Reports that new Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) rules regarding the reporting of workplace accidents went into effect on May 2, 1994. Requiring of employers to report accidents to OSHA...
Since the OSHA proposal would require workplaces to send the data from two additional forms, the change could result in improved incident tracking. More specifically, it could help a workplace compare how its injury and illness rates stack up to similar organizations in the same industry. The O...
Recently, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) made nearly a decade of serious event reporting data—from January 1, 2015, through December 31, 2023—publicly available for review and study via OSHA’s new Severe Injury Report (SIR) dashboard. Given th...
An imminent danger is a workplace hazard that puts you at immediate serious risk of death or serious physical harm. It may be a safety hazard such as an unstable trench or exposed electrical wire that could cause a serious or fatal accident immediately under present conditions. It also may ...
OSHA’s new severe injury reporting requirements take effect today January 1, 2015 OSHA’s final rule requiring employers to notify the agency when an employee is killed on the job or suffers a work-related hospitalization, amputation or loss of an eye goes into effect today for workplaces ...
Report Unsafe Working Conditions to OSHA Follow the proper protocol. In most cases, OSHA prefers that you tell your employer about your workplace safety concerns first. This will give the employer a chance to address those concerns and perhaps fix them. Some employers are unaware that unsafe wor...
OSHA develops, implements and enforces regulations for safety and health standards in the workplace. The agency issues standards and guidelines when it determines that a workplace is unsafe. The goal of these rules is toreduce injury and illness rates at work sites. ...
The increasing numbers highlight a need for continual focus on improving workplace safety. This data comes fromsurveys of occupational fatalities and injuries and illnessesas reported in OSHA Form 300. The data is used to analyze workplace injury trends to better understand hazards and develop bette...
For both sections: The guidance reminds employers that this limitation only applies to reporting. It states that employers required to keep OSHA injury and illness records must still record work-related confirmed COVID-19 cases.
The Effect Of Labor Unions On Nursing Home Compliance With OSHA's Workplace Injury And Illness Reporting Requirement All US nursing homes are required to report workplace injury and illness data to the Occupational Safety And Health Administration (OSHA). Nevertheless, th... A Dean,J Mccallum,AS...