OSHA’s Record Keeping Rules - What You Need to Know

The webinar was presented by Dale Glacken, Compliance Assistance Specialist for OSHA's Harrisburg Area Office. Dale reviewed a number of record-keeping requirements.
During the session Dale reviewed:
• The need to record injury and illnesses appropriately. Who is responsible for completing the forms, with what forms, posting and how long to maintain the records?
• Need to report severe injuries and illnesses to OSHA.
• Electronically reporting injury and illness records to OSHA.
• Incentive and disincentive policies and practices that may affect employee injury reporting.
• Does OSHA have guidance for drug/alcohol programs and incentive programs?
• And finally, who is responsible for injury and illness records/reporting of a temporary employee, the temp agency or the host employer?
Resources:
• Injury and Illness Recording
• Reporting Fatalities and Severe Injuries/Illnesses
• Injury Tracking Application Electronic Submission of Injury and Illness Records to OSHA
• Employer Safety Incentive and Disincentive Policies and Practices
• Prohibition on retaliating against employees for reporting work-related injuries or illnesses
• Temporary Worker Initiative (TWI) Bulletin No. 1 - Injury and Illness Recordkeeping Requirements
Learning objectives included:
• Briefly revisiting OSHA record keeping, forms and resources.
• Reviewing what severe injuries and illnesses need to be reported to OSHA, what and how.
• Learning what is needed need to electronically submit injury and illness data to OSHA. (Do you have 20 or more employees?).
• Learning what are acceptable incentive, drug testing and disincentive programs.
• Determining if you are responsible for your temporary workers.
• Where to go for help.
NAICS Codes: 623312 (largest part), 623311 and 623110