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In 1970, the United States Congress passed the Federal Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) which gave the Secretary of Labor responsibility over almost all occupational safety and health enforcement throughout the country. Prior to the establishment of this act, the Division of Industrial Hygiene (DIH) located within the New York State Department of Labor was responsible for the occupational health programs throughout New York. DIH was eventually eliminated after the passage of OSHA.
In 1976, Governor Hugh Carey issued Executive Order No. 30, which established an occupational health program within the Department of Health. The purpose of the program was to detect, define, study, and resolve occupational health related problems. Originally, the program was part of the Bureau of Environmental Epidemiology and Occupational Health. In 1990, the Department of Health established a separate bureau, the Bureau of Occupational Health (BOH) which assumed some responsibilities of the then defunct DIH.
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