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How can you get more information on safety and health?

OSHA provides free publications, standards, technical assistance and compliance tools to help you understand the nuances of the regulations. OSHA’s website also offers extensive assistance by way of workplace consultation. among other queries. I invite you to enter the following link: www.osha.gov.

Why is OSHA important to your business?

OSHA plays an important role in making the company or organization a safe and healthy workplace, providing the tools and guidance to work in optimal conditions, OSHA is important to identify companies that are not committed to safety and make sure that the workers avoid fines

The OSH Act covers all employees except public employees in state and local governments and those who are self-employed.

United States Postal Service employees, however, are subject to the same OSH Act coverage provisions as those in the private sector

The OSHAct, originally passes in 1970. has undergone several amendments and revisions since its inception

The primary goal of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is to carry out the Occupational Safety and Health Act (

OSHA contributes to job safety and health by enacting regulations that forward this ideal. Title 29 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CF), Parts 1902 – 1990

All employees are obligated to help prevent exposure to workplace safety and health hazards by becoming familiar with and adhering to all applicable OSHA requirements

•Seek safe and healthful working conditions without your employer retaliation

• Request a closing discussion following an inspection

• Have his or her name withheld from the employer when filing a complaint with OSHA

• Ask the OSHA area director to investigate hazardous conditions or violations of standards in the workplace

• Receive adequate, OSHA-required safety and health training on toxic substances and emergency action plan(s)

• Request information from the employer on emergency procedures

• Review employer-provided OSHA standards, regulations and requirements

What are your rights as an employer?

• Submit a written request to NIOSH for information on potentially toxic substances in your workplace

• Be assured of the confidentiality of trade secrets

•Apply for a variance from a standard’s requirements under certain circumstances

• File a notice of contest to citations or proposed penalties

•Request an informal conference after an inspection

•Accompany compliance officers on inspections

•Receive a reason for inspection from compliance officers

• Request an inspection warrant

• Request identification from OSHA compliance officers

If you are an employer covered by the OSH Act, you must provide your employees with jobs and a place of employment free from recognized hazards that are causing, or are likely to cause, death or serious physical harm. meeting the following requirements

• Post annual injury/illness summaries for the required period of time

• Keep records of work-related accidents, injuries, illnesses and their causes

• Report accidents that result in the hospitalization of three or more employees to OSHA within eight hours

• Report accidents that result in fatalities to OSHA within eight hours

• Provide required OSHA training

• Provide medical assistance and guidance for employees

• Provide well-maintained tools and equipment, including the PPE

Effective job safety and health programs not only help reduce worker injuries and illnesses, they save employers money in the long run

The primary goal of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is to carry out the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSH Act).

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