{"id":7991,"date":"2016-10-26T12:30:31","date_gmt":"2016-10-26T16:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smartsignblog.com\/blog\/?p=7991"},"modified":"2025-03-21T00:42:37","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T04:42:37","slug":"new-osha-injury-illness-tracking-rules-effective-january-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smartsign.com/blog\/new-osha-injury-illness-tracking-rules-effective-january-1\/","title":{"rendered":"New OSHA injury and illness tracking rules effective January 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Occupational Safety and Health Administration already requires employers to record workplace injuries and illnesses in an OSHA log. \u00a0That\u2019s been the standard for decades now. \u00a0Now, the revised OSHA rules require most employers over 250 employees, and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.osha.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/NAICScodesforelectronicsubmission.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">employers in high-risk industries <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with 20-249 employees, to report workplaces injuries and illnesses electronically. \u00a0This workplace injury and illness data will be published to OSHA\u2019s website, with personally identifiable information removed. \u00a0(<\/span>Many cities <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyc.gov\/site\/doh\/services\/restaurant-grades.page\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">use a similar system<\/span><\/a> for restaurant <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicago.gov\/city\/en\/depts\/mayor\/press_room\/press_releases\/2015\/july\/mayor-emanuel-announces-new-innovative-system-to-prioritize-food.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">health inspections<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smartsign.com\/watch-your-step-signs\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-7992\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smartsign.com/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/avoid-injury-caution-sign-s-4417.png\" alt=\"avoid-injury-caution-sign-s-4417\" width=\"293\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.smartsign.com/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/avoid-injury-caution-sign-s-4417.png 800w, https:\/\/www.smartsign.com/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/avoid-injury-caution-sign-s-4417-300x217.png 300w, https:\/\/www.smartsign.com/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/avoid-injury-caution-sign-s-4417-768x556.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 293px) 100vw, 293px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The new regulations also ban employers from retaliating against employees who report injuries or illnesses. \u00a0The anti-retaliation provision takes effect December 1, 2016. \u00a0(The anti-retaliation provision was originally meant to take effect in August, but the implementation was delayed by a lawsuit filed in Texas.)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The new regulations are located at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.federalregister.gov\/documents\/2016\/05\/20\/2016-11817\/improve-tracking-of-workplace-injuries-and-illnesses-correction\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">81 FR 31854<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and 81 FR 29624<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. \u00a0State OSHA agencies are required to adopt substantially similar regulations within six months of the final rule becoming effective.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Occupational Safety and Health Administration already requires employers to record workplace injuries and illnesses in an OSHA log. \u00a0That\u2019s been the standard for decades now. \u00a0Now, the revised OSHA rules require most employers over 250 employees, and employers in high-risk industries with 20-249 employees, to report workplaces injuries and illnesses electronically. \u00a0This workplace injury 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