If you would like to use this option, please email Adam Smith at asmith@hcinnov.com and give him your full name, password and whether you are an RN, LPN or PA. He will get you set up on the system and can answer any questions that you may have after accessing the calendar.

OSHA imposed record keeping requirements back in the 1970’s. Since this time, these injury and illness records have become critical indicators of our operation and how well we are doing at keeping our employee’s safe. These records are also useful in identifying trends and developing injury and illness prevention practices.

Effective January 1, 2002, OSHA has changed its record keeping requirements for employers. These changes will result in a new system for tracking workplace injuries and illness.

The New Rule...

• Offers flexibility by letting employers computerize injury and illness records:
• Updates three record-keeping forms:
• OSHA Form 300 (Log of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses); simplified and reformatted to fit legal size paper.
• OSHA Form 301 (Injury and Illness Incident Report); includes more data about how the injury or illness occurred.
• OSHA Form 300A (Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses); a separate form created to make it easier to calculate incidence rates;
• Continues to exempt smaller employers (employers with 10 or fewer employees) from most requirements;
• Changes the exemptions for employers in service and retail industries;
• Clarifies the definition of work-relationship, limiting the recording of pre-existing cases and adding new exceptions for some categories of injury and illness;
• Includes new definitions of medical treatment, first aid, and restricted work to simplify recording decisions;
• Eliminates different criteria for recording work-related injuries and work-related illnesses; one set of criteria will be used for both;
• Changes the recording of needlestick injuries and tuberculosis;
• Simplifies the counting of days away from work, restricted days and job transfer;
• Improves employee involvement and provides employees and their representatives with access to the information; and
• Protects privacy for injured and ill workers.

OSHA provided training to employers nationwide through a satellite broadcast and a live simulcast on the internet, via a link at the agency’s website at

http://www.osha-slc.gov/recordkeeping/Rksatellite.html. This broadcast will remain available for review on the agency’s website through June 2002.

For additional information, you can access the OSHA web site at www.osha.gov.

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