Chapter 23
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH LAW
A Professional Corporation
Summary
- Applicable to all employers whose businesses affect interstate commerce (virtually every employer).
- Complex and detailed regulation of workplace safety and health by specific standards and requirements, including such things as detailed supervision and training obligations.
- Significant recordkeeping and posting requirements.
- Reporting requirements within 8 hours for any accidents involving one or more fatalities or hospitalization of 3 or more employees. See Appendix A for telephone numbers of the nearest Area District office.
- Administered and enforced by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration through a system of administrative inspections and civil and criminal penalties.
- Provides a hearing and appeal procedure to employers to contest OSHA citations.
- Prohibits retaliation against employees for exercising protected rights.
- Does not preempt criminal prosecution of employers and management personnel by state and local authorities.