State-run programs are at least as strict, and sometimes more so, than federal standards. This ensures a minimum standard of job safety and health that all employers must follow to protect employees

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provide its employees with a place free of danger; find and evaluate sources that can prove death or serious physical damage

Provide well-maintained tools and equipment, including appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE)

• Provide medical assistance and guidance for employees sustaining workplace injuries/illnesses

• Provide required OSHA training

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

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

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

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

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When working with OSHA, you may do the following

• Request identification from OSHA compliance officers

• Request an inspection warrant

• Accompany compliance officers on inspections

• Request an informal conference after an inspection

• File a notice of contest to citations or proposed penalties

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

• Be assured of the confidentiality of trade secrets

• Submit a written request to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) for information on potentially toxic substances in your workplace

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responsibilities

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.

rights

With regards to OSHA regulations, employees have the right, among other actions, to:

• Review employer-provided OSHA standards, regulations and requirements

• Request information from the employer on emergency procedures

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

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

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

• Know what actions OSHA took as a result of the employee’s complaint and have an informal review of any decision not to inspect or issue a citation

• Have an employee representative accompany the OSHA compliance officer on inspections

• Observe monitoring and measuring of toxic substances or harmful physical agents and review related records (including medical records)

• Review the Log of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses (OSHA 300 Form), if applicable, at a reasonable time

• Request a closing discussion following an inspection

• Object a citations’ set abatement period

• Seek safe and healthful working conditions without your employer retaliation