Assignment:
Based on the Citation and Notification of Penalty letter you received prepare a document that summarizes at least five actions you would take as soon as possible after you reviewed the letter. For each of the actions, you must state the below:
1 the exact action,
2 why you believe the action is required for the citations and penalties,
3 how you believe the actions will assist in responding to the citations and penalties, and
4 resources you would use to accomplish the action.
You must support your actions with reliable sources. Response must be a minimum of two pages in length, using at least one reference. All sources must be cited, and a reference must be provided using APA style.
OSHA Citation:
OSHA requires that the health and safety of the employees in any company are safeguarded. OSHA ensures that the company respects the rights and responsibilities of the employees and ensure that the employee feels safe and comfortable in the workplace. Having received the document concerning the penalties and citations that were made on the Acme widget factory it is important that I look on the way forward to deal with the citations and the penalties that were made on the company (Grant & Hinze, 2014). Some of the excerpts that were made about the company especially the one that involved the worker being exposed to methyl ethyl ketone and not having their gloves on is a choice that they made. The company just like any other company provides the workers especially the cleaners with a pair of gloves because they are informed about the hazard of being exposed to such chemicals. It is, therefore, wise to look into the citations together with the managers of the company and decide which ones are justified that we should pay the required penalty and which citations require the company to file a suit for abatement.
Steps to take:
Having received the document, I will approach the head of the company and discuss a few formalities concerning the penalties that had been made.
The citations and penalties that seem unfair especially the ones that involve the carelessness of the employees will require us to summon the employees concerning the violation.
The substantial violations will require me to approach the finance board of the company and inform them of the penalty that was supposed to be cleared to avoid other charges that might be incurred if the penalty is not paid in due time.
Available options:
The company can decide to make corrections to the stated violations and hence plead with OSHA to cancel out the penalty.
The company might also choose to look for ways to reduce the sentence that had been filed against them by looking for representatives that will represent them in a court of law.
The other option might also be to write to OSHA to carry out another inspection since the one that had been done they had not informed the company, and thus this will give the company time to rectify the violations that had been noted.
The company can also collaborate with the workers that were found in some of the violations to appear before OSHA and s the responsibility of their mistake and hence reduce the various charges that were made to the company.
Contacts to be made:
The company needs to communicate with a various number of people concerning the citations and penalties that were made against them. Therefore, it is important that the company gets in touch with OSHA to be able to negotiate on some terms. The company can also contact lawyers that will help in time of making an appeal about the penalties that they feel was unfair. The company might also use the agents to negotiate with OSHA concerning the penalties if they can reduce the amount that the company can be able to afford (Grant & Hinze, 2014). The company should also get in touch ministry of labour so that they might discuss some of the things that they should pay for and also get informed about their rights as the employers.
Required Documentation:
For the company to remove their name with OSHA, it is important that the various documentation required should be presented before OSHA (McCaffrey, 2013). The documentation includes the certificate of the corrective worksheet, certificate of correction signed by the employee, the cheques for the various penalty and a letter from the ministry of labour certifying that the company has observed the necessary corrective actions towards the citations made.
To sum up, the company would have cleared its name with OSHA concerning the safety of the employees. Otherwise, it risks facing other charges and even the company being closed if the measures are not taken.