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No all encompassing safety directive exists currently in the USA. Safety regulation in America is a mixture of product standards, electrical codes, fire codes (NFPA), state and national laws. Local and federal government agencies have the authority to monitor that these codes are being enforced and implemented. Two major types of standards include: OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) and ANSI (American National Standards Institute). OSHA standards are published by the state and compliance is mandatory. The OSHA standards can therefore be indirectly compared with the European directives, although there are vast differences in how the standards ( as compared to European directives) are written, interpreted and enforced. ANSI standards, on the other hand, are developed by private organizations and their application is generally not absolutely mandatory.