Safety by Design Reporting Requirements

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) also expanded its requirement for reporting fatalities. All employers, even those who are exempt from maintaining injury and illness records, are required to comply with OSHA’s new severe injury and illness reporting requirements.

The rule also requires ALL EMPLOYERS to notify OSHA when an employee is killed on the job or suffers a work-related hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye. Previously, OSHA’s regulations required an employer to report only work-related fatalities and in-patient hospitalizations of three or more employees. Reporting single hospitalizations, amputations, or loss of an eye was not required under the previous rule.

The new OSHA reporting rule, which took effect Jan. 1, 2017, requires certain employers to electronically submit a summary of the injuries and illnesses recorded the previous year. As of 2019, under the new reporting rule and regulation, the new annual reporting deadline is March 2nd for the previous year.

With all the new OSHA regulations, especially for previous exempt and partially-exempt industries, it can be difficult to know exactly how the new OSHA rules for reporting affects their company.

Safety by Design has the knowledge, experience, and the technology to ensure every company, from novice to veteran, is compliant with the new reporting rules and regulations.

Safety by Design Accuracy

Accuracy is paramount when reporting to OSHA. It is always a good idea to have a second pair of eyes to proofread and edit when necessary, confirming that every i is dotted and every t is crossed when submitting OSHA paperwork.

If the OSHA paperwork is submitted with inaccuracies or discrepancies, it can cause unnecessary, time-consuming and potentially costly corrections. Our staff at Safety by Design is trained to identify inaccuracies and discrepancies on forms and reports before the paperwork is submitted to OSHA.

Safety by Design works as your partner to identify the correct form and timeline for submission to OSHA.

Safety by Design Advantage

There are several advantages of having all your OSHA records housed in one location. You will have the ability to review reports from different departments, analyze the data, and potentially identify issues that could otherwise go undetected, which may help reduce the number of reportable and/or recordable injuries.

Not only can Safety by Design keep your company compliant with the reporting rules and regulations, but we can also store your records electronically and in accordance with the retention requirements.

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