Who is responsible for workplace safety?

Provide a workplace free from severe recognized dangers and comply with standards, rules, and regulations related to the OSH Act

Examine workplace conditions and specific facilities to make sure they comply to OSHA standards

Ensure employees use safe tools and equipment and properly take care of this equipment, including all maintenance procedures

Utilize color codes, posters, labels or signs to warn employees of possible dangers in the workplace

Establish and/or update operating procedures that affect health and safety, and communicate them clearly to employees

Employers must provide safety training in a way in which all workers can understand, meaning sometimes in multiple languages and/or formats

Employers with dangerous chemicals in the workplace must create and implement a written hazard communication program and train employees on the dangers they are exposed to and the proper precautions to take when working with these materials

Provide training and medical examinations when directed by OSHA standards

Post the OSHA poster (or the state-plan equivalent) informing employees of their rights and responsibilities concerning workplace safety

Employers must report to the nearest OSHA office all work-related fatalities within 8 hours, and all work-related hospitalizations, all body amputations and all losses of an eye from a workplace event within 24 hours

Keep accurate and current records of work-related injuries and illnesses

Provide access to employee medical records and hazardous exposure records to employees or authorized representatives of the employees