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OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT OF 1970
“To assure safe and healthful working
conditions for working men and women;
by authorizing enforcement of the
standards developed under the Act; by
assisting and encouraging the States in
their efforts to assure safe and healthful
working conditions; by providing for
research, information, education, and
training in the field of occupational safety
and health...”
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT CONTINUED…
• This act was passed to prevent people from being harmed or killed at work.
• This act created the Occupational Safety and Health Administration or (OSHA), which sets and enforces protective safety and health standards in the workplace.
• (OSHA) also can provide information, training and assistance to employees and employers.
WORKERS RIGHTS UNDER OSHA ACT.
• The OSHA act gives workers the right to safe and healthful working conditions.
• You can file a complaint to OSHA to have workplace inspected.
• Training must be done in a language you can understand.
• You can receive copies of test done and monitoring to measure hazards in the workplace.
• Get copies of workplace medical records.
EMPLOYER RESPONSIBILITIES
• Employers must provide their employees with a workplace that does not have serious hazards and must follow all OSHA safety and health standards.
• They also must find and correct all health and safety problems.
WHO DOES OSHA COVER?
• OSHA covers most private sector employees and employers in all 50 states.
• 22 states have OSHA approved programs.
OSHA DOESN’T COVER…
• Self- employed
• Immediate family members of farm employers
• Workplace hazards regulated by another federal agency. For example, the mine safety and administration.
OSHA STANDARS INCLUDE REQUIREMENTS TO:
• Provide fall protection
• Prevent trenching cave-ins
• Give safety to workers that enter confined spaces
• Prevent exposure to high levels of noise that can cause hearing damage
• Put guards on machines
• Prevent exposure to harmful levels of substances
• Provide workers with respirators and other needed safety equipment
• Train workers in a language they can understand
Requirements continued…
• Must have the right to be provided protective equipment free of charge, (goggles, respirators, earplugs, etc.)
• Must have the right to information that employers collect on hazards in the work place.
• Also required that employers must use different ways to inform their employees, such as warning signs, color-coding, signals, and training.
DIFFERENT RIGHTS IN THE WORKPLACE COVERED BY OSHA
• Right to know about your laws and your rights
• Right to get copies of workplace injury and illness records
• Right to exposure data
• Right to your medical records
• Right to File a Complaint with OSHA to Request an On-site OSHA Inspection
HOW TO FILE A COMPLAINT TO OSHA
• Mail or submit the OSHA complaint form
• Online at, www.osha.gov
• Call OSHA at, 1-800-321-OSHA (6742)