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OSHA Announces Final Rule for Employer Recordkeeping
Practical Law Legal Update 1-581-0886 (Approx. 5 pages)
OSHA Announces Final Rule for Employer Recordkeeping
by Practical Law Labor & Employment
| Published on 15 Sep 2014 • USA (National/Federal) |
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.
On September 11, 2014, the US DOL's OSHA issued a news release announcing a final rule requiring employers to report work-related:
- Fatalities within eight hours.
- In-patient hospitalizations, amputations or losses of an eye within 24 hours.
All employers covered by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSH Act) are required to comply with OSHA's new requirements. OSHA is developing a web portal to allow employers to report incidents electronically.
In its final rule, OSHA also:
- Updated the list of industries exempt from the requirement to routinely keep injury and illness records.
- Maintained the exemption for employers with ten or fewer employees (regardless of industry classification) from the requirement to routinely keep injury and illness records.
OSHA has updated its guidance materials to reflect the new requirements. The final rule becomes effective January 1, 2015.