SOP_NUMBER: 511.34-att-2
TITLE: It's The Law Poster (Attachment 2)
REFERENCE_CODE: IP01-0001
DIVISION: Facilities
TOPIC_AREA: 511 Policy-Fire Services
WORD_COUNT: 282
POWERDMS_URL: https://public.powerdms.com/GADOC/documents/209308
URL: https://gps.press/sop-data/511.34-att-2/

SUMMARY:
This is a U.S. Department of Labor poster that outlines worker rights and employer responsibilities under OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) regulations. The poster informs employees of their right to a safe workplace, protection from retaliation for reporting safety concerns, and their ability to request OSHA inspections. It also details employer obligations to provide hazard-free workplaces, safety training, and proper reporting of workplace incidents.

KEY_TOPICS: OSHA, workplace safety, worker rights, employer responsibilities, hazard reporting, retaliation protection, safety training, workplace inspection, injury reporting, occupational health, hazardous substances

ATTACHMENTS:
  1. Model Written Hazard Communication Program
     URL: https://gps.press/sop-data/511.34-att-1/
  2. It's The Law Poster (Attachment 2)
     URL: https://gps.press/sop-data/511.34-att-2/
  3. Hazard Communication Training Acknowledgement Form
     URL: https://gps.press/sop-data/511.34-att-3/

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**U.S. Department of Labor**


**All workers have the right to:**

 - ƒ A safe workplace.


## **IT’S THE LAW!**

**Employers must:**

     - ƒ Provide employees a workplace free from




- ƒ Raise a safety or health concern with

your employer or OSHA, or report a workrelated injury or illness, without being
retaliated against.


- ƒ Receive information and training on

job hazards, including all hazardous
substances in your workplace.


- ƒ Request an OSHA inspection of your

workplace if you believe there are unsafe
or unhealthy conditions. OSHA will keep
your name confidential. You have the
right to have a representative contact
OSHA on your behalf.


- ƒ Participate (or have your representative

participate) in an OSHA inspection and
speak in private to the inspector.


- ƒ File a complaint with OSHA within

30 days (by phone, online or by mail)
if you have been retaliated against for
using your rights.


- ƒ See any OSHA citations issued to

your employer.


- ƒ Request copies of your medical



recognized hazards. It is illegal to retaliate
against an employee for using any of their
rights under the law, including raising a
health and safety concern with you or
with OSHA, or reporting a work-related
injury or illness.


- ƒ Comply with all applicable OSHA standards.


- ƒ Report to OSHA all work-related

fatalities within 8 hours, and all inpatient
hospitalizations, amputations and losses
of an eye within 24 hours.


- ƒ Provide required training to all workers

in a language and vocabulary they can
understand.


- ƒ Prominently display this poster in the

workplace.


- ƒ Post OSHA citations at or near the

place of the alleged violations.


FREE ASSISTANCE to identify and correct
hazards is available to small and mediumsized employers, without citation or penalty,
through OSHA-supported consultation