Employee Safety Course: Rights and Responsibilities

OSHA provides protections to employees who are retaliated against for using their OSHA rights. If an employee is retaliated against by their employer, how many calendar days do they have available to file a complaint with OSHA?

30 calendar days

Where can we learn more about the Army Safety Program?

AR 385-10

OSHA and The Army Safety Program requires your employer or agency to uphold certain responsibilites to ensure a safe and healthful workplace for all employees. Which of the following is a responsibility of your agency?

Acquire, maintain, and require the ue of PPE

If you use your rights, what's to stop my boss from retaliating like stopping me from getting promoted?

Employees have the right to file a complaint with OSHA within 30 days if they've been retaliated against for exercising their rights.

Every employee, supervisor, manager, and Soldier must understand and apply Risk Management (RM). What is the first step in the five-step RM process?

Identify Hazards

If someone had found this exposed wire, which of their OSHA employee rights would apply?

It's the employee's right to raise a safety or health concern with their employer or OSHA.

You are on your way to your workstation and notice water dripping from the roof onto the floor, which could pose a slip hazard. What should you do?

Report the hazard to your manager and implement what hazard controls you can

Hypothetically, what should you do if, at the start of the shift, you notice the personal protective gloves have holes in them and have dry rotted?

Report the hazard to your manager and replace your gloves before you begin any work that requires PPE to be worn.

Doesn't the responsibility of workplace safety fall on the employer?

Safety is the responsibility of employers and employees within the Army Safety Program.

What should Natasha do if she's behind on prep, but scheduled for forklift safety training?

She should attend forklift training.

Your workplace safety and health depends on you and your organization understanding and upholding the rights and responsibilities set by OSHA and the Army Safety Program. Which Act requires employers to provide safe and healthful working conditions as well as investigate all accidents?

The OSH Act of 1970 (Public Law 91-596)

Could the employee contact OSHA?

The employee has the right to file a complaint with OSHA that will result in an inspection of their workplace.

Do you know which employee right would apply to a situation like this?

The employee's right to be a safe workplace.

What are your OSHA health and safety rights during an official investigation?

The right to participate in the investigation and to speak with the investigator in private.

As an Army employee, OSHA and the Army Safety Program provide several rights to protect you in the workplace. Which of the following is NOT one of your eight OSHA rights?

The right to refuse safety training

Which of your employee safety and health rights is applicable in the event of a workplace injury?

The right to report a work-related injury or illness.

Which of your employee safety and health rights apply when working with unfamiliar, possibly dangerous equipment?

The right to request additional training on workplace hazards.

Which of the following is NOT a method Army employees can use to play active, integral roles in The Army Safety Program?

Using equipment before being trained on it

Do your employee safety and health rights allow you to view OSHA notices issued to your employer?

Yes. Army employees have the right to view any notices issued to their employer.

Does everyone have the right to join the safety committee?

Yes. Employees have the right to participate in safety and health committees.

Do you know what other documents your OSHA employee rights guarantee you access to?

Your medical records, tests that measure hazards in the workplace, and the workplace injury and illness log.