http://www.elinfonet.com/fedindex/16 Articles discussing the Occupational Safety and Health Act. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:03:50 EST en-us http://www.elinfonet.com/newscount.php?popID=9065 Article: 9065 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST elin@elinfonet.com (Employment Law Information Network) The Occupation Safety and Health Administration has released a list of about 15,000 workplaces with the highest numbers of injuries and illnesses in the nation for their industries, based on OSHA’s most recent survey. The agency stated it has sent a letter to these workplaces urging prompt attention to this issue, along with copies of their injury and illness data and a list of the most frequently cited OSHA standards for their specific industry. http://www.elinfonet.com/newscount.php?popID=9058 Article: 9058 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST elin@elinfonet.com (Employment Law Information Network) Most employers are required to fill out OSHA 300 Logs, which are used to classify work-related illness and injuries. Once an incident occurs, the employer must enter into the log the details of the illness/injury of how and what happened. Employers must keep the log (and summary) for each establishment or site where they have employees. Within seven days of learning the information about the incident, the employer must record any such work-related illness/injuries resulting in: http://www.elinfonet.com/newscount.php?popID=8983 Article: 8983 Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:00:00 EST elin@elinfonet.com (Employment Law Information Network) Employers may order employees to take seasonal and H1N1 vaccines, the nation’s principal workplace safety and health agency has stated. OSHA offered this opinion in a letter of interpretation, published recently on the agency’s website. http://www.elinfonet.com/newscount.php?popID=8976 Article: 8976 Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:00:00 EST elin@elinfonet.com (Employment Law Information Network) In the midst of finding childcare for children unexpectedly home from school, coping with business disruption, power outages, and dangerous streets, we often forget that winter storms, like hurricanes, pose special workplace hazards especially when employers begin to clean up and restore business. Many fatalities, injuries, and OSHA citations occur as employees perform non-routine tasks after the storm eases. http://www.elinfonet.com/newscount.php?popID=8967 Article: 8967 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:00:00 EST elin@elinfonet.com (Employment Law Information Network) OSHA has announced a new proposed Injury and Illness Recordkeeping Regulation, §1904.12, which would add a separate column on the OSHA 300 Log for the recording of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs). The proposed regulation would be virtually identical to the 2001 final Recordkeeping Regulation on MSDs which was deleted before it went into effect. http://www.elinfonet.com/newscount.php?popID=8964 Article: 8964 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:00:00 EST elin@elinfonet.com (Employment Law Information Network) Covered employers must post a summary of job-related injuries and illnesses from 2009 at their place of business by February 1. In particular, the California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) requires the Cal/OSHA Log 300A summary be displayed from February 1 to April 30 for employee review. http://www.elinfonet.com/newscount.php?popID=8943 Article: 8943 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:00:00 EST elin@elinfonet.com (Employment Law Information Network) In a move sure to be viewed by some as a prelude to a new ergonomics rulemaking, OSHA has proposed adding a separate column on the OSHA 300 log for employers to record work-related musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs). (The initial 2001 recordkeeping final rule had included an MSD column, but OSHA later deleted that column before the provision ever became effective.) The rule also proposes the same definition of “MSDs” that OSHA had included in the initial 2001 final rule. http://www.elinfonet.com/newscount.php?popID=8937 Article: 8937 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:00:00 EST elin@elinfonet.com (Employment Law Information Network) On January 29, 2010, OSHA published a proposed rule to revise its 300 Log of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses. The proposed revision would restore a column dedicated to tracking musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs). OSHA announced that it will hold a public meeting on the proposal on March 9, 2010. If finalized, the new regulation would take effect beginning January 1, 2011. What remains unknown at this point is what OSHA will do with the new data, and whether it would – or could or should – promulgate a new ergonomics standard. http://www.elinfonet.com/newscount.php?popID=8920 Article: 8920 Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:00:00 EST elin@elinfonet.com (Employment Law Information Network) Most employers are required to maintain the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's 300 Logs for workplace injuries and illnesses and post their 2009 annual summary by February 1, 2010. Employers must utilize the annual summary form (form 300A) when complying with the posting requirements. The form is available for downloading from the OSHA website. http://www.elinfonet.com/newscount.php?popID=8897 Article: 8897 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST elin@elinfonet.com (Employment Law Information Network) On September 30, 2009, the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) implemented its National Emphasis Program (NEP) on recordkeeping in an effort to identify and correct under-recorded and improperly recorded cases of workplace injuries and illnesses. The NEP is a federal program and is limited to states under federal OSHA jurisdiction; however, the NEP strongly encourages state OSHA programs to conduct their own recordkeeping initiatives.