The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has release a new compliance poster. The last poster was updated in 2007.
OSHA’s compliance poster is free and can be downloaded here.
Employers must display the poster on their employee bulletin boards. The new poster informs employees of their rights to request an OSHA inspection of their workplace, receive critical information and training on job hazards, how to report work-related injuries or illness and raise safety and health concerns with their employer or OSHA. Remember retaliation for employees communicating complaints are not allowed under the law!
There is new employer reporting requirements which include reporting all fatalities within 8 hours and hospitalization, amputation and loss of eye within 24 hours.
