OSHA LAW
Why is OSHA important for your business?
mas allá de proporcionar las herramientas y la orientación para trabajar hacia un lugar de trabajo libre de lesiones y enfermedades.
OSHA: plays a key role in making its facilities a safe and healthy place to work.
Employee Responsibilities
help and prevent exposure to risks.
meet all applicable OSHA requirements.
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Employee Rights
Review OSHA standards, regulations and requirements provided by the employee.
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Employer Information
Receive adequate safety and health training required by OSHA to investigate dangerous conditions or violations of standards in the workplace.
Monitoring
Measurement and disease records
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Why is safety and health at work important?
In 2013, 2,585 employees died from occupational incidents, and there were a staggering total of 3.0 million cases of workplace injuries and illnesses, which means that US employers as a whole paid millions of days of lost time At work, the experts estimate that injuries and illnesses in the workplace count US companies more than $ 125 billion annually, effective occupational safety and health programs not only help reduce injuries and illnesses in the workplace. workers, but also save money to long-term employers.
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Diseases
Injuries
Saving money
How does OSHA contribute to occupational safety and health?
OSHA contributes to occupational safety and health by promulgating standards that convey this ideal
Title 29 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CF), parts 1902-1990 contains all OSHA standards, although OSHA also declares to enact its own laws on suggested and occupational health under plans approved by the federal government.
State programs are at least as written and sometimes more than federal standards
Are all employees covered by OSHA?
The OSHA law covers all jobs, except for public employees in state and local governments and those who are self-employed.
Public employees in state and local governments are covered by your state's OSHA approved plan if applicable.
Federal employees are covered by the occupational safety and health programs for federal OSHA employees described in 29 CFR Part 1960.
However, employees of the United States Postal Service are subject to the same coverage provisions of OSHA as those of the private sector.
Other federal agencies that have issued requirements that affect occupational safety or health.