Question: What are worker rights under the Occupational Safety and Health Act?

Answer:

Workers are entitled to working conditions that do not pose a risk of serious harm. To help assure a safe and healthful workplace, OSHA also provides workers with the right to:

• Receive information and training about hazards, methods to prevent harm, and the OSHA standards that apply to their workplace. The training must be in a language that workers can understand;
• Receive copies of the results from tests and monitoring done to find and measure hazards in their workplace;
• Review copies of records of work-related injuries and illnesses that occur in their workplace;
• Receive copies of their workplace medical records;
• File a confidential complaint with OSHA to have their workplace inspected;
• Participate in an OSHA inspection and speak in private with the inspector;
• File a complaint with OSHA if they have been retaliated or discriminated against by their employer as the result of requesting an inspection or using any of their other rights under the OSH Act; and
• File a complaint if punished or discriminated against for acting as a "whistleblower" under the 21 additional federal laws for which OSHA has jurisdiction.

See OSHA's Workers' Rights page for more information.