INTRODUCTION TO OSHA EXAM 2024-2025
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What does OSHA recommend to do for all forms?
be fully completely and signed.
Alicia has filed a complaint regarding a serious hazard that could result in a fatality or serious injury.
How will OSHA most likely respond?
conduct a worksite inspection.
Paul has filed a complaint regarding a hazard that is considered not serious in nature. How will OSHA
most likely respond?
contact the employer by phone, fax, or email.
What are your rights as a Whistleblower?
you may file a complaint with OSHA if your employer retaliates against you by taking unfavorable
personnel action because you engaged in protected activity relating to workplace safety or health,
asbestos in schools, cargo containers, airline, commercial motor carrier, consumer product,
environmental, financial reform, food safety, health insurance reform, motor vehicle safety, nuclear,
pipeline, public transportation agency, railroad, maritime, motor vehicle safety, and securities laws.
What are some retaliations that an employer might take against you?
applying or issuing a policy which provides for an unfavorable personnel action due to activity protected
by a whistleblower law enforced by OSHA. blacklisting, demoting, denying overtime or promotion,
disciplining, denying benefits, failing to hire or rehire, firing or laying off, intimidation, making threats,
reassignment to a less desirable position (including one adversely affection prospects for promotion),
reducing pay or hours, suspension.
What should you do if you believe your employer has retaliated against you because you exercised your
legal rights as an employee?
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, contact OSHA as soon as possible because you must file your complaint within the legal time limits.
If you have been punished or discriminated against for using your rights, you must do what?
file a complaint with OSHA within 30 days of the alleged reprisal for most complaints. no form is
required, but you must send a letter or call the OSHA Area Office nearest you to report the
discrimination within 30 days of the alleged discrimination.
While the OSH Act prevents employers from retaliating against employees for reporting occupational
injuries and illnesses, employers are still allowed to...
use appropriate disciplinary, incentive, or drug-testing programs. however, employers cannot use these
programs to discourage employees from exercising their right to report injuries and illnesses. when an
employer uses these programs to discourage workers from exercising their right to report workplace
injuries or illnesses, OSHA can cite the employer for retaliating against the employee.
Can employers use incentive programs in a way that penalizes workers for reporting work-related
injuries or illnesses?
no, for example, if an employee reports an injury or illness, and their employer denies them a benefit as
part of an incentive program, this can constitute retaliatory action against the employee for exercising
his or her right to report an injury or illness.
Another program that employers cannot use to discourage workers from exercising their right to report
workplace injuries and illnesses is the drug-testing program. An example of this is when an employee
reports a work-related injury, and is then subjected to a drug-test by an employer without reasonable
belief that drug use contributed to the employee's injury. What is this an example of?
that the employer took retaliatory action against the employee for reporting a work-related injury,
without any reasonable basis for requiring the employee to take a drug test.
Is it illegal for your employer to use disciplinary, incentive, or drug testing programs to prevent you from
reporting any job safety and health hazards?
yes
What should you do if you have been punished or discriminated against for using your rights?
you must file a complaint with OSHA within 30 days of the alleged reprisal for most complaints.
Because of the rights provided to the worker, they can utilize some sources inside their workplace, such
as:
your employer or supervisor, co-workers and union representatives, Safety Data Sheets (SDSs), labels
and warning signs, and employee orientation manuals or other training materials.
What is National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)?
NIOSH is OSHA's sister agency, with a focus on research and training. NIOSH can be a great resource for
workers. It also conducts Health Hazard Evaluations (HHEs) of workplaces in cases where workers are
getting sick from an unknown cause or are exposed to an agent or working condition that is not
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