Introduction to OSHA Video script
This program is designed to assist you in complying with OSHA Regulations. The video will talk
about how and why OSHA was created, when they began and some additional information on what
they do.
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hello, my name is Jim Bratton and I
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represent national safety compliance
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we've put together this program to
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provide you with some basic information
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about OSHA OSHA standards and other
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health and safety issues as they apply
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to various workplaces in this video I'll
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tell you a little of the history behind
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OSHA how OSHA protects employees through
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what is known as standards some of the
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OSHA record-keeping requirements how
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OSHA enforces the standards what you can
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do to comply with OSHA standards and a
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few other things you should know about
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OSHA as they relate to your company in
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1970 Congress passed the Occupational
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Safety and Health Act the purpose of
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this legislation was to establish a
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nationwide federal program to protect
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almost the entire workforce from
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job-related death injury and illness
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before this act job safety and health
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issues were mainly decided by individual
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companies without any standardized
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regulations or guidelines employee
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health and safety was hit and miss while
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some companies and industries work to
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create a safe workplace others felt it
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was a financial burden and was
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unnecessary
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this was the backdrop for the creation
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of ocean but there were many events that
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led to the Occupational Safety and
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Health Act starting with the Industrial
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Revolution in the 1800's through child
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labor to mass emigration to labor
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movements and more employee Health and
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Safety has been an evolving issue
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workplace health and safety is still
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evolving today as new technologies
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increased information and a growing and
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shifting workforce create the need for
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new revised and our additional standards
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and guidelines
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OSHA is the leading force in the
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protection of the US workforce after the
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passage of the Occupational Safety and
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Health Act the first step the Secretary
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of Labor took was to establish within
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the Labor Department effective April 28
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1971 a special agency to administer the
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Act this agency is what we know of today
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as the Occupational Safety and Health
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Administration or OSHA this new agency
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took on the difficult task of creating
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from scratch a program that would meet
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the legislative intent of the Act the
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purposes of the Act are quite
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comprehensive and include the
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establishment of occupational safety and
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health standards carrying out
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inspections and investigations ensuring
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the maintenance of record-keeping by
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employers on occupational injuries and
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illnesses requiring reporting by
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employers of work-related deaths and
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conducting research relating to
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Occupational Safety and Health OSHA uses
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three basic strategies to help employers
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and employees reduce injuries illnesses
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and deaths on the job
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one OSHA uses enforcement that is strong
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fair and effective - they provide
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outreach education and compliance
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assistance and three utilize
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partnerships alliances and other
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cooperative and voluntary programs since
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OSHA's creation in 1971 there has been
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substantial progress in increased
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occupational health and safety
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work-related fatality rates have been
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historically low in recent years OSHA
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has helped to cut workplace fatalities
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by more than 60% an occupational injury
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and illness rates by 40% at the same
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time US employment has increased from 56
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million employees to more than 135
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million employees
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while OSHA continues to make strides in
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occupational health and safety
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significant hazards and unsafe
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conditions still exist in US workplaces
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each year almost 5200 people die from
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workplace injuries in the private sector
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nearly 4.3 million people suffer
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non-fatal workplace injuries and
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illnesses and the cost of such injuries
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and illnesses total more than 156
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billion dollar
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Osia issues mandated laws and rules
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through what is known as standards OSHA
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standards require that employers
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maintain conditions or adopt practices
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reasonably necessary and appropriate to
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protect workers on the job employers are
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to be familiar with and comply with
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standards applicable to their
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establishments employers must also
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ensure that employees have and use
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personal protective equipment when
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required for our safety and health each
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workplace may have different
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requirements and different areas within
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one workplace may require different
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standards as an employer it is your
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responsibility to know what standards
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apply the Occupational Safety and Health
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Act covers private sector employers and
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their employees in the 50 states and
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certain territories and jurisdictions
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under federal authority the ush Act
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covers employers and employees either
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directly through Federal OSHA or through
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an OSHA approved state program section
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18 of the Oh SH Act encourages States to
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develop and operate their own job safety
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and health programs there are currently
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22 states and jurisdictions operating
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complete state plans covering both the
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private sector and state and local
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government employees and for Connecticut
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New Jersey New York and the Virgin
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Islands which cover public employees
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only OSHA approves and monitors state
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plans and states must set job safety and
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health standards that are at least as
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effective as comparable federal
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standards most states adopt standards
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identical to federal ones all employers
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are required by law to comply with all
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Code of Federal Regulations CFR
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promulgated under the Oh sh Act in
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addition some agencies both federal and
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state may incorporate OSHA regulations
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into their own rules and regulations
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whereupon these agencies then may
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enforce the Occupational Safety and
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Health portions of their requirements
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examples of federal agencies that
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commonly use and enforce OSHA
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requirements with their own statutes and
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regulations are the US Department of
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Transportation and the US Environmental
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Protection Agency the Oh SH Act does not
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cover certain groups of people these
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groups include the self-employed members
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of immediate family of farm employers
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worker conditions that are regulated
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under worker safety or health
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requirements of other federal agencies
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and employees of state and local
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governments some states have state plans
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that cover these workers Congress
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provided very specific language in the
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oh Sh Act
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indicating that they recognized
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statistics on workplace injuries and
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diseases are essential to an effective
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national program of prevention the Act
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among other things directed the
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Secretary of Labor to issue regulations
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to require employers to maintain records
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on workplace injuries and illnesses this
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section is known as CFR 1904 recording
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and reporting occupational injuries and
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illnesses you can learn more about this
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standard in the workbook the Secretary
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of Labor was also directed to compile
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accurate statistics on occupational
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injuries and illnesses and to make
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periodic reports on such occurrences the
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responsibility for collecting statistics
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on occupational injuries and illnesses
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was delegated to the Bureau of Labor
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Statistics
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OSHA is also assigned the task of
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enforcing the standards they implement
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enforcement is accomplished through the
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use of worksite inspections and if
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necessary imposing citations penalties
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are both OSHA has a specific standard
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CFR 1903 inspections citations and
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proposed penalties that define these
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topics workplace inspections and
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investigations are conducted by OSHA
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compliance officers who are trained
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safety and health professionals
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inspections are almost always done
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without advance notice some special
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situations do occur in which OSHA might
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provide advance notice of their
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inspection these special circumstances
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usually involve situations OSHA has been
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notified that an eminent dangerous
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condition is present and needs to be
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corrected as soon as possible or that
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there has been a fatality if an employer
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refuses to admit an OSHA compliance
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officer or if an employer attempts to
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interfere with the inspection the
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Occupational Safety and Health Act
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permits appropriate legal action such as
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obtaining a warrant to inspect it is
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best to cooperate with OSHA completely
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when being inspected their goal should
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be your goal the health and safety of
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workers working cooperatively will help
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reach that goal not all 111 million
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workplaces covered by the Act can
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realistically be inspected OSHA
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therefore has established a priority
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system for conducting inspections the
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worst cases are given top priority the
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order in which inspections or
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investigations are conducted is one
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imminent danger situations too
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catastrophes and fatalities three
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complaints and referrals for programmed
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inspections five follow-up inspections
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after an inspection the compliance
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officer discusses with the employer all
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unsafe or unhealthy conditions observed
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during the inspection and indicates all
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apparent violations for which he or she
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may issue or recommend a citation and a
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proposed penalty the compliance officer
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will not indicate any specific proposed
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penalties but will inform the employer
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of appeal rights after the compliance
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officer reports their findings the area
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director determines whether he or she
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will issue citations and our proposed
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penalties citations inform the employer
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and employees of the regulations and
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standards alleged to have been violated
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and of the proposed length of time set
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to correct alleged hazards the employer
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will receive citations and notices of
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proposed penalties by certified mail the
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employer must post a copy of each
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citation at or near the place of
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violation occurred for three days
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or until the violation is abated
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whichever is longer penalties are based
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on the type of violations found during
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the inspection
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there are eight types of violations for
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which an employer can be fined and
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penalties can range from zero to
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$500,000 depending on the type and
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severity of the violation additional
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penalties can be imposed for violations
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such as falsifying records reports or
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applications
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violating posting requirements are
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assaulting a compliance officer or
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interfering with a compliance officer
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while they perform their duty
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so what can you do to avoid receiving
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citations and penalties while striving
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to provide a safe and healthy workplace
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you must also have established written
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programs that cover most osha standards
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the most important standards all have
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requirements that companies have written
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programs in place these standards
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include hazard communication 29 CFR 19
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10-point 1,200 respiratory protection 19
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10-point 134 emergency action plans 19
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10.38 fire prevention plans 19 10-point
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39 lockout tagout 19 10.1 47 and
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blood-borne pathogens 19 10-point 1030
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other standards may also require written
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programs it is not enough to just have
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the programs written and then filed away
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the programs must be current utilized
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reviewed and updated as necessary to
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ensure their effectiveness and
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compliance with OSHA standards many
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companies create written programs and
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then fail to keep them current OSHA
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would view the situation the same as if
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a program had not been written at all
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and it indicates a lack of positive
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safety and health attitude overall OSHA
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will usually want to see your written
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programs before ever starting an
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inspection tour of your company you must
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be prepared another area that OSHA
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considers very important is that of
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hazard assessment and personal
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protective equipment CFR 1910 1:32 set
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standards for the use of PPE and
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requires companies to assess the
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workplace to determine hazards requiring
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PPE employers have to verify that the
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required hazard assessment was performed
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through a written certification the
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certification must identify the
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workplace evaluated the person
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certifying that the evaluation was
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performed and the dates of the hazard
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assessment obviously documentation is an
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essential part of avoiding OSHA
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citations and penalties
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training is possibly the most important
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issue for companies to address OSHA
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imposes training and education
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requirements for almost all standards it
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is important to note that OSHA does not
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specifically require documentation of
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training in every standard most
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standards to insist on documentation and
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we believe that employers are better off
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documenting all training regardless of
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OSHA's required uniform documentation of
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all training will help you determine who
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needs additional training determine when
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it is time to update training and
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evaluate employee work performance when
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reviewing your training program you
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should compare your current training
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program to OSH's training requirements
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employers must include osha required
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information as it pertains to that
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specific topic an accurate and complete
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training program will benefit your
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company in more ways that you can
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imagine we hope this short informational
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video on OSHA has been helpful the
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workbook that accompany this video
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provides additional information on over
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30 different OSHA standards and other
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safety topics the workbook information
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is not meant to be all-inclusive and is
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not intended as a substitute form nor
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should it be construed as legal advice
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its purpose is to introduce various
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topics and hopefully give you a bit of
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insight to those topics the workbook
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also gives information on some of the
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products national safety compliance has
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available to help you in meeting various
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requirements thank you and have a great
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day
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you
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