Friday, March 23, 2012

NASA Passes OSHA's Safety Inspection With Flying Colors

     Once again, NASA was inspected by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) annual safety investigation; and once again, NASA passed, but this time NASA was be awarded the Voluntary Protection Program's (VPP) "star" status honor for the cooperation of the efforts between the "Ames employees, unions, management and OSHA." "The Biosafety Review Board (BRB) is to identify, evaluate, control and prevent biological hazards in conformance with NASA, Federal and international health and safety regulations."
     NASA is assigned a biosafety level (BSL) and follows its guidelines strictly. NASA is composed of many employees ranging in the thousands with degrees in physics, astronomy, computer science and etcetera. NASA received this prize May 23 of 2002.
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/news/releases/2002/02_64AR.html

NASA's biosafety level (BSL) guidelines are located in this link:
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/pdf/498948main_Biosafety%20Review%20Board%20Operations%20and%20Requirements%20Document.pdf