TEXT VERSION:
Title: General Duty Clause [Clipart image of paper scroll]
Type: Text Slide with Picture
Content: Section 5(a)(1) of the OSHA Act states:
"Each employer shall furnish to each of his employees employment and a place of
employment which are free from recognized hazards that are causing or are likely
to cause death or serious physical harm to his employees."
Speaker Notes: Section 5 (a)(1) citations must meet the requirements
outlined in OSHA’s Field Inspection Reference Manual( FIRM), and shall be issued
only when there is no standard that applies to the particular hazard.
The hazard, not the absence of a particular means of abatement, is the basis for
a general duty clause citation.
Four required elements are necessary for issuing general duty clause violations
include: These include: the employer failed to keep the workplace free of a
hazard to which employees of that employer were exposed; the hazard was
recognized; the hazard was causing or was likely to cause death or serious
physical harm; and there was a feasible and useful method to correct the hazard.
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