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This Instruction implements the OSHA Whistleblower Investigations Manual, and supersedes the April 21, 2015 Instruction. This manual outlines procedures, and other information relative to the handling of retaliation complaints under the various whistleblower statutes delegated to OSHA and may be used as a ready reference.
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OSHA Instruction DIS 0-0.8, Whistleblower Investigations Manual, dated January 10, 2002, provides guidance for investigating complaints of discrimination under fourteen “whistleblower” statutes. Since January 2002 OSHA has been delegated responsibility for two additional whistleblower statutes, each containing various differences and distinctions in the way the cases are processed and investigated. This Instruction updates the previous Manual to include the new statutes and includes minor corrections and enhancements to the previous version.
https://www.osha.gov/OshDoc/Directive_pdf/CPL_02-03-007.pdf
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If you could save money, improve productivity, and increase employee morale, would you?
Businesses spend $170 billion a year on costs associated with occupational injuries and illnesses — expenditures that come straight out of company profits. But workplaces that establish safety and health management systems can reduce their injury and illness costs by 20 to 40 percent. In today’s business environment, these costs can be the difference between operating in the black and running in the red.
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Since Anthony Forest Products began working with the Texas Occupational Safety and Health Consultation Program (OSHCON) in 1991, the company has improved its safety and health management program and lowered its Workers’ Compensation insurance premium by almost 75% companywide.
Top 10 Workplace Safety & Health OSHA Violations
OSHA has announced the top ten most frequently cited standards following inspections of worksites by federal OSHA during FY 2011.
The Scaffolding and Fall Protection standards in Construction were the top two most cited, maintaining their positions from FY 2010.
OSHA publicizes this list to alert employers about these frequently cited standards so they can take steps to find and fix recognized hazards addressed in them before a worker suffers a preventable injury, illness or death.
This list links to each standard, as well as to solutions in Safety Smart, to help employers find and fix the hazards before OSHA shows up.