OSHA is seeking comments on two proposed changes to injury reporting.
The first change is that employers will have to report within 8 hours not just a fatality or hospitalization of three or more people (which is the current requirement), but any work-related amputation will have to be reported within 24 hours.
“Amputations include loss of a limb or other external body part, including a fingertip. For an injury to be classified as an amputation, bone must be lost.”
The second change is list industries partially exempt from recordkeeping by their NAICS (North American Industrial Classification system) code rather than the outdated SIC (Standard Industrial Classification).
According to the OSHA press release: “These proposed recordkeeping updates will better enable OSHA, employers and workers to identify hazards in high-risk worksites,” said Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health Dr. David Michaels. “The proposed reporting revisions will enable OSHA to more effectively and efficiently target occupational safety and health hazards, preventing additional injuries and fatalities.”
For more information contact CHESS or refer to this OSHA press release.