Name______________________

 

Employer/Employee Responsibilities Websearch

 

PLEASE PRINT THIS PAGE so you can take notes and turn them in for a grade.

 

Employee Responsibilities

1. Go to http://www.osha.gov/as/opa/worker/responsible.html.

 

Employees have many responsibilities.  According to the website above, those responsibilities are:

-Read the OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Assocation) p___________ at each jobsite.

-Comply with all OSHA st________________.

-Follow all lawful employer s_________ and h________ rules and regulations, and w______ or use prescribed p__________ equipment while working.

-Report h_________ conditions to the s__________.

-Report any job-related i_______ or i_______ to the employer, and seek t__________ promptly.

-Exercise r_______ under the Act in a r__________ manner.

 

2. Go to http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/teenworkers/responsibilities.html.

 

According to this website, the responsibilities for teenage workers are:

-         Follow your employer's s_______ and h______ rules and wear or use all r________ gear and equipment.

-         Follow s_____ work practices for your job, as d________ by your employer and/or s_______. Working safely may s_____ you down, but i_________ safe work procedures is a fast track to i________. There are h________ in every workplace, and r_________ and dealing with them c________ may save your life or p________ serious injury.

-         Ask q__________! Ask for workplace t________ if it is not offered. Ask how to d_____ with irate c________ or how to p___________ a new task or use a new m________. Don't worry about l________ ignorant. Asking questions will help you stay s______.

-         Tell your supervisor, b____, p_______, or other a______ if you feel th__________ or en__________ at work.

-         Be aware of your e__________ at all times. Be c________. It's easy to get careless after your t_______ have become p__________ and routine. But remember, you're not in_______________.

-         Be involved in es__________ or improving your worksite s________ and h______ program.

-         Trust your in_________. If someone a______ you to do something that feels un_______ or makes you un___________, check with your supervisor or s_______ o_________ before doing the task. Keeping y________ safe is your first r___________.

-         Stay s_______. In order to work, you must remain d______ free. Workers using a_______ or other drugs are more likely to get h_______ or hurt o______. If you s________ someone at your work is using, tell your s__________.

 

Look back at the lists these two websites gave for employee responsibilities.  List one way the lists are different and one way they are the same. ____________________________________________________________________________________________

 

Employer Responsibilities

 

Yes, where you work has responsibilities, too! 

Go to http://www.osha.gov/as/opa/worker/employer-responsibility.html.

 

Employers have certain responsibilities under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of ________. The following list is a summary of the most important ones.

• Provide a workplace f_____ from serious recognized h_______ and comply with st_________, r______ and r___________ issued under the OSHA Act.
• E__________ workplace conditions to make sure they c________ to applicable OSHA standards.
• Make sure e__________ have and use safe t_______ and e___________ and properly m_________ this equipment.
• Use color c________, p_______, l_______ or s_______ to warn employees of potential hazards.
• Establish or update o________ procedures and c____________ them so that employees f________ safety and health requirements.
• Provide m_________ examinations and t__________ when required by OSHA standards.
• P_______, at a prominent location within the workplace, the OSHA poster (or the state-plan equivalent) informing employees of their r_______ and r______________.
• Report to the nearest OSHA office within __ hours any f______ accident or one that results in the h_____________ of th________ or more employees.
• Keep r_________ of work-related injuries and illnesses. (Note: Employers with ___ or fewer employees and employers in certain low-hazard industries are exempt from this requirement.)
• Provide e___________, f__________ employees and their representatives a________ to the Log of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses
• Provide access to employee m________ records and e_________ records to employees or their authorized r______________.
• Provide to the OSHA compliance o________ the names of authorized employee representatives who may be asked to a__________ the compliance officer during an in_______________.
• Not d__________ against employees who exercise their r_______ under the Act.
• Post OSHA citations at or near the w_____ a______ involved. Each citation must remain posted until the violation has been corrected, or for ________ working days, whichever is longer. Post abatement verification documents or tags.
• Correct cited violations by the d_________ set in the OSHA citation and s_________ required abatement verification documentation.