OSHA

plays a key role in making your facility a safe healthy place to work

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.

What are your responsibilities as an employer?

• Provide well-maintained tools and equipment, including appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE)
• Provide required OSHA training
• Report accidents that result in the hospitalization of three or more employees to OSHA within eight hours
• Post annual injury/illness summaries for the required period of time

What are your rights as an employer?

• Accompany compliance officers on inspections
• Request an informal conference after an inspection
• Submit a written request to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) for information on potentially toxic substances in your workplace • Request identification from OSHA compliance officers

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

businesses in the retail, service, finance, insurance and real estate sectors that are classified as low-hazard are exempt from most OSHA
requirements, as are small businesses with 10 or fewer employees

osha contributes to job safety and health by enacting regulations that forward this ideal.

this ensures a minimum standard of job safety and health that all employers must follow to protect employees

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

What are employees’ rights?

Employees have the right, among other actions, to:

• Review employer-provided OSHA standards, regulations and requirements
• Receive adequate, OSHA-required safety and health training on toxic substances and emergency action plan(s)
• Have his or her name withheld from the employer when filing a complaint with OSHA
• Observe monitoring and measuring of toxic substances or harmful physical agents and review related records (including medical records)
• Request a closing discussion following an inspection