Fy11 SH 22300 11 OSHAOrientation

Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)
OSHA Orientation
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OSHA Pre-Test
• Before we talk more in depth
about OSHA, we will like to
know what you currently
understand about OSHA.
• Please look through the folder
and find the OSHA Pre-Test.
• You will have 10 minutes to
complete it.
• Do Not Worry about Passing or
Failing…We will review all the
material in this presentation.
OSHA Topics
1. What is OSHA?
2. Rights Under OSHA
3. What is a Hazard?
4. How to Control Hazards?
5. Worker’s Rights
What is OSHA?
• The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970
(OSH Act) was passed to prevent workers from
being killed or seriously harmed at work.
• The law requires employers to provide their
employees with working conditions that are free
of known dangers.
• The Act created the Occupational Safety and
Health Administration (OSHA), which sets and
enforces protective workplace safety and health
standards.
• OSHA also provides information, training and
assistance to workers and employers.
You have the right
• Workers may file a complaint to have OSHA
inspect their workplace if they believe that their to a safe workplace!
employer is not following OSHA standards or
that there are serious hazards.
To help assure a safe and healthful
Workers' Rights workplace, OSHA also provides
Under OSHA workers with the right to:
• Ask OSHA to inspect their workplace
• Use their rights under the law without
retaliation and discrimination
• Receive information and training about
hazards, methods to prevent harm, and
the OSHA standards that apply to their
workplace. The training must be in a
language you can understand
• Get copies of test results done to find
hazards in the workplace;
• Review records of work-related
injuries and illnesses
Employer Responsibilities
• Employers have the responsibility to provide a safe workplace.
• Employers MUST provide their employees with a workplace that
does not have serious hazards and follow all relevant OSHA safety
and health standards.
• Employers must find and correct safety and health problems.
• OSHA further requires employers to try to eliminate or reduce hazards
first by making changes in working conditions rather than just relying
on masks, gloves, ear plugs or other types of personal protective
equipment (PPE).
Employers MUST also:
• Inform employees about hazards through training, labels, alarms, color-
coded systems, chemical information sheets and other methods.
• Keep accurate records of work-related injuries and illnesses.
• Perform tests in the workplace, such as air sampling required by some
OSHA standards.
• Provide hearing exams or other medical tests required by OSHA standards.
• Post OSHA citations, injury and illness data, and the OSHA poster in the
workplace where workers will see them.
• Notify OSHA within 8 hours of a workplace incident in which there is a
death or when three or more workers go to a hospital.
• Not discriminate or retaliate against a worker for using their rights under
the law.
Health and Safety Hazards
Safety Hazards:
• Cause physical injuries and accidents
• Cause immediate harm
• Examples: broken bones, cuts, bruises, sprains
or electrocutions
Health Hazards:
• Cause internal injuries like diseases or illnesses
• Cause long-term harm, may take years to develop
• Examples: Cancer, heart disease, loss of hearing or
reproductive problems
Pair and Share Activity (5 minutes)
• Think of your personal
experience with health and
safety hazards at your
current or past workplace.
• Please find a partner to
share your experiences.
• We will discuss those
experiences as a whole
group.
• Together, complete “Health
& Safety Hazards”
document
Types of Hazards Fact Sheet
• In your folders, you will find an extensive list of
the various types of hazards
• Please use this as a reference
Risk Mapping of a Warehouse Store
• Risk mapping is a method that employees use
to identify hazards by drawing a layout of the
workplace.
• Please find the handout in your folder.
• In groups of 3-4 people, label the various
hazards that you see in this warehouse.
– Physical/Safety Hazard
– Biological/Chemical Hazard
– Other Hazards
Reducing Hazards
• Employers must keep the workplace safe for workers.
• There are different ways they can do this.
• Some ways work better than other ways.
How to Reduce Hazards Handout
More Effective Least Effective
(best) (worst)
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Elimination Substitution Engineering Labor Personal
of Practices/ Protective
Hazard Administrative Equipment
Controls (PPE)
(Training &
Procedures)
Top 2 Controls
Substitution
Elimination • When a hazard cannot be
eliminated completely, the
• The best way to control a
second best alternative is
hazard is to eliminate it substituting the dangerous
entirely. It is best to do this condition.
as early as possible. • The idea is to substitute
• Example: use an electric chemicals, equipment, or
forklift truck rather than a hazardous materials with ones
gas operated forklift truck to that are less hazardous.
eliminate carbon monoxide • Example: using paint that does
in a warehouse not contain lead-based pigments
More Controls, but not as effective
Engineering Controls Administrative Controls or Changing
• Engineering controls is another Labor Practices
way that technology can be • Means changing the way and
used to change the work the structure of how work is
environment, a machine, or done.
some equipment in order to • Example: instead of one
reduce the hazard. employee exposed to a
• Examples: machine guards, particular hazard for eight hours
backup alarms, guardrails, a day, the employer could
covers, slip resistant surfaces, assign four workers to work for
and using machine to move two hours each; this could be
heavy objects instead of used for repetitive tasks or for
carrying them. any exposure to a chemical
hazard.
Least Effective Control: PPE
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE):
• This is equipment or clothing to protect the worker,
such as respirators, eye goggles, gloves, knee pads,
hard hats, steel toed shoes, harnesses.
What legal rights do workers have to a safe job?
1. Workers in the U.S. have a legal right to a safe

and healthy job.
□ True □ False
2. If you are an immigrant, you are not protected
by any workplace safety laws.
□ True □ False
3. Legally, who is responsible for providing a safe

and healthy workplace?
□ The Employer
□ The Workers
□ The Union
□ OSHA
□ All of The Above
4. Workers can call in the government to inspect a workplace for

hazards.
□ True □ False
5. When workers call OSHA to request an
inspection of the workplace, they don’t have
o tell their name.
□ True □ False
6. Government inspectors must always tell the
employer before they come to inspect the
workplace.
□ True □ False
7. Workers have the legal right to refuse to do unsafe or

unhealthful job tasks.
□ True □ False
8. Workers have the right to know about the chemicals

they work with, and employers must train employees
how to work safely with chemicals.
□ True □ False
9. Workers can be fired if they request a safety

inspection from the government, and there’s
nothing that can be done about it.
□ True □ False
Two Main Points to Keep in Mind
1. OSHA gives employees the right to complain about

an unsafe working environment.
 But in the Real World, it is more affective and
protective to complain as a group…Why?
• Because if it affects one person, it most likely affects many
people
• Because a group complaint gets more attention
Two Main Points to Keep in Mind cont.
2. If an employee is fearful, afraid of getting fired,
there are organizations, called Worker Centers, that
can represent him/her anonymously.
 Unions can also represent employees
Taking Action on Unsafe Working
Conditions
These are local grassroots organizations, Workers’
Centers, advocate for workers’ rights on many
employment issues, including wage theft (wage and
hour violations), and worker health and safety.
They can file OSHA complaints on workers; behalf

and make referrals to workers’ compensation
lawyers.
Local Worker Centers
Arise Chicago Latino Union
info@arisechicago.org info@latinounion.org
(773) 769-6000 (773) 588-2641
1020 W. Bryn Mawr 3416 W. Bryn Mawr
Chicago, IL 60660 Chicago, IL 60659
Centro de Trabajadores Unidos Restaurant Opportunities Center (ROC)

centrodetrabajadores@gmail.com ROC Chicago
(773) 297-3379 veronica@rocunited.org
3200 E. 91st Street (312) 629-2892
Chicago, IL 60617 77 W. Washington Street, Suite 812
Chicago, IL 60602
Chicago Workers Collaborative Warehouse Workers for Justice

postmaster@chicagoworkerscollaborative.org www.warehouseworkers.org
(877) 775-8242 37 S. Ashland Ave.
Chicago, Waukegan, Rolling Meadows Chicago, IL 60607
Contact OSHA if you have questions
or want to file a complaint.
They will keep your information

confidential.
They are here to help you.

OSHA Contact Info
Regional Office Calumet City Area Office
230 South Dearborn Street, 1600 167th Street, Suite 9
Room 3244 Calumet City, Illinois 60409
Chicago, Illinois 60604 (708) 891-3800
(312) 353-2220 (708) 862-9659 FAX
(312) 353-7774 FAX
Chicago North Area Office
701 Lee Street - Suite 950 Or visit
Des Plaines, Illinois 60016 http://www.osha.gov
(847) 803-4800
(847) 390-8220 FAX
OSHA Topics Covered
1. What is OSHA?
2. Rights Under OSHA
3. What is a Hazard?
4. How to Control Hazards?
5. Worker’s Rights
Any Questions?
OSHA Post-Test &
Presentation Evaluation
• Now that we have covered the various topics of
OSHA, we will like to know how much you
understood.
• We would also like to know your opinion about
our presentation.
• This data will help us improve our future
sessions.
Thank you for your cooperation!!

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1. Workers in the U.S. have a legal right to a safe

3. Legally, who is responsible for providing a safe

4. Workers can call in the government to inspect a workplace for

7. Workers have the legal right to refuse to do unsafe or

8. Workers have the right to know about the chemicals

9. Workers can be fired if they request a safety

1. OSHA gives employees the right to complain about

They can file OSHA complaints on workers; behalf

Centro de Trabajadores Unidos Restaurant Opportunities Center (ROC)

Chicago Workers Collaborative Warehouse Workers for Justice

They will keep your information

They are here to help you.

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