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BLR’s new Special Report: Recording and Reporting Occupational Injuries and Illnesses (29 CFR 1904)

Almost as long as there’s been an OSHA, the agency has demanded that businesses keep records of and report illnesses and injuries related to the work they do.

OSHA’s recordkeeping and reporting obligations have changed substantially in recent years, however. There are new forms, new categories to report, and revised timelines for doing so. If you’ve been handling your company’s injury/illness reporting over time, you need to be sure you’re following the latest guidelines.

Keeping you up to date is the purpose of BLR’s special report, Recording and Reporting Occupational Injuries and Illnesses (29 CFR 1904). Our editors have culled through the latest versions of the regulations, which control recordkeeping and reporting, to produce easy-to-understand, plain-English explanations for these questions:

--What organizations are responsible for 1904 reporting? (A surprisingly large number are not.)

--What must all organizations report, even if exempt from filing 1904 reports?

--What events must be reported on OSHA’s Form 300 Log, 300-A Annual Summary and 301 incident report?

-- What access is available for workers or their representatives to see or obtain OSHA injury/illness reporting?

--What are worker rights regarding privacy? (One of the latest revisions is on this issue.)

-- Clear definitions for key terms, such as “work-related” and “restricted work.”

-- Timelines for reporting, records retention, and providing access to records. (They are as short as 4 hours!)

The report also offers these supplementary explanatory and training materials to ease compliance with the requirements:

• 29-Item compliance checklist addressing all phases of what must be done to meet the law’s mandates
• Samples of Forms 300, 300-A and 301, with checklists explaining how to properly fill them out. (Especially useful in training.)
• Complete text of the latest version of the 29 CFR 1904 regulation, as presented in the Federal Register.

Taken together, BLR’s special report, Recording and Reporting Occupational Injuries and Illnesses (29 CFR 1904), is an invaluable guide to complying with this important reporting and recordkeeping task … made more important by today’s legal environment, where one improperly handled form can cost you an occupational injury or illness lawsuit.

It’s priceless advice at any price.

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