At the first of next year, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) will implement more stringent rules regarding employers’ reporting of work-related injuries, illnesses, and death.
Starting January 1, OSHA will require all employers to report any incident of work-related amputations, loss of eyesight, and in-patient hospitalizations within a day. The amended the rules to also requires every employer to report any fatal event to the agency within eight hours. Under OSHA’s earlier measures, employers were only required to report incidents of hospitalizations if three or more individuals were involved, and were not required to report amputations or loss of an eye.
The new changes expand the list of industries required to report, including some that were previously not required to maintain work-related injury and illness data. See OSHA.gov for more information.
Sadly, many employers in the U.S. still fail to ensure a safe and healthy working environment for its employees. If you believe working in an unsafe environment has caused you injury, speak with a workers’ compensation attorney from Joe Miller Law, Ltd, to learn more about taking legal action. Call our Norfolk office at (757) 455-8889 today.
