List five employee rights

Question

What will be an ideal response?

Answer 1

Section 11(c) of the OSHAct delineates employee rights. These rights are actually protection against punishment for employees who exercise their right to pursue any of the following courses of action:
• Complain to an employer, union, OSHA, or any other government agency about job safety and health hazards.
• File safety or health grievances.
• Participate in a workplace safety and health committee or in union activities concerning job safety and health.
• Participate in OSHA inspections, conferences, hearings, or other OSHA-related activities.
• Expect employers to make review copies available of OSHA standards and requirements.
• Ask employers for information about hazards that may be present in the workplace.
• Ask employers for information on emergency procedures.
• Receive safety and health training.
• Be kept informed about safety and health issues.
• Anonymously ask OSHA to conduct an investigation of hazardous conditions at the work site.
• Be informed of actions taken by OSHA as a result of a complaint.
• Observe during an OSHA inspection and respond to the questions asked by a compliance officer.
• See records of hazardous materials in the workplace.
• See their medical record.
• Review the annual Log and Summary of Work-Related Injuries.
• Have an exit briefing with the OSHA compliance officer following an OSHA inspection.
• Anonymously ask NIOSH to provide information about toxicity levels of substances used in the workplace.
• Challenge the abatement period given employers to correct hazards discovered in an OSHA inspection.
• Participate in hearings conducted by the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission.
• Be advised when an employer requests a variance to a citation or any OSHA standard.
• Testify at variance hearings.
• Appeal decisions handed down at OSHA variance hearings.
• Give OSHA input concerning the development, implementation, modification, and/or revocation of standards.