<Tr> <Th> Parent department </Th> <Td> United States Department of Labor </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> www.osha.gov </Td> </Tr> <P> The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) (/ ˈoʊʃə /) is an agency of the United States Department of Labor . Congress established the agency under the Occupational Safety and Health Act, which President Richard M. Nixon signed into law on December 29, 1970 . OSHA's mission is to "assure safe and healthy working conditions for working men and women by setting and enforcing standards and by providing training, outreach, education and assistance". The agency is also charged with enforcing a variety of whistleblower statutes and regulations . OSHA is currently headed by Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor Loren Sweatt . OSHA's workplace safety inspections have been shown to reduce injury rates and injury costs without adverse effects to employment, sales, credit ratings, or firm survival . </P> <P> OSHA officially formed on April 28, 1971, the date that the OSH Act became effective . George Guenther was appointed as the agency's first director . </P>

Osha was created by which branch of government