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Wednesday, September 30, 2009
New OSHA Injury and Illness Recordkeeping National Emphasis Program
Recently, several academic studies have asserted varying degrees of under-recording of workplace injuries and illnesses on the OSHA Form 300. At the request of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions and the House Committee on Education and Labor, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) initiated a study on the accuracy of employer injury and illness records.
In an effort to identify and correct under-recorded and incorrectly recorded cases and to work cooperatively with the GAO, OSHA is initiating this NEP. This NEP also complements the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ efforts to investigate factors accounting for differences in the number of workplace injuries and illnesses estimated by the BLS and other data sources.
OSHA postulates the most likely places where under-recorded injuries and illnesses may exist would be low rate establishments operating in historically high rate industries. The NEP will pilot test OSHA’s ability to effectively target establishments to identify under-recording of occupational injuries and illnesses.
This NEP is one component of OSHA’s effort to address the issue of inaccurate recording of occupational injuries and illnesses. In addition to this NEP, OSHA will address the issue through comprehensive training of its compliance staff to identify and correct violations of the recordkeeping regulation. OSHA will also develop other enforcement and quality assurance programs to address the recordkeeping issue in establishments and industries outside the scope of this NEP (e.g., the construction industry, Partnerships, VPP and SHARP establishments).
You can read the OSHA notice on this NEP here.
In an effort to identify and correct under-recorded and incorrectly recorded cases and to work cooperatively with the GAO, OSHA is initiating this NEP. This NEP also complements the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ efforts to investigate factors accounting for differences in the number of workplace injuries and illnesses estimated by the BLS and other data sources.
OSHA postulates the most likely places where under-recorded injuries and illnesses may exist would be low rate establishments operating in historically high rate industries. The NEP will pilot test OSHA’s ability to effectively target establishments to identify under-recording of occupational injuries and illnesses.
This NEP is one component of OSHA’s effort to address the issue of inaccurate recording of occupational injuries and illnesses. In addition to this NEP, OSHA will address the issue through comprehensive training of its compliance staff to identify and correct violations of the recordkeeping regulation. OSHA will also develop other enforcement and quality assurance programs to address the recordkeeping issue in establishments and industries outside the scope of this NEP (e.g., the construction industry, Partnerships, VPP and SHARP establishments).
You can read the OSHA notice on this NEP here.
Labels: OSHA, osha information, safety statistics
posted by Steve Hudgik |
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1 Comments:
This is a great program, hope it gets implemented asap and becomes successful.
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