OSHA has updated its rules regarding injury and illness recording and reporting. The new rules take place on Jan. 1, 2015.
Previously, employers had to report the following to OSHA:
- All work-related fatalities.
- Work-related hospitalizations of three or more employees.
With the new requirements, employers will have to report:
- All work-related fatalities.
- All work-related inpatient hospitalizations of one or more employees.
- All work-related amputations.
- All work-related losses of an eye.
These new requirements apply to all employers under OSHA jurisdiction, even employers who are exempt from routinely keeping OSHA injury and illness records due to company size or industry.
Time limits
Employers must report work-related fatalities within 8 hours of finding out about them. Employers only have to report fatalities that occurred within 30 days of a work-related incident.
For any inpatient hospitalization, amputation or eye loss, employers must report the incident within 24 hours of learning about it.
Details
For more information about the updated reporting requirements, visit OSHA’s webpage on the revised recordkeeping rule at www.osha.gov/recordkeeping2014.