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The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety

and Health Administration (OSHA) updated the

recordkeeping rules for injury and illness data record-

ed by employers affective January 2015.

Information

previously recorded and kept on-site in case of

inspection now must be reported to OSHA direct-

ly or via your state agency.

Since that update the agency has now

made the online form available.

The final rule will allow OSHA to focus its efforts more

effectively to prevent fatalities and serious work-

related injuries and illnesses. The final rule will also

improve access by employers,

employees, researchers and the

public to information about work-

place safety and health and in-

crease their ability to identify and

abate serious hazards.

As of January 1, 2015, all employ-

ers must report the following

events to OSHA:

All work-related fatalities within

8 hours.

All work-related inpatient hos-

pitalizations, all amputations

and all losses of an eye within 24 hours.

Employers must report work-related fatalities within

8 hours of finding out about it.

Only fatalities oc-

curring within 30 days of the work-related incident

must be reported to OSHA. For any in-patient hospi-

talization, amputation, or eye loss

employers must

report the incident within 24 hours of learning

about it.

Recording requirements:

The new rule retains the

exemption for any employer

with ten or fewer employees from the requirement

to routinely keep records.

Employers with ten or

more employees had generally been using the OSHA

Form 300 to record individual injuries or illnesses oc-

curring in the workplace. These incidents were then

summarized on the annual OSHA 300A Log for post-

ing in an employee accessible area.

Reminder:

Post the OSHA 300 A Log (summary)

February 1 until April 30th each year.

Those processes will remain the same with the addi-

tion of reporting an individual incident to OSHA direct-

ly or through the state agency such as IOSH in Iowa.

In IOWA

employers may make reports required by

using at least one of the following methods:

Completing the incident report form available at

http:// www.iowaosha.gov/iowa-osha-enforcement a

nd fax-

ing the completed form to (515)

242-5076 or sending the com-

pleted form to

osha@iwd.iowa.gov

;

Calling (877)242-6742; or

Visiting 1000 E. Grand Avenue,

Des Moines, Iowa.

The Iowa compliance date for

reporting under the new rule

was January 14, 2015.

* The FORM IS NEW *

In TEXAS

and other states

without state programs, employers reporting directly

to OSHA can use the new online reporting feature:

Serious Event Reporting Online Form

https://www.osha.gov/pls/ser/serform.html

Or any of the previously acceptable options:

By telephone to the nearest OSHA Area Office during

normal business hours.

By telephone to the 24-hour OSHA hotline (1-800-321

-OSHA or 1-800-321-6742).

The Federal compliance date for reporting is Jan-

uary 1, 2015.

Contact information for state agencies can be found

at:

https://www.osha.gov/dcsp/osp/

OSHA’s Reporting and Recordkeeping Rule

Posting Reminder

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