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Employers must comply with the statutory requirements and regulations, provide a safe workplace, and ensure employees have and use safe tools and equipment.

OSHA conducts research to develop information regarding the causes and prevention of occupational injuries, diseases, and accidents.

Smaller businesses can receive free, confidential advice to find and fix hazards and improve their occupational safety and health management systems.

Workers have a right to file a confidential complaint with OSHA to have their workplace inspected if they believe there is a serious hazard or their employer is not following OSHA's rules.

Employers must inform and train employees about hazardous chemicals in the workplace, as well as label these substances and provide safety data sheets.

Employers are required to provide a workplace free from recognized hazards that are causing or are likely to cause death or serious physical harm.

Inspections are conducted without advance notice by compliance officers to ascertain compliance with OSHA standards and the OSH Act.

OSHA provides training programs to increase worker and employer knowledge on the recognition, avoidance, and prevention of safety and health hazards in their workplaces.

Employers must report any work-related fatalities within 8 hours and inpatient hospitalizations, amputations, or losses of an eye within 24 hours.

Employees are protected from retaliation for exercising their rights under the OSH Act, including filing a safety or health complaint with OSHA.

OSHA can impose fines on employers for violating the OSH Act. These penalties can be significant, depending on the nature of the violation.

Encouragement of workplace safety and health committees that involve workers in finding and fixing health and safety problems.

VPP promotes effective worksite-based safety and health and recognizes employers and workers in both the private industry and federal agencies who have implemented effective safety and health management systems.

Specific conditions or practices, above the general duty requirements, that employers must comply with to keep their workplaces safe.

OSHA can set emergency temporary standards that are immediately effective if employees are in grave danger due to exposure to toxic substances or agents or to new hazards.

Employers must maintain records of work-related injuries and illnesses.

Workers have the right to working conditions that do not pose a risk of serious harm, to receive information and training about hazards, and to exercise their rights without retaliation.

Employers must provide and ensure the use of appropriate personal protective equipment for employees when necessary to protect against workplace hazards.

States can develop and operate their own job safety and health programs under OSHA approval and must be at least as effective as OSHA's.