Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is a federal administration that has established regulations overseeing asbestos in the workplace and workplaces must meet certain criteria to be regulated by these regulations. Workplaces also can come under the regulation of state and local governments according to criteria established by those governments. To provide additional protection to workers, the Environmental Protection Agency has a "Worker Protection Rule." This rule extends the standards implemented by OSHA to state and local employees who perform asbestos work and who are not covered by either the OSHA Asbestos Standards, by a state OSHA plan, or by local governments. The Worker Protection Rule applies the same OSHA requirements to the workplaces not regulated by OSHA and covers medical examinations, air monitoring and reporting, protective equipment, work practices, and record keeping.
