Lewis Barbe is a registered professional engineer who currently lives in Minnesota. For more than twenty five years, he has been a member of the American National Standards Institute, a private and nonprofit organization. He has been a member of many ANSI committees and has served as chairman of five of them, including the committee for Temporary and Portable Space Heating Devices, Safe Operating Practices for Hot Mix Asphalt Construction, and Roofing
The standards set by ANSI factor into the establishment of workplace standards, which as a board-certified Safety Engineer are important to Lewis Barbe. Many of the standards set by ANSI and by the American Society of Testing Materials (ASTM) have been adopted by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, or OSHA, and now have the force of law.
"OSHA was a law," Lewis Barbe said, referring to a measure passed by Congress at the end of 1970, which established new rules and standards for the workplace. "All of the sudden they have to get rules published. So what they did, they adopted the ANSI and ASTM standards and made them law. So every time we write a standard it can become law."
OSHA was established to create safe and healthy working conditions for working Americans by authorizing the enforcement of these standards. Advocates at the time said the standards and the law were necessary because no one should have to sacrifice their life for their livelihood.
Lewis Barbe is also a member of the American Society of Safety Engineers, the Canadian Society of Safety Engineers, and the National Safety Council. He was one of two engineers appointed to be United States representatives to ISO/TC159 Safety Data for Human Machine Interactions committee.
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The standards set by ANSI factor into the establishment of workplace standards, which as a board-certified Safety Engineer are important to Lewis Barbe. Many of the standards set by ANSI and by the American Society of Testing Materials (ASTM) have been adopted by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, or OSHA, and now have the force of law.
"OSHA was a law," Lewis Barbe said, referring to a measure passed by Congress at the end of 1970, which established new rules and standards for the workplace. "All of the sudden they have to get rules published. So what they did, they adopted the ANSI and ASTM standards and made them law. So every time we write a standard it can become law."
OSHA was established to create safe and healthy working conditions for working Americans by authorizing the enforcement of these standards. Advocates at the time said the standards and the law were necessary because no one should have to sacrifice their life for their livelihood.
Lewis Barbe is also a member of the American Society of Safety Engineers, the Canadian Society of Safety Engineers, and the National Safety Council. He was one of two engineers appointed to be United States representatives to ISO/TC159 Safety Data for Human Machine Interactions committee.
Visit http://lewisbarbe.weebly.com for more information.