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INJURY REPORTING

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Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration today announced a revision of 29 CFR 1904.39 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.

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OSHA announces new requirements for reporting deaths and severe injuries

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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. Regulations Codes and Standards' The rule goes into effect on Jan.

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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'

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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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Top 5 Things You Need to Know about the TSCA Overhaul

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On June 7, by a voice vote of the Unites State Senate agreeing to changes approved by the House of Representatives on May 24 (voting 403 for and 12 against), Congress has passed the “TSCA Modernization Act of 2015” that will amend the Toxic Substances Control Act, sending the 66 page bill to the President for his signature.

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Top 5 Things You Need to Know about the TSCA Overhaul

Green Building Law Update

On June 7, by a voice vote of the Unites State Senate agreeing to changes approved by the House of Representatives on May 24 (voting 403 for and 12 against), Congress has passed the “TSCA Modernization Act of 2015” that will amend the Toxic Substances Control Act, sending the 66 page bill to the President for his signature.

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2013 Interpretations of OSHA Regulations

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Even while creating new regulations and amending current ones to fit the workplace’s changing safety standards, OSHA is hard at work providing guidance material to help employers follow their rules, and answering questions and providing guidance on existing rules. February 4, 2013.

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