have an important role in the development of
occupational safety and health standards; and
WHEREAS the Act (section 20 (c)) permits cooperative
working arrangements between OSHA and private organizations to assist OSHA by
conducting studies relating to its responsibilities under the Act; and
WHEREAS OSHA recognizes that the services, facilities,
and members of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) may be of
assistance to OSHA in carrying out its statutory responsibilities; and
WHEREAS ANSI is recognized as a coordinating and
approval agency for voluntary national consensus standards in the United States
and is ready to provide assistance and support in occupational safety and
health standards, regulations and related issues; and
WHEREAS ANSI, working through its Accredited Standards
Developers, has already demonstrated through the performance of various
activities an ability to render technical assistance and support to OSHA in
carrying out its statutory authority;
It is agreed that:
ANSI will furnish assistance and support and continue
to encourage the development of national consensus standards for occupational
safety and health issues for the use of OSHA and others. OSHA will continue to
cooperate and assist the ANSI Federation in its mission in a manner consistent
with OSHA policy. Such technical assistance and support generally includes but
is not limited to the following program activities:
ANSI will encourage its Accredited Standards
Developers to provide technical support, as requested, in the development,
promulgation and application of OSHA's occupational safety and health
standards, such as the preparation and distribution of technical guides, and
the development of training curriculums;
ANSI will provide assistance to OSHA, as requested, in
connection with the activities of OSHA's standards advisory committees;
As the U.S. member body to the International
Organization for Standardization (ISO), the Pacific Area Standards Congress
(PASC), the Pan American Standards Commission (COPANT), and the International
Accreditation Forum (IAF), and, through the U.S. National Committee, to the
International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), ANSI will be encouraged to
participate in the safety and health-related policy-making groups and
committees of these organizations. ANSI will provide OSHA with proposed draft
international safety and health standards from these organizations. OSHA will
provide ANSI with comments on the proposed international standards, and ANSI
will provide these comments to the Technical Advisory Group developing the U.S.
position on these standards;
ANSI will coordinate the interpretation and rationale
of selected American National Standards for OSHA, as requested, in connection
with OSHA standards development and compliance activities;
ANSI and OSHA will maintain a mechanism for
consultation in the planning of occupational safety and health standards
development activities in the areas of mutual concern to the extent consistent
with OSHA policy and section 6 of the OSH Act;
ANSI accredits Standards Developers to develop and
publish American National Standards based on openness, balancing of interests,
due process and consensus. Accordingly, ANSI and OSHA agree to promote
communications between voluntary standards developers and government
organizations that evaluate voluntary standards and other source materials, and
between voluntary standards developers and government organizations that
develop and enforce workplace standards. ANSI and OSHA will work together to
help these parties to obtain relevant information about developments that
affect them, and to facilitate decision-making and implementation of needed
actions at the national and international levels;
ANSI and OSHA agree to work with the National
Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) under the National Technology
Transfer and Advancement Act of 1996 (P.L.104-113) and with the Secretary of
Commerce under OMB Circular A-119 and the Trade Agreements Act of 1979 (P.L.
96-39) to co-ordinate Federal activities in voluntary standards and to ensure
adequate representation of U.S. interests in all relevant international
standards organizations. In entering into this MOU, ANSI recognizes that OSHA
promulgates and enforces workplace safety and health standards as mandated by
the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSH Act), and that OSHA must
comply with the requirements of the OSH Act and other statutes, regulations,
and directives in carrying out its regulatory program.
OSHA will provide ANSI with those occupational safety
and health research reports it has developed for general use consistent with
section 20(d) of the OSH Act involving areas of mutual concern;
OSHA will participate on selected ANSI accredited
standards committees and canvass reviews in a manner consistent with the
policies of the OSH Act;
OSHA will provide ANSI with notices of standards
development activities relating to standards proposals, hearings and final
rules.
The purpose of the cooperative effort sought under
this Memorandum of Understanding is to bring the technical resources and
support of ANSI together to assist OSHA in carrying out its responsibilities.
Also, to the extent consistent with its obligations under the OSH Act, and
other laws, OSHA will make technical resources available to assist ANSI in its
mission. By entering into this MOU, ANSI and OSHA intend to enhance and
strengthen the national voluntary consensus standards system of the United
States and to support continued U.S. competitiveness, economic growth, safety,
and health.
ANSI and OSHA will establish a working group to
determine the assigned tasks that are to be carried out, by mutual agreement,
to implement this MOU. ANSI and OSHA will each designate representatives to
serve on this working group.
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