What You Need To Know About OSHA’s New Reporting Requirements For January 1, 2015

Beginning Jan. 1, 2015, there will be a change to what covered employers are required to report to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Employers will now be required to report all work-related fatalities within 8 hours and all in-patient hospitalizations, amputations, and losses of an eye within 24 hours of finding about the incident.
Previously, employers were required to report all workplace fatalities and when three or more workers were hospitalized in the same incident. The updated reporting requirements have a life-saving purpose: they will enable employers and workers to prevent future injuries by identifying and eliminating the most serious workplace hazards.
Employers have three options for reporting these severe incidents to OSHA. They can call their nearest area office during normal business hours, call the 24-hour OSHA hotline at 1-800-321-OSHA (1-800-321-6742), or they will be able to report online at www.osha.gov/report_online.
In addition to the new reporting requirements, OSHA has also updated the list of industries that, due to relatively low occupational injury and illness rates, are exempt from the requirement to routinely keep injury and illness records. The previous list of exempt industries was based on the old Standard Industrial Classification system and the new rule uses the North American Industry Classification System to classify establishments by industry. The new list is based on updated injury and illness data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The new rule maintains the exemption for any employer with 10 or fewer employees, regardless of their industry classification, from the requirement to routinely keep records of worker injuries and illnesses.
Join OSHA for an online discussion Dec 11
OSHA will be on Twitter, Dec. 11, 2014 to answer your questions about the new reporting requirements going into effect at the beginning of the new year. Join the Twitter chat from 12-1 p.m. CST, where you can ask questions and follow the conversation live using the hashtag #Reporting2015.

Let’s Review:

Starting January 1, 2015 all employers* must report: 

  • All work-related fatalities within 8 hours

Within 24 hours, all work-related

  • Inpatient hospitalizations
  • Amputations / Losses of an eye  

How to Report Incident

  • Call 1-800-321-OSHA (6742)

To find your nearest OSHA area office, during normal business hours (www.osha.gov/html/RAmap.html)   or  Visit http://www.osha.gov/report_online   


Should you have any questions concerning, OSHA Compliance please contact your LL Roberts Group PEO Risk Management Department (toll free) at 877.878.6463. or you can talk to us on Facebook!


 

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