The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has proposed a rule intended to overcome a court ruling that barred the agency from citing an employer for failing to record an injury or illness beyond the six-month statute of limitations set out in the statute. The rule, proposed July 29, would amend 29 CFR § 1904 to clarify that an employer’s duty to record an injury or illness continues for a period of five years, the length of time employers now must keep records of every recordable injury or illness. The OSHA 300 Log and 301 Incident Report forms are used for this purpose.
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