What OSHA Actually Requires of an Employer
An employer's duty is to provide a workplace free of recognised hazards, which is broader than complying with one list of specific standards. Where no standard covers a known danger, the general duty clause still applies, and recordkeeping obligations run alongside both.
Most workforce training covers the specific standards and leaves the general duty unmentioned, which produces staff who believe a hazard is only a hazard if a rule names it. That belief is what keeps unlisted dangers unreported for years. Excluded on purpose is your own citation history and open findings: previous violations and unresolved items are discoverable and should not circulate in awareness material.
The refresher is set out across nine scenes: one on the general duty and why it exists, two on hazard communication and what a label and safety data sheet are for, one on required recordkeeping, two on the right to report and the protection that comes with it, one on what happens after a report, one on contractor responsibilities, and one on where the site's own documents live.
