In a much anticipated decision, the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (Commission) has ruled that OSHA can enforce its requirement for employers to record work-related injuries and illnesses on the OSHA 300 Log even when the employer’s duty to record the injuries and illnesses occurred more than six months before the issuance of the citation. The
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OSHA Temporarily Withdraws MSD Column Rule From OMB Review
By Bradford T. Hammock on
Posted in OSHA Rulemaking
The Department of Labor has just announced that OSHA is temporarily withdrawing from review by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) its proposed rule to restore a column for musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) on employer injury and illness logs.
The rule, originally proposed last year, would have required employers to “check a box” in a separate column on the…