RECORDKEEPING RULES

Recordkeeping Rules

Recordkeeping Rules

OSHA's recordkeeping obligations, in location since 1971, were conceived to help employers identify workplace hazards and correct dicey situation by holding pathway of work-related wounds and illnesses and their causes. The modified direct is conceived to make better data about occupational wounds and illnesses while simplifying the general recordkeeping scheme for employers. The direct will furthermore better defend employees' privacy.

The last direct becomes productive on January 1, 2002, and will sway roughly 1.3 million establishments. OSHA is announcing the direct now to give employers plentiful time to discover the new obligations and to modify computer schemes they ...