Blog: recordkeeping

OSHA Extends Deadline for Electronically Submitting Worker Injury and Illness Records

Posted on May 18, 2017 by Ruder Ware Alumni
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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced on May 17, 2017 that the deadline for employers with 250 and more employees to electronically submit information from their 2016 Form 300A to OSHA is being extended.  Under the electronic reporting rule that went into effect on January 1, 2017, the original deadline was to be […]

OSHA’s Final Rule Clarifying (and Confirming) the Employer’s Continuing Obligation to Make and Maintain an Accurate Record of Each Recordable Injury and Illness

Posted on December 19, 2016 by Ruder Ware Alumni
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OSHA has always taken the position that the duty to record accurate and complete injuries and illnesses is a continuing duty.  OSHA concedes, however, “that its recordkeeping regulations were not clear with respect to the continuing nature of employers’ recordkeeping obligations.”  OSHA has now issued a Final Rule that clarifies the continuing nature of the […]