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INJURY REPORTING

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Injury reporting. The change requires most employers to notify OSHA when an employee is killed, or suffers an injury requiring hospitalization, an amputation, or loss of an eye on the job. These new requirements take effect on January 1, 2015 for workplaces governed by Federal OSHA.

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New OSHA regulations on reporting workplace deaths, hospitalizations take effect

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1, 2015, all employers under the jurisdiction of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration are required to report all work-related fatalities within eight hours and all in-patient hospitalizations, amputations, and losses of an eye within 24 hours of finding out about the incident. Regulations Codes and Standards' As of Jan.

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OSHA announces new requirements for reporting deaths and severe injuries

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Regulations Codes and Standards' 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 hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye. The rule goes into effect on Jan.

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Bird Friendly Building now the Law in Howard County

Green Building Law Update

The bird-friendly design standards that the Director adopts by regulation and that are equivalent to Pilot Credit #55. But there is no authoritative nationwide repository of bird casualties or injuries, so estimating the scope of this is difficult. But banning housecats does not make a good public policy in Howard County or elsewhere?

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OSHA Announces 2021 Citation Penalty Increase

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Ever since the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act was passed by Congress in 2015 , OSHA has been required to increase the maximum penalty they can assess businesses for violations. You can find out more about gravity based penalty amounts on OSHA’s website by clicking or tapping here.

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LEED Bird Collision Deterrence to be Required in Highland Park

Green Building Law Update

The City of Highland Park, Illinois, became the latest jurisdiction to consider bird friendly building regulations when on June 22, 2015 the City Council forwarded a proposal to the Plan Design Review Commission for comment prior to final approval by the Council. It is that same standard now being adopted in Highland Park.

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LEED Bird Collision Deterrence to be Required in Highland Park

Green Building Law Update

The City of Highland Park, Illinois, became the latest jurisdiction to consider bird friendly building regulations when on June 22, 2015 the City Council forwarded a proposal to the Plan Design Review Commission for comment prior to final approval by the Council. It is that same standard now being adopted in Highland Park.