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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
nd fax-
ing the completed form to (515)
242-5076 or sending the com-
pleted form to
;
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
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:
OSHA’s Reporting and Recordkeeping Rule
Posting Reminder
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