Federal Employee Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1979

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Federal Employee Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1979 - Applies specified standards of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to the Federal workplace of employees of Executive agencies, the Postal Rate Commission and the United States Postal Service (but not the Office of Personnel Management). Requires each agency to: (1) furnish its employees employment and a place of employment which are free from recognized hazards; and (2) comply with safety and health standards. Requires employees to comply with standards and with specified rules, regulations, and orders. Authorizes the Office of Personnel Management to conduct inspections, investigations, and recordkeeping relating to Federal employee occupational safety and health. Permits employees or their representatives to request such inspections in specified cases. Directs the Office to issue citations to the head of any agency in violation of any requirement, standard, order, rule, or regulation under this Act. Provides for an enforcement procedure, including, in specified cases, hearings before the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission. Provides for review of any Commission order in a U.S. court of appeals …