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Under the OSH law, employers have a responsibility to provide a safe

workplace. This is a short summary of key employer responsibilities:

•Provide a workplace free from serious reconi!ed ha!ards and comply with standards, rules and

reulations issued under the OSH "ct.

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#$amine workplace conditions to make sure they conform to applicable OSH" standards.•%ake sure employees have and use safe tools and e&uipment and properly maintain this

e&uipment.

•Use color codes, posters, labels or sins to warn employees of potential ha!ards.

•#stablish or update operatin procedures and communicate them so that employees follow safety

and health re&uirements.

•#mployers must provide safety trainin in a lanuae and vocabulary workers can understand.

•#mployers with ha!ardous chemicals in the workplace must develop and implement a written

ha!ard communication proram and train employees on the ha!ards they are e$posed to and proper

 precautions 'and a copy of safety data sheets must be readily available(. See the OSH" pae

on Ha!ard )ommunication.•Provide medical e$aminations and trainin when re&uired by OSH" standards.•Post, at a prominent location within the workplace, the OSH" poster 'or the state*plan e&uivalent(

informin employees of their rihts and responsibilities.•+eport to the nearest OSH" office within hours any fatal accident or one that results in the

hospitali!ation of three or more employees. )all our toll*free number: -**/0-*OSH" '1230(4

TT5 -*22*6*7102•8eep records of work*related in9uries and illnesses. 'ote: #mployers with - or fewer employees

and employers in certain low*ha!ard industries are e$empt from this re&uirement.

•Provide employees, former employees and their representatives access to the ;o of <ork*+elated

=n9uries and =llnesses 'OSH" >orm /(. On >ebruary -, and for three months, covered employersmust post the summary of the OSH" lo of in9uries and illnesses 'OSH" >orm /"(.

•Provide access to employee medical records and e$posure records to employees or their authori!ed

representatives.•Provide to the OSH" compliance officer the names of authori!ed employee representatives who

may be asked to accompany the compliance officer durin an inspection.• ot discriminate aainst employees who e$ercise their rihts under the "ct. See our

?<histleblower Protection? webpae.

•Post OSH" citations at or near the work area involved. #ach citation must remain posted until the

violation has been corrected, or for three workin days, whichever is loner. Post abatementverification documents or tas.

•)orrect cited violations by the deadline set in the OSH" citation and submit re&uired abatement

verification documentation.•OSH" encouraes all employers to adopt an =n9ury and =llness Prevention Proram. =n9ury and

=llness Prevention Prorams, known by a variety of names, are universal interventions that can

substantially reduce the number and severity of workplace in9uries and alleviate the associated

financial burdens on U.S. workplaces. %any states have re&uirements or voluntary uidelines forworkplace =n9ury and =llness Prevention Prorams. "lso, numerous employers in the United States

already manae safety usin =n9ury and =llness Prevention Prorams, and we believe that all

employers can and should do the same. %ost successful =n9ury and =llness Prevention Prorams are based on a common set of key elements. These include: manaement leadership, worker

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 participation, ha!ard identification, ha!ard prevention and control, education and trainin, and

 proram evaluation and improvement. OSH"Bs =n9ury and =llness Prevention Prorams topics pae

contains more information includin e$amples of prorams and systems that have reduced

workplace in9uries and illnesses.