Employee Responsibilities

It is employees' responsibility to make safety their first priority. Employees are entitled by law to working conditions that do not pose a risk of serious harm. To help ensure a safe and healthful workplace, OSHA also provides workers with the right to:

• Ask OSHA to inspect their workplace.
• 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 tests results conducted to find hazards in the workplace.
• Review records of work-related injuries and illnesses.

Employees are responsible for the following:

• Taking reasonable care of their own health and safety.
• Taking reasonable care not to put other people at risk.
• Cooperating with their employer, making sure that they get proper training, and following the company's health and safety policies.
• Not interfering with or misusing anything that has been provided for worker health, safety, or welfare.
• Reporting any injuries, strains, or illnesses that they suffer as a result of doing their job.

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

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