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Penalties and Violations
OSHA This and That
Rights and Responsibilities
Inspections
Fatalities and Injuries
100
Criminal enforcement under OSHA is limited to those cases where a willful violation results in a worker’s death. The maximum penalty is this.
What is a misdemeanor and maximum sentence of 6 months in jail?
100
Numerous studies have shown that government counts of these are underestimated by as much as 69 percent.
What is injury and illness BLS data?
100
Each employer "shall furnish...a place of employment which is free from recognized hazards that are causing or are likely to cause death or serious physical harm to his employees."
What is the general duty clause – Section 5 (a) 1 of the OSHA Law?
100
During this, a compliance officer will ask for employee representative to participate; explain purpose of visit and scope of inspection; discuss standards that apply; give employer copy of complaint; and ask to review compliance documents like injury and illness logs, training documents, etc.
What is the opening conference?
100
This is the state with the highest fatality rate.
What is North Dakota?
200
A violation where there is substantial probability that death or serious physical harm could result and that the employer knew, or should have known, of the hazard.
What is a serious violation?
200
OSHA covers all workers and workplaces in this sector.
What is the private sector?
200
Examples include: Provide training required by OSHA standards. Keep records of injuries and illnesses. Post OSHA poster, citations and abatement verification notices. Not discriminate against workers who exercise their rights under the Act. Provide and pay for PPE.
What are employer responsibilities under OSHA?
200
At its current staffing and inspection levels, it would take federal OSHA this many years to inspect each workplace under its jurisdiction just once.
What is 140 years?
200
This was the second-leading cause of job fatalities in the United States.
What is workplace violence?
300
A violation that is the same or similar to a previous violation.
What is a repeat violation?
300
This Agency is responsible for conducting research and making recommendations for the prevention of work-related injury and illness.
What is the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)?
300
All work-related fatalities. All work-related inpatient hospitalizations of one or more employees. All work-related amputations. All work-related losses of an eye.
What are new injury reporting requirements for employers under OSHAs reporting regulation?
300
Imminent Danger, Fatality/Catastrophe, Complaints/Referrals, Programmed.
What are OSHA’s inspection priorities?
300
The fatality rate among these workers was higher than the fatal injury rate for all U.S. workers.
Who are Latino or Hispanic workers?
400
Only _______ may request an informal meeting with OSHA Area Director and enter into settlement agreements that revise citations and penalties.
Who is ONLY the employer?
400
In 1971, OSHA didn’t write standards from scratch but adopted these standards as legal standards enforceable under OSHA.
What are National Consensus Standards? National Electric Code (NEC); American National Standards Institute (ANSI); American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH).
400
Examples Include: A safe and healthy workplace. File an OSHA complaint. Request information. OSHA inspections. Know about chemical hazards. Health and safety training. Not be discriminated against for health and safety activity.
What are employee rights under OSHA?
400
Any condition where there is reasonable certainty that a danger exists that can be expected to cause death or serious physical harm immediately, or before the danger can be eliminated through normal enforcement procedures.
What are imminent danger situations, which are given top inspection priority?
400
This is the approximte number of workers killed by traumatic injuries and the approximate number of workers who died from occupational disease each year.
What is between 4,500 and 5,000; 50,000 to 60,000?
500
A violation that the employer intentionally and knowingly commits or a violation that the employer commits with plain indifference to the law.
What is a willful violation?
500
You may file this type of complaint with OSHA if your employer retaliates against you by taking unfavorable personnel action because you engaged in protected activity under 22 different laws.
What is a whistleblower complaint?
500
Must be posted where workers can see it each year from February through April.
What is the OSHA summary log of injuries and illnesses – OSHA 300A?
500
During this process, an employee representative can accompany OSHA inspector; workers can talk to the inspector privately; and Inspector can take photos, video, instrument readings, etc.
What is the walk around inspection?
500
The median penalty for a violation of the law in FY 2014 that caused a worker death was this.
What is $5,050?