Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

To assure that every worker in the nation has safe and healthful working conditions and to preserve human resources

OSHA protects employees and other workers from harm in the the workplace. They protect employees from safety hazards or injury on the job.

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Except for the Postal Service, federal OSHA has no direct jurisdiction over government employers. Several Federal agencies have memoranda of understanding with OSHA that establish a process for inspections by OSHA, but not for fines. In addition, by Presidential Order, all military agencies must have an occupational safety and health program at least as effective as that of OSHA.

yes

You are legally required to record and OSHA recordable case.

Total Recordable Incident Rate

30 days

For information about OSHA, call OSHA headquarters or any of the OSHA regional offices.

Go to the OSHA web site at http://www.osha.gov and select the "Contact us" link on the left or go to http://www.osha.gov/html/RAmap.html to access regional and area offices.

There is no OSHA regulation specifically regarding fluorescent lights.

no, simply sending an employee do a doctor does not make an incident OSHA recordable. Receiving medical treatment beyond First Aid would make it recordable if other aspects of the incident were consistent with the requirements for recordability.

Yes

OSHA, a US federal agency, does not have regulations that set a maximum or minimum temperature for the workplace. The employer is responsible for providing a safe and healthful workplace, but that does not necessarily include a comfortable workplace.

No, but the employer has to take actions specified in the plans that have been developed to comply with OSHA requirements.

True

In the US, the standards called "General Industry Standards" are the OSHA standards at 29 CFR 1910 and are sometimes called Part 1910.

Section 11 C of the OSHA act prohibits any employer from discharging, retaliating or discriminating against any employee.

See: http://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=STANDARDS&p_id=10596

Different locations have different requirements for the safety training - some locations doesn't even have this kind of requirement. It mostly comes down to two training courses - the osha 10 hour training and/or osha 30 hour training. Even though OSHA training programs is not required in some locations, employers still chooses to provide their workers with such training as they find it as one of the keys in making sure that the day to day operation is smooth by avoiding accidents and mishaps in the workplace through training and education for the worker.s

If workers are working in water in a warehouse, that maybe an unsafe condition suitable for an OSHA citation, but whether it is depends on the details of the situation - what are people doing, working with, how long, is it routine conditions are unusual, etc., etc.

a family who is exposed to hazardous waste buried under their house

OSHA has no authority over the Public, only over the workplace. A public walking surface is unlikely to be subject to OSHA regulation.

It is appropriate for the forklift driver to sound the horn when approaching a blind intersection.

21 CFR 182.5013 is not an OSHA regulation. It is not even a Department of Labor regulation.

21 CFR is the place were regulations from the Food and Drug Administration are compiled.

21 CFR 182 is the part of the FDA regulations covering "Substances Generally Recognized as Safety" within Food for Human Consumption.

There is no section 21 CFR 182.5013 That might fall in a section reserved for future use relating to Dietary Supplements.

An OSHA Recordable incident is one that is work related and that involves medical treatment beyond the application of first aid.

So some incidents requiring medical treatment are OSHA recordable and some are not.