OSHA requirements for reporting fatalities and severe injuries took effect Jan. 1
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) rule requiring employers to notify OSHA when an employee is killed on the job or suffers a work-related hospitalization, amputation or loss of an eye took effect Jan. 1 for workplaces under federal OSHA jurisdiction.
The rule requires employers to notify OSHA of work-related fatalities within eight hours and work-related in-patient hospitalizations, amputations or losses of an eye within 24 hours. Previously, OSHA’s regulations required employers to report only work-related fatalities and in-patient hospitalizations of three or more employees.
All employers covered by the Occupational Safety and Health Act—even those exempt from maintaining injury and illness records—are required to comply with OSHA’s new severe injury and illness reporting requirements.
To report these incidents to OSHA, employers can call their nearest area office during normal business hours by clicking here; call the 24-hour OSHA hotline at 1-800-321-OSHA (1-800-321-6742); or report online at www.osha.gov/report_online.
For more information about the new rule, visit www.osha.gov/recordkeeping2014.
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