OSHA Announces Final Rule for Employer Recordkeeping | Practical Law
The US Department of Labor's (DOL) Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has released a final rule requiring employers to report work-related fatalities within eight hours, and in-patient hospitalizations, amputations or losses of an eye within 24 hours. OSHA also has updated the list of industries exempt from the requirement to routinely keep injury and illness records. The final rule becomes effective January 1, 2015.