{"id":1353,"date":"2019-04-22T15:13:32","date_gmt":"2019-04-22T15:13:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/philadelphia\/?p=1353"},"modified":"2024-12-12T14:50:22","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T14:50:22","slug":"what-happens-during-workplace-inspections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/philadelphia\/what-happens-during-workplace-inspections\/","title":{"rendered":"What Happens During Workplace Inspections?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2>\n\tOverview Of Workplace Inspections\n<\/h2>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.osha.gov\/\">Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)<\/a> is\nthe government agency responsible for enforcing occupational safety and health\nregulations in the workplace. Part of this enforcement includes workplace\ninspections, but it would be impossible for OSHA to inspect every single\nworkplace. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Therefore, there are only certain events that would trigger\nan inspection on a business:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Investigation of imminent dangers<\/li><li>Fatality and catastrophe investigations<\/li><li>Investigations of complaints<\/li><li>Programmed inspections<\/li><li><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who conducts the inspection?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>OSHA inspections are conducted by a compliance officer,\nusually without advanced notice. However, they must be conducted at a\nreasonable time, generally during the employer\u2019s normal work hours, and in a\nreasonable manner. The business owner holds the right to deny entry to an\ninspector and demand that they obtain a warrant, but getting a warrant is often\nsimple and speedy for OSHA officials. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Employer & Employee Rights<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>During the inspection, employers and employees are entitled\nto accompany the OSHA inspector around the premises. For an inspection in\nresponse to an employee complain, for example, expansion of the inspection to\nother areas of the workplace may be prohibited. Otherwise, the inspector can\ninvestigate any necessary portion of the workplace they feel fit. In addition,\nthe compliance officer may interview employees privately during the course of\nthe inspection. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What Happens When There Are Workplace Violations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If a <a href=\"https:\/\/cochranfirmphiladelphia.com\/top-10-workplace-safety-violations\/\">workplace inspection reveals any violations of safety<\/a>\nand health regulations, a citation will be issued. The citation will charge you\nwith a particular violation, along with the next steps to correct or contest\nthe citation. It is also important to note that citations are issued only to\nemployers, whether the violation may have actually been caused or committed by\nan employee. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many <a href=\"https:\/\/cochranfirmphiladelphia.com\/unsafe-working-conditions\/\">workplace accidents are due to unsafe conditions<\/a> and\ncan be prevented. If you suspect yourself to be in an unsafe workplace or have\nbeen injured due to an unsafe environment, you should consider filing a\n\tcomplaint with OSHA. If you are in need of a <a href=\"https:\/\/cochranfirmphiladelphia.com\/\">personal injury lawyer<\/a> or need guidance on how to handle your case, call us today at (800)\n969-4400 to set up a free consultation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview Of Workplace Inspections The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is the government agency responsible for enforcing occupational safety and health regulations in the workplace. Part of this enforcement includes workplace inspections, but it would be impossible for OSHA to inspect every single workplace. Therefore, there are only certain events that would trigger an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/philadelphia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/philadelphia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/philadelphia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/philadelphia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/philadelphia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1353"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/philadelphia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1353\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/philadelphia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/philadelphia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/philadelphia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}