U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
About the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration
The U.S.
Occupational Safety and Health Administration or OSHA
for short, is a Federal government agency responsible for
ensuring the safety and health of private-sector and
Federal postal workers in all states, in the workplace
and elsewhere on the job.
Many private sector workers are also
protected by OSHA-approved, state-equivalent
agencies, as are state and municipal public-sector workers.
Federal workers other than postal employees
are protected by the government agencies for which they
work, under Presidential Executive
Order.
OSHA is a division of the U.S.
Department of Labor. It sets and enforces Federal
safety and health standards under the Occupational
Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSH Act or
OSHA).
Filing Safety and Health Complaints with OSHA
Protected workers who believe that their employers are endangering
their safety or health, may file
complaints with OSHA (or a state
equivalent). Workers who file complaints ("whistleblowers")
may ask OSHA not to reveal their names to their employers.
Regardless, employers may not rightfully retaliate against
whistleblowers who file safety or health complaints with
OSHA.
To file complaints and be protected from
employer retaliation, workers need only to reasonably
believe that their employers are violating safety
and health standards. Workers don't need to know for sure,
as it's OSHA's job to investigate alleged violations.
Read Occupational Safety and
Health for more information.
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