Safety Responsibilities of Employees

As an employee, it is your responsibility to make safety your first priority. You are entitled by law to working conditions that do not pose a risk of serious harm to you. To help assure a safe and healthful workplace, OSHA also provides 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. This training must be in a language that workers can understand.
• Get copies of results of tests conducted to find hazards in the workplace.
• Review records of work-related injuries and illnesses.
• Get copies of their medical records.

If you believe working conditions are unsafe or unhealthful, you should speak up and bring the conditions to your employer's attention.

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