THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT OF 1970 (OSH ACT)
HISTORY OF OSHA
· OSHA stands for the Occupational Safety
and Health Administration, an agency of the U.S. Department of Labor
· OSHA’s responsibility is to improve worker
safety and health protection
· On December 29, 1970, President Nixon
signed the OSH Act
· This Act created OSHA, the agency, which
formally came into being on April 28, 1971
OSHA’S MISSION
The mission of OSHA is to
assure safe and healthful working conditions for working men and women by
setting and enforcing standards and by providing training, outreach, education
and assistance.
WHAT RIGHTS DO
YOU HAVE UNDER OSHA?
You have the right to:
1. A
safe and healthful workplace
2. Know
about hazardous chemicals
3. Report
injury to employer
4. Complain
or request hazard correction from employer
5. Training
6. Hazard
exposure and medical records
7. File
a complaint with OSHA
8. Participate
in an OSHA inspection
·
Be free from retaliation for exercising
safety and health rights
YOUR RIGHTS TO
1. Know about hazardous chemicals
·
Employers must have a
written, complete hazard communication program that includes information on:
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Container labeling,
·
Safety Data Sheets (SDSs)
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Worker training
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The training must include the physical and
health hazards of the chemicals and how workers can protect themselves
2. INFORMATION ABOUT INJURIES/ILLNESS
·
OSHA’s Recordkeeping rule requires most
employers with more than 10 workers to keep a log of injuries and illnesses
·
Workers have the right to report an
injury* and review current log
·
Workers also have the right to view the
annually posted summary of the injuries and illnesses (OSHA 300A)
3. COMPLAIN OR REQUEST CORRECTIONS
·
Workers may bring up safety and health
concerns in the workplace to their employers without fear of discharge or
discrimination
·
OSHA rules protect workers who raise
concerns to their employer or OSHA about unsafe or unhealthful conditions in
the workplace
4. TRAINING
·
Workers have a right to get training from
employers on a variety of health and safety hazards and standards that
employers must follow
·
Some required training covers topics such
as, chemical hazards, equipment hazards, noise, confined spaces, fall hazards
in construction, personal protective equipment, along with a variety of other
subjects
·
Training must be in a language and
vocabulary workers can understand
5. FILE A COMPLAINT WITH OSHA
·
Workers may file a confidential complaint
with OSHA if they believe a violation of a safety or health standard, or an
imminent danger situation, exists in the workplace
·
Workers may request that their name not be
revealed to the employer
·
If a worker files a complaint, they have
the right to find out OSHA’s action on the complaint and request a review if an
inspection is not made
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TOPICS COVERED IN OSHA |
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1.
Workers’ rights 2.
Managing safety
& health 3.
Incident investigation 4.
Worksite hazards 5.
Emergency action
plan 6.
Fire prevention
plans 7.
Fire protection 8.
Material handling
& storage 9.
Electrical hazards 10. Industrial hygiene |
11. Personnel protective equipment 12. Hazardous materials 13. Safety & health programs 14. Powered industrial vehicles – forklift 15. Lockout & tagout 16. Confined spaces 17. Fire extinguishers 18. Chemical & biological hazards |
NEBOSH
Course content
·
common terms of
Health & Safety
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Reasons for
maintaining Health & Safety in workplace
·
Definitions and
simple information about law that regulate standards
·
Frameworks that
regulate health & safety around the world
·
Health &
Safety Culture
·
Safety related
behavior
·
Emergency
Procedures
·
Risk assessment
·
how to carry out
the risk assessment
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Administrative
controls
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Exposure to
Extremes of Temperature
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Violence At
Workplace
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Working at height