The Laws of Workplace Safety (OSHA for employees) - Pt. 1
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- Опубликовано: 8 июн 2024
- This video is about the laws that protect employees at work. Watch to learn about your right to a safe working environment.
Branigan Robertson is an employment lawyer in California. His firm represents employees in lawsuits against their employers.
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Here are the Links I Mentioned in the Video:
OSHA: www.osha.gov
Cal-OSHA: www.dir.ca.gov/dosh/
OSHA Regulations: www.osha.gov/laws-regs/regula...
OSHA Top Ten Most Cited Safety Violations: www.osha.gov/top10citedstandards
Chapters:
00:00 - What this Video is About
00:46 - Introduction
03:23 - Big Picture on Safety
04:11 - OSHA
05:00 - "General Duties" under OSHA
07:34 - Physical Safety, Psychological Safety, & Violence
08:40 - OSHA Regulations for all Industries
12:19 - OSHA Regulations for Specific Industries or Tasks
13:99 - OSHA's Top 10 Most Cited Safety Violations
15:23 - Your Rights as an Employee
17:09 - Final Thoughts
Visit his website at: brobertsonlaw.com
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I recently started working in a hotel chain’s laundry room, and in my first weeks of training I noticed there were no standard procedures in place for me to follow regarding blood, feces, and other bodily fluids that come down the chute. I wasn’t instructed on what chemicals to use, cleaning procedures, hand washing stations, or ppe. Some items come bagged, but I saw a coworker rip open a biohazard bag with no gloves on! This prompted me to try to go learn more about the regulations employers must follow.
I have seen similar violations in hotel laundry rooms
I used to work in a factory, and every hour a machine arm would literally rocket a car mirror across the floor for like a month, until someone almost got gob smacked and reported it to osha. We had a work meeting the next week about someone calling osha and the situation, and how they were technically within safety limits somehow and weren’t liable 😂 the problem’s stopped that day
Yeah the company's always innocent rofl
I work as a machine press operator. They're supposed to provide arm covers in addition to gloves and they stopped giving them out shortly after I was hired. I've also never seen burn gel in the first aid box. I'm waiting until the summer comes to see if they'll turn on the air vents again, because they turned them off for the winter and the factory floor still gets hot enough to make me dizzy. Especially because I have to wear a long sleeve shirt on the floor because they stopped giving out the sleeves.
So glad I've found your user friendly information.
Was looking into reporting the improper foundation (sand) for running a 200 Ton boat ⛵️ lift ⬆️ (hoists 100ft+ vessels out of water unto land). This machine is improperly maintained, has fluids leak, & has shut down multiple times during the launching & hauling of vessels. We had a recent near miss that could have easily damaged a vessel & crushed a person or limb in the process of assembling an emergency boat cradle with wood blocks before the keel dug sank into the sand. Men under a 200 ton crane sinking into the sand with a vessel dangling in the slings.
I hate to stir trouble... but no one should have to get under a boat sinking on land when they go to work.
Glad to get educated on how to properly understand the legal aspects & the best way to escalate the issue; I had not considered trying to resolve the issue in-house before going to OSHA (big company, little peon worker).
Might have saved my job! Probably some limbs too.
I work in a warehouse, and our water was cut off before I came in today. No one made a notice about it, and management hasn't announced other arrangements for access to water or restroom facilities. A supervisor spoke with management about it being off, and he said they didn't seem to care. Management told another employee to use the bathroom, and to shovel out the toilet. Joke or not, I feel management should be taking this more seriously. I've been debating on just going home, since they don't seem to care about restroom facilities, sanitary needs like washing hands, or access to water for hydration. Going into the summer, in Alabama, it's hot and people need water to replenish what we sweat out.
Lack of maintenance or improper maintenance caused a gass leak in the frozen section of a store and took nearly a month for management to get it fixed and that was with OSHA getting involved
I actually haven't experienced any issues aside from my own incompetence. I left a pallet jack out on the floor while I grabbed my water and my coworker basically was like "hey man, don't do that. They'll nail you for leaving it out where someone can fall" so here I am, seeing as how my company doesn't train us to know any of that stuff.
A forklift operator put another coworker on a pallet to stand on so he can lift him up to the highest part of the racks with no safety harness
Thank you my friend, you have definitely made me feel a little safer and knowledgeable about my rights
Thank you for keeping us informed! We really appreciate your videos!
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I work at an airport(but not actually at the terminal area) we work outside and when there is lightning and Thunder, we are still allowed to work outside. I’ve sent the osha screenshots about lightning safety to the managers and they allow us to sit inside when there is lightning but they will ask us to go back out and start working if the rain slows down and there is still thunder and lightning and they don’t really care about the osha site saying “stay inside until 30 min after you have heard the last sound of Thunder”.
Joined maintenance team at apartment complex. Shop for maintenance employee use and storage was wired very incorrectly and hardly anything was grounded or covered. Supervisors asking employees to touch and handle live electrical circuits and not being reprimanded immediately.
Finna binge watch this channel
Recently my call center installed sound masking in an open floor so you can't make out what anyone is saying more than 10ft away. You can't make out individual sound or location. I first noticed this after work I did hear an ambulance behind me until I saw it visually. At the end of my shift it take me a few hours to get my ears back to normal. It's hard to explain.
I work sanitation and there is a coworker not using gloves when cleaning bathrooms,warehouse,lunch rooms I said something to my supervisor that I got sick and he said she doesn’t have to wear gloves when cleaning
For 2-3 6 days our breakroom/locker room where my required PPE is kept was flooded with human excrement and despite my filing with OSHA, GSAP, notified supervisor, contacted SFO, and NOTHING was done. 6 days later…despite not using bio kit to clean, flooding again and people are walking through human waste.
My Employer is forcing everyone to breath a thick fog of weld ash.
There is no ventilation
I work in a warehouse where we unload trucks all day and shelve the inventory we get and we don't enforce using a ramp to connect the docks to the trucks we have an several people fall in the gap and get hurt we also didn't have a mandatory tie off if a work had to get something off the higher racks which are high off the ground till we had a worker fall off and split his head open not sure what all I can do to make them improve are working conditions
Crawling under a stage that has one way in & out. No air, dirty,splinters,etc…afraid of getting fired if I don’t do it.😢
Working in a yard jockey with no Air Conditioning. I suffered heat exhaustion during the week there was a heat wave alert.
Not good!
Again thank you again 🇺🇸
They TERMINATED me.
thanks
I work in a logistics warehouse,we use a lot of heavy duty industrial equipment. Ive been here 9 years. About a year ago they put in a speaker system and you cant hear anything. What can i do.
Have a question for you sir. Do I have to wear shoe cover on my steel boots? I deliver mattresses over 200 pounds and ergo foundation that weigh over 300 pounds. I was told from my company I have to wear them. I believe they are unsafe going up the stairs .
I walked into a home where I am to be a direct support professional and assist my individual in what ever help I can assist. I didn't know that my individual is plagued with a disease "colitis" I don't know anything about this disease and much less that it was contatgious.
Mr. Branigan Robertson is a very good employment (OSHA case)attorny. I wish he wouldprctice in PA, I am searching for some one to represent me that is how I came upon his video. Many of the things he mentions in this 1st vdeo alone apply to my case.
I work facility maintenance which covers a broad spectrum of work and tasks. Many times I find myself in tight crawl spaces and attics where the only occupants are spiders, rats and other vermin. My concern is the rat, bird and mouse droppings. I wear an N95 mask when I go into these environments. But an N95 mask only filters 95% of those bacteria which leaves you vulnerable to many fecal viruses. Even after exiting such places, the bacteria can still be on your person, in your hair or on you close. I have gotten respitory infection 2 times in the past 6 months and finally came down with COVID after a weakened ammune system in November last years. any advice or suggestions ?
I'm having a problem with smoking and smokers around the building. While the employees in question are not technically violating the law, employees are reporting they have to walk through the smoke and it's making them ill. There is a dedicated smoking area, and the smokers are refusing to use it. One of the smokers is a manager. :( Do the impacted employees have a case if the smoking individuals are technically inside of the law?
I work for a private company on a public works project. Freeway work.
I operate a bucket truck and service devices on the freeway on signs bridges and gantries at night during lane closures. I've had no saftey training. I'm also not paid the required prevaling wage. I've been at this company for 2.5 years. I've filed at the DLSE and am waiting for action. I'm considering calling CAL-OSHA but don't want to get fired.
I'm concerned about my saftey.
Leaving a fire door open, being intimidated by a coworker with a knife, subjected to cleaning fumes that aggravated my asthma, sidewalks that were in such disrepair that they iced over regularly in winter. Indiana worker's comp only allowed one day off as workers comp even for a concussion. If the doctor orders 5 days, 4 come from PTO.
That sucks.
Calosha has no regulations on ergonomic equipment for or to prevent carpal tunnel I was to call back. If I find the regulation or code then they will take complaint
What if your employer? Have you working in a cold environment tells you not to touch the thermostat if it's too cold. Get a blanket, bring a blanket and if it's too hot to use a fan. How can you work in a condition like that? They don't clean the air vents or the vents. So it's very dusty and people is rotating sickness, especially when COVID is still active. There's no hot water in the building to wash your hands. Is that a violation?
So am a mechanic
And my boss has been making me and coworkers work under a car rack that littArly has a no use sing due to not safe and a red lock
But since the lift still operates our boss makes us use it ….
Is that legal
I have pictures as well
How does CalOSHA affect people that are temporarily working from home?
How do you write so neatly on the white board?
What does OSHA have to say about self check outs. What if someone dropped something heavy on their foot broke a toe. That would be work comp? But one isn't getting a pay check from Walmart. Because of what happened, wouldn't OSHA be involved? Safety hazard.
Safty violations **Fuel canisters were not properly labeled and I filled up a diesel generator to run air tools with a fuel canister that wasn't the appropriate combustible for that equipment, supervisor fired me because I had already told the supervisor that the canisters had be labeled accordingly to the combustible each canisters is holding
Team leads did not enforce covid19 giudelines with co-workers in a public environment , threatened ,bullied, forced to leave job site, constructive layoff, I was told Osha violations were none of my business. This was a second location in which my fiance and I were forced to leave because I complained of osha violations. We ended up getting layed of until our unemployment benefits exhausted without reason or warning. The company and my supervisor ceased all communication with us including taking us off the schedule even though they were seeking to hire for the same position.
@Robert Ramsey sorry to hear that. I take osha guidelines seriously you should too.
Safety standard complaint because I got sick from carbon monoxide. I made the complaint with the safety department. After filing the complaint and I found out that the CO2/ NO2/CO gas detection system has been off since 2011. That is 12 years I worked around diesel engines without a gas detection system. I asked the company to fix the detection system, and now I am being harassed.
My employer didn't provide bathrooms and was getting paid under minimum wage. Didn't have workers comp insurance earthier.
I work for a beverage catering company that has these metal bars that are at least 8 feet tall with roofs. I was told at the end of my shift we had to basically put these huge grill covers over the bars… ( all 4 of them.) from climbing up on the bar with no real ladder. To sticking my head between the bar roofs to pull cover over the bars. If I slipped my head barely fit through the hole. I would’ve basically been hung by my head. Workplace safety is no joke for the people on the ground. But the people in the office never have to do these things…. They think we are being lazy… they couldn’t splurge couple more thousand dollars for a retractible cover for the bar like they do at stadiums… or food trucks. Greed gets to them and they cut corners to save money.
Is there any reason I shouldn't be a whistleblower for OSHA in a genuinely dangerous work environment where people could be severely injured or killed? And don't whistleblowers get paid a certain percentage of fines collected?
Your employer can’t punish you for standing up for your rights as workers. They don’t clean the porter potties it’s a violation over flowing, also they need to provide some form of water.
Also I was fired unlawfully for I think whistle blowing because I refused to test the water levels for PH & chlorine levels when they where too high & low & recommended the park be closed & they didn’t like that💯%fact. But couldn’t just fire me then it would of been too obvious so they waited to do it right before the park opened!! From looking at a raise with another job position to being fired for nothing is suspicious to me💯%
my wife works at a restaurant that does not have ac and has a flat top stove up to 500 degrees what are the requirements on heat
in Georgia
I was injured at work from pressure washing for 2 weeks straight which caused TENNIS ELBOW then I was moving a heavy steel crate that wobbled & almost ripped my 4 fingers off if I hadn’t acted fast & pulled my hand out just barely ripping skin off of my index finger causing TRIGGER FINGER what do you think about that all in one year?
Ouch. Stay tuned for the rest of the video series, as I will discuss much more about what to do in situations like this. I should be releasing the rest of the videos over the next few weeks.
@@braniganrobertsonlaw looking forward to it thank you for your information I will be calling your office soon.
This presenter is correct. Some states have what are called "State Plans"; specific, and in addition to the regulations and protections promulgated by federal OSHA. Other states do not have state plans, and abide only by federal OSHA. State Plans must be equal to, or above the protections promulgated by federal OSHA.
This legislation is driven by money, and the insurance industry. Employers who do not at least follow federal standards for workplace safety can be fined, and held "criminally" liable in court. Yes, that means jail time.
I was remodeling a Walmart… Long story short, they hired this new guy. He worked with us for a week maybe, then he got fired because of his criminal background! Me and most of the work crew was building the self check out Scanners right by the entrance of the store. But over night they always have someone watching the door sitting down by the entrance. To prevent any situations that could happen. you would think they would put a strong man To make sure nothing like this happens or at least somebody who can handle them self in A situation like this to prevent them from entering. But they had this little 120 pound cute ish girl in her 20s. Wild right . But one random night. Like about a week or so after he got fired
Supposedly he committed like a murder or attempted murder!!! Something like that. Basically he did something very violent then came to where he got fired at . when he knew we was working there. He came through Yellen running through the doors through the store almost bumped into me I had a side step out the way and a cop came in and shot a taser at him and missed the first one and a taser almost hit me. at this point everybody stop doing what they were doing and all the higher up bosses were telling us to get to work get to work while that was occurring in the facility. I started recording from a safe distance as he was already compromised. But the whole time they was telling us to get back to work. While this crazy man who just got fired from our team was screaming and cussing at us and yelling from getting tased. Then the new lady who just became an SPC was telling me it was unsafe for me to be recording at that moment. At that point he was already compromised but I feel like it would’ve been safer to record the whole situation instead of get to work. So it’s dangerous for me to record. In the store because something bad is happening but it isn’t dangerous for us to get back to work ? Wild right wish I could have told my boss about it that night I’ve never old him about it
What they meant was that it was dangerous to their legal bottom line to have footage of that incident outside of their control. They lied to you.
My ex employer was having me do an unsafe act and when a accident happened (employee lost a limb) the company was just waiting to fire me which they did . Now they are calling me trying to get me to sign a write up for using the wrong tool for the job that they ordered me to use. Number 1 they fired me a year ago I don’t work there anymore to be signing anything number 2 everything in the write up was a lye and I proved it to them when they called me trying to get me to sign the write up. My ex superintendent told me they were just scared of being sued. What would you recommend in this situation?
Call a lawyer in your state.
What if i told you as retaliation my employer purposely exposed me to asbestos?
So what is you work in a big box club, a tractor trailer, reefer, arrives with the delivery, and the last store they delivered to bring the trailers door? Then, they deliver to the next store, and upon the receiver discovering the door will not stay up, the general manager is consulted. Over the radio she says we can jam a roll of shrink wrap in between the latch on the door, or have an associate hold the door up as the forklift goes in and out. OR, of we are uncomfortable with that, were can paper jack the pallets out OF the roll of shrink wrap holds the door open.
Isn't that a huge safety hazard?
This just happened a little while ago 3/28/23.
I went to lunch.
What if that shrink wrap roll doesn't hold the door open? This is a full sized refrigerated trailer hauled by a full sized diesel truck, not a little delivery truck.
That seems to me, a dangerous practice to expect your employees to try and do.
When they give you too much work.....it continues I might have to make another phone call. When they think they are getting away with it. Nope nope nope. 5:52.....
I work as a Safety manager for industrial construction companies.
I have seen a lot of employees done dirty by their employers that use safety to target and terminate employees that management wants to get rid of. Then when someone gets hurt or worse the companies play dirty and throw their integrity out the window to protect their safety record and avoid paying more insurance. I worked for one company that had an employee die in an accident at work and got his death ruled a self inflicted life ending event.
A lot of these Safety reps on these construction projects need more training and more over site.
I have been looking into if they are operating “Under the color of the law”, because they are tasked by the company to enforce Federal safety rules and regulations per OSHA and other governing bodies such as the EPA and NRC.
A lot of these so called safety professionals power trip and abuse their authority.
Can an employer demote you/move you to a different department instead of firing you to avoid being sued for wrongful termination?
They can often do whatever they want is the problem.
I filed an OSHA complaint 11/12/2021 for Covid violations/no safety standards. Was terminated on 11/15/2021. Filed OSHA whistleblower complaint 11/16/2021. We are now at the settlement phase and I am NOT happy with the settlement amount and the conditions attached. This occurred in Wisconsin. My two OSHA investigators seem to have turned sour towards me. They once seemed helpful and said they were going to negotiate on my behalf because after a very lengthy investigation they found merit in my case and said it was a strong case. Told me to gather up all of my receipts and expenses I’ve incurred along with lost wages. Then a few months later they seemed to shift and weren’t inclined to negotiate for my expenses and losses incurred due to being fired. Something seems off to me. Any attorney out there want to help me? I haven’t signed the settlement proposal yet.
Have you yet?
No compliance to any previous violations.
Here in cali too I work at a truck wash and they make us wash some trucks with acid and do not provide masks so when I brung my own they laugh at me and make jokes
Me watching this video because I love learning about OSHA regulations and want to become an occupational safety specialist lol
My boss is on drugs, is employees are on drugs. He made me drive a company vehicle to deliver product with no Driver's license and ride with an employee. There was smoking pot all day long. My life was in danger.
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The company I worked for is requiring all workers to put their hair up in a tight bun.(For safety reasons) What about us who get migranes and cluster headaches?
Now mind you, there was never in the history of this company, has anyone ever been hurt or scalped working around those machines... Now this same place had a person lose 2 fingers from not replacing a guard but hair below shoulder length is a problem? Many of us had offered to sign a paper stating the company wouldn't be at fault if injured due to not putting hair in this tight bun. It seems way over the top! THEY MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE TO WORK THERE FOR THOSE OF US WHO SUFFER FROM MIGRANES
Hair requirements like that are pretty common and definitely legal. You signing a release of liability means nothing to OSHA. They're not supposed to wait until after somebody gets scalped to make these rules.
My job makes soda and it’s infested with big roaches. It really bothers me
Yooo! Where you been
Crazy busy. But I’m pumped to start making more videos so expect more from me shortly.
Don’t call his office for free legal advice ! Nobody has time for that !
What about getting COVID at work??
How can employers have a duty to provide ergonomic chairs, etc. but not protect from COVID??!
@@anonanonymous1970 They do have an obligation to try to stop the spread of covid. Cal-OSHA fined hundreds of companies for Covid violations. See here - www.dir.ca.gov/DOSH/covid19citations.asp
@@braniganrobertsonlaw Thanks. These are really minor fines. Have there been lawsuits against employers, based on Cal-OSHA, for requiring employees to be in-person or not requiring masks at work?
Why wouldn't a sexually harassing supervisor create an unsafe work environment under Cal-OSHA??
I agree. It is unsafe. My point in the video was that OSHA and Cal-OSHA don't directly regulate harassment. There are other laws that do that. See my harassment videos if you want to know more about that.
@@braniganrobertsonlaw Is there an express carve out in Cal-OSHA? Has anyone tried to root a sexual harassment claim in Cal-OSHA (the complaint would of course also include the statutes you cover in other videos). Thanks.
A contracting company was hired by my employer. Said contractors breached a natural gas line inside our building. No evacuation was executed. Communication from employer's representatives used subjective language such as "minor" without actual measurements to describe the event. Our work team felt the affects of the natural gas leak. Other team mates noted health differences and went home. The employer has addressed that they are not up to date. After 1 week, we still don't have an updated evacuation or response plan to emergencies.
Sheesh. Not good. My next video which should be out on Friday or Monday is about how to report things like this.
Safety with COVID. N95 protection needed. High risk.
I drive a forklift at work. They now gave us walkie talkie. Great. There Makin us wear.. WEAR it at all times. On me.. umm shouldn't it b mounted on my jeep
Ur number doesn't work anywhere
My job let the employees poop and throw dirty toilet tissue in a bucket next the toilet and not flush it. That bathroom is in the break room where people eat and the bathroom has no roof or doors to separate the bathroom
That is disgusting. Maybe reporting them to OSHA will fix the issue. See my later videos in this series on Safety.
Who walks up to you everyday at a job asking for drugs expres employment wonder ga