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OSHA Compliance Poster

September 13th, 2006 Posted by Mark

OSHA stands for Occupational Safety and Health Organization, and it’s part of the U.S Department of Labor. Its main priority is to keep American work sites clean and healthy for their employees.

In many of the state compliance posters that we’ve looked at in this blog, they contain at least one OSHA posting—the federal one from this agency. But some also contain state based OSHA postings, because some states do have their very own OSHA like organization that keeps track of the health and safety and workplaces on a local level.

But for simplicity’s sake, let’s stick with the federal OSHA Compliance Poster. The federal OSHA Compliance Poster is one of six federal postings that are required across the land to be hung up on the walls and bulletin boards of all work sites. The other five federal postings include the USERRA for the U.S. armed services, the minimum wage posting, the polygraph test posting, the FMLA posting for personal time off, and the equal employment opportunity posting.

Back to the OSHA Compliance Poster. According to it, employees have the rights to notify their employers if there are work site hazards or dangers in their offices, factories, warehouses, what have you. The employee can also even notify OSHA direct, according to the OSHA Compliance Poster.

If the employee does go to OSHA for help, the federal organization will keep the employee’s name confidential. Employees also have the right to request an OSHA inspection of their work site if they suspect foul play. And if an employer then discriminates against the employee for calling in OSHA, the employee can file a retaliation grievance. They have 30 days to do so.

The OSHA Compliance Poster also tells employees that they have the right to know about any past OSHA violations that their employers have, as well.