Job Safety and Health – It's The Law

Under federal law, you are entitled to a safe workplace. Your employer must provide a workplace free of known health and safety hazards. If you have concerns, you have the right to speak up about them without fear of retaliation.

Concerned about health and safety on the job?
Learn about your rights under OSHA law, and how to take action if you think something is wrong.

To ask about a health and safety issue at your workplace, discuss your rights, or learn more about OSHA, please contact us. Your information will be kept confidential. Call us toll-free at 1-800-321-6742 (OSHA), send questions or comments by email, or find your nearest OSHA office.

All workers have the right to:

  • A safe workplace.
  • Raise a safety or health concern with your employer or OSHA, or report a work­ related injury or illness, without being retaliated against.
  • Receive information and training on job hazards, including all hazardous substances in your workplace.
  • Request an OSHA inspection of your workplace if you believe there are unsafe or unhealthy conditions.  OSHA will keep your name confidential. You have the right to have a representative  contact OSHA on your behalf.
  • Participate (or have your representative participate) in an OSHA inspection and speak in private to the inspector.
  • File a complaint with OSHA within  30 days (by phone, online or by mail) if you have been retaliated against for using your rights.
  • See any OSHA citations issued to your employer.
  • Request copies of your medical records, tests that measure hazards in the workplace, and the workplace injury and illness log.
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Employers must:

  • Provide employees a workplace free from recognized hazards. It is illegal to retaliate against an employee for using any of their rights under the law, including raising a health and safety concern with you or with  OSHA, or reporting a work-related  injury or illness.
  • Comply with all applicable OSHA standards.
  • Report to OSHA all work-related fatalities within 8 hours, and all inpatient hospitalizations, amputations  and losses of an eye within  24 hours.
  • Provide required training to all workers in a language and vocabulary they can understand.
  • Prominently display this poster in the workplace.
  • Post OSHA citations at or near the place of the alleged violations.

The Federal OSHA Poster: Job Safety and Health-It’s the Law!

Most businesses are required to display a poster version of the document on the walls of their workplace. That’s right, I’m talking about the federal OSHA poster, also known as “Job Safety and Health: It’s the Law.”

The federal OSHA poster informs workers of their rights under their Occupational Safety and Health Act, and, according to 1903.2, covered employers must post it at the workplace.