A new Occupational Safety and Health Association (OSHA) rule, “Improve Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses,” recently took effect on Jan. 1, 2024. This rule requires certain high-hazard ...

OSHA’s Recordkeeping Standard Part 1904 requires employers to “report” certain types of serious incidents that have occurred in the “workplace”. This standard also requires many employers to “record” ...

Each year many organizations struggle with the OSHA reporting and recordkeeping requirements for illnesses and injuries sustained by employees in the workplace. No one wants to report or record an ...

Seyfarth Synopsis: Most employers understand that they are required to report serious injuries and illnesses to OSHA shortly after they occur. Even employers in low hazard industries who are not ...

In an effort to increase transparency of workplace injuries and OSHA’s ability to target employers with specific hazards, effective January 1, 2024, OSHA is requiring business establishments with 100 ...

The absence of a fatality or an accident, someone said recently, “doesn’t mean the presence of safety.” Many people involved in safety will appreciate the significance of those words. But there’s a ...

The U.S. Dept. of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration is advancing plans for an expanded recordkeeping and reporting rule that has drawn concern from construction industry groups who ...

On May 12, 2016, OSHA published the final version of new workplace injury reporting rules intended to “Improve Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses.” Among other changes, the rules clarify the ...