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Office of Safety, Health, and Environment (OSHE)

Safety Programs

Safety Rights and Responsibilities Program

This suborder lays out the key safety rights and responsibilities of all NIST employees. Employees’ understanding and exercising those rights, and fulfilling their safety responsibilities, are critical to making occupational safety and health an integral core value and vital part of the NIST culture.
Created April 30, 2015, Updated August 11, 2022
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