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File A Complaint Online with OSHA

File A Complaint Online with OSHA
Employees have the right to file complaints about workplace safety and health hazards. This right was given to them by the OSHA act of 1970 and they take any complaint by the workers very seriously. One more opportunity here is that if the workers want not to reveal their name, OSHA will not reveal it to the employers. There are many options that you can adopt to file a complaint if you are experienced with some issues of safety and health.

Now, there is the the great opportunity to file a complaint online if you recognize that the working site is lacking in safety and health matters and there is fear of danger. Then OSHA will take action and try to resolve the problem informally with the specific employer over phone. The result of online complain comes earlier than the written one. You will have to submit written or signed complaints to OSHA Area or State Plan offices that results on site OSHA inspections. But if you want more confidentiality, you better should make a complaint from your own computer or from a computer in local library.

You can download the OSHA complaint form and after fill it up, you can mail or fax it to the local OSHA Regional Office. Otherwise, you can contact your local OSHA office to receive a copy of the complaint form. You must write your name, address and telephone number so that on time they can contact you. Here, you need Adobe Acrobat Reader to get the print out of the form.

In the case of emergency, you can at local OSHA Regional Office or 1-800-321-OSHA. Again, in o their cases also, you can make a call OSHA staff can discuss your complaint and respond to any questions you have.

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