Items Tagged with 'OSHA recordkeeping rule'

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OSHA injury and illness recordkeeping standard

Going public with your injury rates

Pros debate whether transparency helps or harms reputations
Davejohnson
Dave Johnson
August 1, 2018
If you work in safety in a high-hazard industry, would you be worried if your company injury and illness data sat on OSHA’s website to be accessed by the public? Would you fear publicizing the data could damage your company’s reputation?
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A Confined Space blog post

Acosta: who needs government protections in the era of Yelp?

Barab
Jordan Barab
March 8, 2018
Yesterday’s House Appropriations hearing on the Labor Department’s FY 2019 budget was a fairly low key — mostly boring — rendition of how well Alex Acosta thinks things are going in Trump’s Department of Labor. I had intended to “live tweet” the hearing, but the Committee’s website was having “technical difficulties.”
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OSHA Electronic Submission of Injury and Illness Records 1904.41

Electronic submission of injury and illness records to OSHA (1904.41)

Improve tracking of workplace injuries and illnesses
January 31, 2018

OSHA intends to issue a separate proposal to reconsider, revise, or remove other provisions of the prior final rule and to seek comment on those provisions in that separate proposal. A notice of proposed rulemaking to reconsider, revise, or remove portions of the rule is expected in 2018.


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Capitol Hill
A blog post from the Union of Concerned Scientists

Will Congress turn its back on the safety of America’s workers?

Kathleen rest
Kathleen Rest
March 20, 2017
Let’s say someone you care about—mother, father, wife, husband, partner, son, daughter, friend, and neighbor—works in a facility that’s had a history of serious injuries or illnesses. You know, like burns, amputations, and broken bones that happen at work. Or head, eye, or back injuries.
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