Howard Mavity’s article “Are You In Compliance With OSHA’S Expanded Injury Recordkeeping and Reporting Rules?” was featured in the February 2015 issue of Entertainment Human Resources Network.

A January 1, 2015 Federal OSHA Rule may have created new obligations for your workplaces outside of California, and will eventually affect your California job sites as well. More importantly, these changes will over time result in entertainment employers coming under more OSHA scrutiny, and many employers are ill prepared for the attention.

First, a bit of explanation. The Federal Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) regulates employers in about one half of the states and authorizes “State” OSHA plans to regulate the remaining states, such as California, Arizona, Washington, Oregon, Tennessee, and North. These OSHA state plans must maintain regulations at least as strict as Fed-OSHA standards, and some, like California, maintain additional regulations. However, most regulations are the same and the Administration has been pushing these State-OSHA plans to adopt and follow all new Fed standards to the letter. Business locations in California are not yet required to follow these new fed rules, but eventually California will adopt all or most of the requirements. And you can expect Cal-OSHA's attention to follow the Fed’s lead in focusing more on the Injury & Illness Recordkeeping requirements.

In the article, Howard addresses the following topics regarding OSHA’s new injury recordkeeping and reporting rules:

  • Basic Recordkeeping Requirements
  • Who’s been added to the list of employers who must maintain Form 300s and other records?
  • New Reporting Requirements
  • Why these changes are more serious than you may realize?

Howard concludes the article by stating, regardless of where you operate, it behooves you to heighten your focus on safety and OSHA compliance, and try not to mess up those 300 logs.

To read the full article, please visit Entertainment Human Resources Network.

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