Please see the article from OSHA below. The changes will be taking place effective 1/1/15. Let me know if you have any questions.
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Sharon Childers
News, Trends, and Developments
OSHA Introduces New Requirements for Reporting Severe Injuries
Starting January 1, 2015, in addition to notifying the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) of all work-related fatalities, employers under federal OSHA jurisdiction will be required to notify OSHA when an employee suffers a work-related hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye. Fatalities must be reported within 8 hours, and hospitalizations, amputations, and loss of an eye must be reported within 24 hours. Previously, OSHA's regulations required an employer to report only work-related fatalities and in-patient hospitalizations of three or more employees. Reporting single hospitalizations, amputations, or loss of an eye was not required under the previous rule.
All employers covered by the Occupational Safety and Health Act, even those who are exempt from maintaining routine injury and illness records, are required to comply with OSHA's new severe injury and illness reporting requirements. To assist employers in fulfilling these requirements, OSHA is developing a Web portal for employers to report incidents electronically, in addition to the phone reporting options. Find the text of the final rule and additional information on record-keeping requirements on OSHA's website. Contractors must act quickly to update their compliance procedures and train field supervisors on these new reporting requirements.