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2015
New OSHA Reporting & Recordkeeping Requirements
Is your company now subject to reporting worker injuries under new regulations (issued September 2014) by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)?
Effective January 1, 2015, unless exempt, OSHA requires that all employers must report:
- All work-related fatalities within 8 hours of occurrence, and
- All work-related inpatient hospitalizations, all amputations, and all losses of an eye within 24 hours of occurrence.
Although OSHA applies primarily to employers who are considered to have hazardous work environments,