How To Report Safety Hazards
All workplaces should conform to federal guidelines to prevent safety hazards. But you may be working in a place that still has a safety issue that should be addressed. While you should report it to your supervisor first, some employees would rather report a safety hazard anonymously. Fortunately, through the U.S.’s Occupational Safety and Health Act, you can report it anonymously through a regional or federal OSHA office and get a safety inspection.
Instructions
Reporting to OSHA
1.Fill out an online complaint form at OSHA. Send it online to the federal offices through U.S. Dept. of Labor. Wait for an email reply and follow the reply's instructions. You can go through a regional office if your state has an occupational and safety plan in place. Twenty-two states have these as of 2010.
2.Find a regional OSHA office by clicking on the U.S. map on the OSHA website.
3.Print out an OSHA complaint form. Provide all your personal information and complete details of where the safety hazards are in your workplace. You need to be specific and list them all if you’ve seen more than one hazard. Be truthful, since proof of lying can mean a stiff fine of $10,000, possible prison time, or both.
4.Mail or fax the printout version of the OSHA complaint form to your regional OSHA office.
5.Wait for a phone call from your regional OSHA office; they’ll let you know what comes next. The first action will be an OSHA representative contacting your employer without telling them you reported the safety hazard. A safety inspection may follow. Other Complaint Options
6.Use a regional OSHA phone number to call them as an optional way to report a workplace safety hazard. Sometimes safety hazards can be a challenge to explain on a form. An operator will gladly take your call and your information.
7.File a discrimination complaint to your regional OSHA office if your supervisor chastised or even fired you for refusing to work around a safety hazard. OSHA works immediately to resolve these cases after you call them.
8.Send your discrimination complaint to the federal level if it’s very serious and your state doesn’t have an OSHA state safety plan in place. However, you may file the discrimination complaint in a regional office and at the federal level.
Instructions
Reporting to OSHA
1.Fill out an online complaint form at OSHA. Send it online to the federal offices through U.S. Dept. of Labor. Wait for an email reply and follow the reply's instructions. You can go through a regional office if your state has an occupational and safety plan in place. Twenty-two states have these as of 2010.
2.Find a regional OSHA office by clicking on the U.S. map on the OSHA website.
3.Print out an OSHA complaint form. Provide all your personal information and complete details of where the safety hazards are in your workplace. You need to be specific and list them all if you’ve seen more than one hazard. Be truthful, since proof of lying can mean a stiff fine of $10,000, possible prison time, or both.
4.Mail or fax the printout version of the OSHA complaint form to your regional OSHA office.
5.Wait for a phone call from your regional OSHA office; they’ll let you know what comes next. The first action will be an OSHA representative contacting your employer without telling them you reported the safety hazard. A safety inspection may follow. Other Complaint Options
6.Use a regional OSHA phone number to call them as an optional way to report a workplace safety hazard. Sometimes safety hazards can be a challenge to explain on a form. An operator will gladly take your call and your information.
7.File a discrimination complaint to your regional OSHA office if your supervisor chastised or even fired you for refusing to work around a safety hazard. OSHA works immediately to resolve these cases after you call them.
8.Send your discrimination complaint to the federal level if it’s very serious and your state doesn’t have an OSHA state safety plan in place. However, you may file the discrimination complaint in a regional office and at the federal level.
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References
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