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Overview
Agency History
Scope and Contents of the Records
Organization of the Records
Restrictions
Index Terms
Related Material
Administrative Information
Description of Series
Administrative records,
1967-1979,
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Texas Department of Health, Occupational Safety
Division:
An Inventory of Administrative Records at the Texas State
Archives,
1967-1979
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| Creator: | Texas. Occupational Safety Division.
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| Title: | Administrative
records |
| Dates: | 1967-1979 |
| Abstract: | Types of records
include correspondence, memos, copies of federal laws and regulations,
committee testimony, and speeches. Records consist of correspondence and
subject files from the Occupational Safety Division of the Texas Department of
Health and its director, Walter G. Martin. Records date from 1967 to 1979. Much
of the correspondence concerns questions about the existence and enforcement of
state safety regulations. Other correspondence is related to the compliance of
state safety standards in 1975 to the regulations of the U.S. Department of
Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). |
| Quantity: | 3 cubic ft. |
| Language | English. |
The Occupational Safety Division, Texas Department of Health, was
created by the Occupational Safety Act, H.B. 559, 60th Legislature, 1967.
Primary purposes of the Act were to reduce occupational injuries and illnesses
and lower workers compensation costs. The Act also created an Occupational
Safety Board to administer the Division. The Board employed a state safety
engineer as executive director of the Division. Walter G. Martin was hired as
the state safety engineer and held that position from 1967 to 1984.
Activities of the Occupational Safety Division originally included
enforcement of safety codes, inspection of job sites, and conducting an annual
survey of occupational injuries and illnesses. The passage of Public Law
91-596, the Occupational Safety and Health Act, by the U.S. Congress, created a
federal system of safety and health standards. These were to be administered by
the new Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) within the U.S.
Department of Labor. The Texas Occupational Safety Board and the Occupational
Safety Division worked out a compliance plan with OSHA in 1975 that reconciled
existing state safety standards with the new federal standards. The Division
contracted with OSHA to provided free, on-site inspections for OSHA standards
to Texas employers. The Division continued to conduct its annual occupational
injury and illness surveys. In 1985, the Occupational Safety Board was
abolished by H.B. 2091, 69th Legislature. The functions and administration of
the Occupational Safety Division were absorbed by the Texas Department of
Health.
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Types of records include correspondence, memos, copies of federal laws
and regulations, committee testimony, and speeches. Records consist of
correspondence and subject files from the Occupational Safety Division of the
Texas Department of Health and its director, Walter G. Martin. Records date
from 1967 to1979. Much of the correspondence concerns questions about the
existence and enforcement of state safety regulations. Other correspondence is
related to the compliance of state safety standards in 1975 to the regulations
of the U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration
(OSHA). Correspondents include governors of Texas, state senators and
representatives, AFL-CIO officials, and federal OSHA administrators. The
subject files document the relationship between OSHA and the Occupational
Safety Division and include testimony from hearings held before the Texas House
of Representatives Committee on Labor, development of the Texas plan for
compliance with OSHA, and speeches by Texas government officials and labor
union officers on the impact of OSHA.
To prepare this inventory, the described materials were cursorily
reviewed to delineate series, to confirm the accuracy of contents lists, to
provide an estimate of dates covered, and to determine record types.
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Organization of the Records
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| Records are divided into correspondence and subject files. The
correspondence is subdivided into general and alphabetical correspondence. The
general correspondence is arranged chronologically. The alphabetical
correspondence only covers E-O; there are gaps from A-D and P-Z. The subject
files are unorganized. |
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Restrictions on Access
None.
Restrictions on Use
None.
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| The terms listed here were used to catalog the
records. The terms can be used to find similar or related records. |
| Corporate Names: |
| | United States.
Occupational Safety and Health Administration. |
| Subjects: |
| | Industrial safety--Texas.
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| | Industrial
hygiene--Texas. |
| | Safety
regulations--Texas. |
| Document Types: |
| | Correspondence--Texas--Industrial safety--1967-1979.
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| | Testimony--Texas--Industrial safety--1967-1979.
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| | Speeches--Texas--Industrial safety--1967-1979.
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| Functions: |
| | Enforcing safety
regulations. |
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The following materials are offered as
possible sources of further information on the agencies and subjects covered by
the records. The listing is not exhaustive.
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| Texas State
Archives |
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| | Texas Department of Health, Occupational Safety Board,
Records, 1967-1984, 3.6 cubic ft. |
| | Workers Compensation Commission, Records, 1961-1988, 2 cubic
ft. |
| | Workers Compensation Commission, Minutes, 1994-2001, 2.31
cubic ft. |
| | Industrial Accident Board, Records, 1913-1956, 30 linear
ft., 2 in. |
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Administrative records, Occupational Safety Division, Texas
Department of Health. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State
Library and Archives Commission.
Accession number: 1993/152
These records were transferred to the Texas State Archives by the
Texas Department of Health, via the State and Local Records Management Division
of the State Library, on April 20, 1993.
Paul B. Beck, July 1993
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Administrative records,
1967-1979,
3 cubic ft.
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| | | Correspondence |
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| 1993/152-1 | | | | General Correspondence: |
| | | | | 1979 |
| | | | | 1978 |
| | | | | 1977 |
| | | | | 1976 |
| | | | | 1975 |
| | | | Correspondence re: O.S. (Occupational Safety)
Consultative Program: |
| | | | | 1975 |
| | | | | 1976 |
| | | | Governor and Executive Department Correspondence,
1967-1979 |
| | | | Bureau of Environmental and Consumer Health
Protection,
1975-1979 |
| | | | Experience Rating Correspondence,
1979 |
| | | | Health, Education, &Welfare - U.S. Department of,
1968-1970 |
| | | | G.R. Herzik (Deputy Commissioner for Environmental
Health, Texas Department of Health),
1968-1974 |
| | | | Hoisting Equipment,
1975-1977 |
| | | | H.B. 203,
1971 |
| | | | Harry Hubbard, Capitol Station,
1968 |
| | | | Industrial Accident Board,
1968-1970 |
| | | | Interagency Contracts: |
| | | | | Industrial Accident Board,
1975 |
| | | | | University of Texas - Bureau of Business Research,
1979 |
| | | | | Texas A & M University,
1980 |
| | | | | Department of Corrections,
1975 |
| | | | | Water Development Board,
1976 |
| | | | | Department of Community Affairs,
1975 |
| | | | International Correspondence,
1969 |
| | | | Interoffice Correspondence,
1968-1974 |
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| 1993/152-2 | | | | Joint Advisory Committee on Government Operations,
1976 |
| | | | Junior College Safety Programs,
1975-1977 |
| | | | Lease - Austin,
1971-1983 |
| | | | Legal Opinions,
1968-1971 |
| | | | Monorail Transportation System Correspondence, (El
Paso),
1974 |
| | | | McFadden, E.C. (Chairman, Texas Occupational Safety
Board),
1968-1974 |
| | | | Newspaper Advertisements/Press Releases,
1967-1971 |
| | | | National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health,
1974 |
| | | | Occupational Health,
1970-1979 |
| | | | Occupational Health and Radiation Control Division,
1971-1979 |
| | | | Occupational Health Inspection Reports,
1974-1975 |
| | | | Occupational Health Literature,
1972 |
| | | | Occupational Safety Board: |
| | | | | Correspondence,
1967-1979 |
| | | | | Minutes,
1967-1979 |
| | | Subject Files |
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| 1993/152-3 | | | | U.S. Department of Labor/OSHA Subject Files,
1970-1975: |
| | | | | Texas House of Representatives Labor Subcommittee
Hearing,
October 1974 |
| | | | | Copies of Occupational Safety and Health Act, P.L.
91-596, and amendments |
| | | | | Correspondence with state and federal
officials |
| | | | | Speeches |
| | | | | Texas Plan for Occupational Safety and
Health |
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