Occupational Safety and Health Poster

1 Occupational Safety and Health Protection for Federal Employees The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, Executive Order 12196, and Title 29 Code of Federal Regulations part 1960 require the heads of federal agencies to establish programs to protect their employees from Occupational Safety and Health hazards. The designated Safety and Health official for the National Institutes of Health is Colleen A. McGowan, MHA, FACHED irector, NIH Office of Research Services Bldg 31, Room 4B54 Responsibilities of management are as follows: comply with Safety and Health standardsissued under Section 6 of the OccupationalSafety and Health Act of 1970, or developalternate develop procedures for responding toemployee reports of unsafe and unhealthfulworking furnish approved personal protective andother Safety equipment and enforce compliancewith requirements for its inspect all workplaces at least annually withemployee representatives and supervisorsresponsible for the establish and enforce procedures to assurethat employees are not subjected to restraint,interference, coercion, discrimination.

2 Orreprisal for exercising their rights under theprovisions of the Occupational Safety andHealth Program of the Department of Healthand Human Services and its ensure that notices of serious unsafe orunhealthful working conditions found duringInspections are posted near the locations wherethe conditions establish procedures for the elimination ofhazardous conditions, and to inform exposedemployees of the plans for elimination thehazards. Imminent danger hazards will becorrected establish and maintain a managementinformation system to record occupationalaccidents, injuries, illnesses, and their data contained in this system will be usedto develop annual summaries of injuries,illnesses and useful preventive data. Summarieswill be posted for a minimum of 30 establish and provide Occupational safetyand Health training programs for employees establish Occupational Safety and of employees are as follows: comply with Occupational Safety and healthstandards, rules, regulations and orders issuedby the Department of Health and HumanServices and its suborganizations which areapplicable to their actions and use personal protective and other safetyequipment provided for their report all work-related accidents andillnesses to their of employees and their representatives are as follows.

3 Shall be authorized and grantedofficial time to participate in the OccupationalSafety and Health shall have access to Safety manualsand records covering Occupational Safety andhealth standards and injury and illness shall be afforded the opportunity tocomment on alternate Occupational Safety andhealth standards proposed by the Department ofHealth and Human Services and shall have the right to report unsafeor unhealthful working conditions and torequest to appropriate officials that Safety andhealth inspections be information pertaining to theOccupational Safety and Health Program, itsstandards and procedures, the Federal Law, andother information on Safety and Health shall beavailable for review by employees through theNIH Division of Occupational Health of Occupational Health and (301) 496-2960 Division of Emergency (301) 496-1985 To report an emergency (on campus).

4 911 Using a (301) 496-0063 To report an emergency (off campus)..9-911 Division of Environmental (301) 496-3537 Division of Radiation (301) 496-5774 Occupational Medical (301) 496-4411 To report unsafe acts or conditions notify: Your supervisor The NIH Division of Occupational Health andSafety (301-496-2960) NIH Occupational Safety and Health CommitteeExecutive Secretary (301-496-3353) NIH BioSafety Committee Executive Secretary(301-496-3353) NIH Radiation Safety Committee ExecutiveSecretary (301-496-5774)Discrimination Employees who exercise their rights under the provisions of the Occupational Safety and Health Program shall be protected from discrimination, restraint, interference, coercion or reprisal. For additional information on Occupational Safety and Health at the NIH, please refer to Manual Issuance chapter #1340- Occupational Safety and Health Management.

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