On July 1, 2025, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued several proposed rules, including two that impact employers’ recordkeeping and reporting obligations. In one of ...

Ever since OSHA published its long-awaited final rule updating electronic injury and illness reporting requirements in its Recordkeeping Standard earlier this year, EHS professionals have had many ...

Seyfarth Synopsis: Most employers understand that they are required to report serious injuries and illnesses to OSHA shortly after they occur. Even employers in low hazard industries who are not ...

The U.S. Dept. of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration is advancing plans for an expanded recordkeeping and reporting rule that has drawn concern from construction industry groups who ...

The absence of a fatality or an accident, someone said recently, “doesn’t mean the presence of safety.” Many people involved in safety will appreciate the significance of those words. But there’s a ...

Most companies with more than 10 employees are required by Federal OSHA to maintain injury and illness records on a calendar year basis. In recent years, reporting requirements for electronically ...

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) has released first year data derived from a new requirement to report any severe work-related injury within 24 hours.

In an effort to increase transparency of workplace injuries and OSHA’s ability to target employers with specific hazards, effective January 1, 2024, OSHA is requiring business establishments with 100 ...

The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced a final rule requiring employers to notify OSHA when an employee is killed on the job or suffers a work-related ...

Most medium to large employers in the sheet metal / HVAC industry are familiar with the OSHA requirements regarding maintaining a log of injuries and illnesses and completing the required OSHA Log ...