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Workplace Injury Recordkeeping Requirements Coronavirus/COVID-19

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Cal/OSHA’s COVID-19 Rule About to Expire – But Employers Have 2 Lingering Compliance Obligations

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The California workplace safety rule that required employers to adopt and deploy measures to address COVID-19 hazards is set to sunset on February 3 – but there are some wrinkles that will require you to continue with some...more

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California’s COVID-19 Non-Emergency Prevention Standard Takes Effect

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The California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board’s COVID-19 Prevention Non-Emergency Regulation is now in place. It took effect on February 3, 2023, following approval by the state’s Office of Administrative Law....more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

OSHA Is Still Enforcing 4-Hour Rule For OSHA 300 Logs, But Reins In Area Offices On “Double Reporting”

With the number of on-site inspections and citations declining during the 2020 pandemic, it appeared that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration began issuing more citations for recordkeeping-related...more

Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.

Frequently Cited OSHA COVID-19 Violations And What Employers Can Do Differently

From the start of the Coronavirus pandemic through December 31, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued citations from 300 inspections for Coronavirus-related...more

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Employers, It’s Time To Post And Electronically File Your Workplace Safety Records

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For employers required to maintain work-related injury and illness records: it’s that time of year again. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requires covered employers (establishments with 10 or more...more

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OSHA Reinstates Enforcement Guidance for Recording COVID-19 Cases and General Investigation Response Plan Procedures

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On May 19, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor issued two COVID-19 related Enforcement Memos to provide updated guidance to OSHA investigators...more

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OSHA Issues Revised Guidance for Recording COVID-19 Cases

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On Tuesday, May 19, 2020, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued new enforcement guidance regarding an employer’s obligation to record cases of COVID-19 on the OSHA injury and illness logs. The new...more

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To Record or Not To Record, That is the Question: Questions and Answers Regarding U.S. Federal OSHA Recordkeeping and Reporting...

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The federal Occupational Safety and Health Act and its implementing regulations require employers to record certain work-related injuries and illnesses. Due to the prevalence of community transmission of COVID-19, deciding...more

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Recording and Reporting COVID-19 Cases – Updates to OSHA Guidance

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As most employers know, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requires employers to keep records of all work-related fatalities, injuries and illnesses that meet certain recording criteria. Generally...more

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OSHA Issues Interim Guidance Regarding Coronavirus Recordkeeping Obligations

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On April 10, 2020, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued interim guidance regarding enforcement of employers’ obligation to record employees’ COVID-19 cases. The guidance recognizes that determining...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

COVID-19: Reporting or Recording a Diagnosed Employee to OSHA

As most employers are aware, certain work-related injuries or illnesses are recordable under certain circumstances. For those employers not exempt from OSHA’s record-keeping requirement, many employers are wondering whether...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Occupational Safety and Health Obligations to Record and Report COVID-19 Cases

Employers face unprecedented challenges in addressing the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Among the items on their ever-expanding list is that federal and state occupational safety and health regulations require...more

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