Seyfarth Synopsis: OSHA asserts that its new injury illness reporting rule is fully within OSHA’s mandate.
This is in follow-up to our earlier blog on OSHA’s new rule, Improve Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: After a lawsuit was filed against OSHA challenging its May 2016 retaliation and recordkeeping rule, OSHA announced a three month delay in the rule’s effective date.
OSHA announced yesterday that it has...more
7/15/2016
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Workplace Injury
Seyfarth Synopsis: An alcohol induced accident involving an intoxicated employee can be an OSHA recordable incident.
OSHA recently opined in an Interpretation Letter that, where an employee sustained an injury at work...more
Beginning January 1, 2015, OSHA changed its injury reporting rules to require employees to report to OSHA certain severe injuries and employee hospitalization within 24 hours. We have previously blogged about that change in...more
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency last week finalized its rule to “modernize” Clean Water Act (CWA) regulatory reporting requirements for municipalities, industries, and other facilities....more