Employer/ organization responsibilities under OSHA.
OSHA standard for occupational safety and health
administration. An agency of the US Department of labor.
OSHA determined some responsibilities to the employer as per
below:
- Providing workplace recognized and compliance with OSHA
standards.
- Keep records of injuries and illnesses.
- Set up a reporting system.
- Provide copies of logs, upon request.
- Post annual summery.
- Report within 8 hours all work related to fatalities.
- Report within 24 hours all work related to inpatient
hospitalization, amputations, or losses of an eye.
- Provide medical exams when required by OSHA standards and
provide workers access to their exposure and medical records.
- Not discriminate against workers who exercise their rights
under the act (Section 11c)
- Provide and pay PPE.
Also, OSHA required employers to provide training to workers
such as but not limited to:
- Chemical right to know.
- Fire protection.
- PPE.
- Confined spaces.
- Required to handle or use poisons, caustics, and other harmful substances.
- Who may be exposed to job sites where harmful plants or animals are present.
- Required handle or use of flammable liquids, gases, or toxic materials.
- Required to enter confined or enclosed spaces.
OSHA requested from employer to provide reporting and
recording checklist which must include:
- Report each worker's death.
- Report each incident that hospitalizes 3 or more workers.
- Maintain injury and illness records.
- Inform workers how to report an injury or illness to the
employer.
- Make reports and records available to workers.
- Allow OSHA access to records.
- Post annual summary of injuries and illnesses.
The form employer must keep are:
- OSHA 300 log.
Log of work-related injuries and illnesses is used to list
injuries and illnesses and track days away from work, restricted or
transferred.
- OSHA 300 A.
Summary of work-related injuries and illnesses must be
posted from01/02 to 30/04 of the year following the year covered by the form.
- OSHA 301 or equivalent.
An injury and illness report is used to record more
information about each case.
The employer also requested to post a copy of each citation
at or near the place where the violations occurred for 3 days or until the
violation is fixed whichever longer.