With the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, Congress created the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to assure safe and healthful working conditions for working men and women by setting and enforcing standards and by providing training, outreach, education and assistance.

Organization
OSHA is part of the United States Department of Labor. The administrator for OSHA is the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health. OSHA's administrator answers to the Secretary of Labor, who is a member of the cabinet of the President of the United States.
(Work rules)

General Industry Regulations

• 1910.137, Electrical protective devices
• 1910.269, Electric power generation, transmission, and distribution
• 1910.302, Electric utilization systems
• 1910.303, General requirements
• 1910.304, Wiring design and protection
• 1910.305, Wiring methods, components, and equipment for general use
• 1910.306, Specific purpose equipment and installations
• 1910.307, Hazardous (classified) locations
• 1910.308, Special systems
• 1910.331, Scope
• 1910.332, Training
• 1910.333, Selection and use of work practices
• 1910.334, Use of equipment
• 1910.335, Safeguards for personnel protection

UL is an American safety consulting and certification company headquartered in Northbrook Illinois. It maintains offices in 46 countries. Established in 1894 as the Underwriters' Electrical Bureau (a bureau of the National Board of Fire Underwriters it was known throughout the 20th century as Underwriters Laboratories and participated in the safety analysis of many of that century's new technologies, most notably the public adoption of electricity and the drafting of safety standards for electrical devices and components.