Page 16 - Mississippi 811 Magazine 2017 Issue 2

What To Do When OSHA comes Knockin’
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2. Fatallty ur severe Inluzy resulttng in

lf dh employer refused *0 ddmlleh atatahty, anovelnlghthospllalizatlon, 4. Pmgram tnspeettons are aimed at
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mmd|e<l- For example the wmvhdhee the scene it they hear about It over the elasstttetl as lugh-mle tnalustnes.

off-ea la obllsaled 10 oblam a ~'edr=h lnternet, radio, or teleytstan. Aeetdents .

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Reasdnfldrand 'l‘yl=esnf05l'lA ’ hazards They are glvenalugh pnority,
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result In an Inspectlon. OSHA wlll nat tact, a Natlonal speetal Ernphasts

1- lmm-neniddngersihwhomdreiolv release the narneetthe complalnant li l-rugrarntartrenehesanal exeayattans.
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there Is a govd chance the hdmd Could OSHA wlll also keep the eornplatnant(s) tn tnspeet nnv and all trenches and
mull m a death or ~er-<=u~' mlury before tntunnerl of any aehun that OSHA takes exeayattuns they elasenre

the hazard wuld he ellmm-died lhmugh as result at the complaint. At the tune ui

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