Tom Barnes
Compliance Specialists, Inc.

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently issued new accident reporting rules that go into effect on January 1, 2015. These rules cover what type of incidents must be reported to OSHA and in what timeframe.  First, here are a few items to keep in mind:

1. Employers with 10 or fewer employees are partially exempt from some OSHA recordkeeping requirements such as OSHA 300 recordkeeping.  These facilities are, however, required to report fatalities and injuries. 
2. This is a federal mandate and, at this time, only affects the 28 states under federal OSHA jurisdiction.  If you are in a state with a state OSHA enforcement agency, you will need to check with them to see if they are adopting the new regulations. OSHA is strongly encouraging all state plans to adopt the new rules.

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Categories: Technical topics, Safety

Tags: Safety Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)

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