OSHA Proposed Rule on Recordkeeping
From OSHA’s Cooperative Programs –
OSHA has issued a proposed rule to revise two aspects of the agency’s recordkeeping and reporting requirements for work-related injuries and illnesses. The new proposed reporting requirements would revise OSHA’s current regulation that requires an employer to report to OSHA, within eight hours, all work-related fatalities and in-patient hospitalizations of three or more employees. Under the proposed rule, employers would be required to report to OSHA any work-related fatalities and all in-patient hospitalizations within eight hours, and work-related amputations within 24 hours. Reporting amputations is not required under the current regulation.
OSHA is also proposing to update Appendix A to Subpart B of its recordkeeping rule (29 CFR Part 1904) that lists industries partially exempt from the requirements to maintain work-related injury or illness logs. These industries received partial exemption because of their relatively low injury and illness rates. The current list of industries is based on the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) system. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) was introduced in 1997 to replace the SIC system for classifying establishments by industry. The proposed rule would update Appendix A by replacing it with a list of industries based on NAICS and more recent injury and illness data.
For more information, please see:
- Proposed rule: http://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=FEDERAL_REGISTER&p_id=22106
- OSHA News Release: “OSHA seeks comments on proposed updates, revisions to the occupational injury and illness tracking and reporting requirements” (June 22, 2011): http://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=NEWS_RELEASES&p_id=20118
Frequently Asked Questions – Proposed Revisions to OSHA’s Injury and Illness Reporting and Recording Requirements: http://www.osha.gov/recordkeeping/faqs.html