*By Scott Coghlan
The Department of Labor recently announced a new web based tool to help employers understand their responsibilities to report and record work-related injuries and illnesses under OSHA regulations.
The OSHA Recordkeeping Advisor helps employers determine quickly whether an injury or illness is work-related or if an exception applies, whether a work-related injury or illness needs to be recorded, and which provisions of the regulations apply when recording a work-related injury or illness. To help employers in making these determinations, the OSHA Recordkeeping Advisor relies on the employers’ responses to a series of preset questions.
The OSHA Recordkeeping Advisor is straightforward and is intended to assist employers in understanding their recordkeeping requirements. While an excellent tool, it is not all encompassing, and should not be considered a substitute for the OSHA Recordkeeping Rules 29 CFR 1904, the OSHA Recordkeeping Handbook, the OSHA Recordkeeping Related Letters of Interpretation or legal advice regarding the same. These documents as well as the new OSHA Recordkeeping Advisor can be found at www.dol.gov/elaws/OSHARecordkeeping.html. If you any questions relative OSHA recordkeeping requirements and how they apply to your company, please contact us.
*Scott Coghlan, the chair of the firms’ Workers’ Compensation Group, has extensive experience in all aspects of safety and health matters and workers’ compensation law. For more information about OSHA compliance, please contact Scott at 216.696.4441 or sc@zrlaw.com.
