10/10/2014

Regulation Revisions from OSHA

By: Jim Anderson, Vice President-Government Relations, National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors

The Federal Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) recently announced revisions to its regulations governing workplace injury and illness recordkeeping and reporting. It both updates the list of industries that are exempt from the requirement to routinely keep injury and illness records and expands the list of severe work-related injuries that employers must report to OSHA. The new regulations go into effect on January 1, 2015.

To view our just-released advisory, “OSHA Revises Workplace Injury and Illness Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements,” go to: http://www.naw.org/govrelations/advisory.php?articleid=751

NOTE: This Alert is intended for general information purposes only. It does not, nor is it intended, to provide legal or other advice and is not intended to substitute or in any way mitigate the need for employers to obtain the guidance and counsel of their own workplace safety, insurance and/or legal advisers.