REGULATORY AGENCIES
1 / OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)
OSHA is an agency of the US Department of Labor whose mission is to assure safe and healthful working conditions for working men and women.
2 / NIOSH (National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health)
NIOSH belongs to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, charged with ensuring safety and health for workers through research and prevention.
3 / FMCSA (Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
FMCSA is an agency of the Department of Transportation that regulates the trucking industry to reduce crashes, injuries, and fatalities involving large trucks and buses.
4 / PHMSA (Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration)
PHMSA's mission is to protect people and the environment by advancing the safe transportation of energy and other hazardous materials that are essential to our daily lives. To do this, the agency establishes national policy, sets and enforces standards, educates, and conducts research to prevent incidents. We also prepare the public and first responders to reduce consequences if an incident does occur.
5 / RRC (Railroad Commission of Texas)
The Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC; also sometimes called the Texas Railroad Commission, TRC) is the state agency that regulates the oil and gas industry, gas utilities, pipeline safety, safety in the liquefied petroleum gas industry, and surface coal and uranium mining.
6 / TCEQ (Texas Commission of Environmental Quality)
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality strives to protect our state's human and natural resources consistent with sustainable economic development. Our goal is clean air, clean water, and the safe management of waste.
7 / FRA (Federal Railroad Administration)
The FRA is an agency in the Department of Transportation that promulgates and enforces rail safety regulations, administers railroad assistance programs.