How does OSHA define a recordable injury or illness? Any work-related fatality. Any work-related injury or illness that results in loss of consciousness, days away from work, restricted work, or transfer to another job. Any work-related injury or illness requiring medical treatment beyond first aid.

If a notifiable incident occurs, you must notify SafeWork NSW immediately on 13 10 50….A ‘notifiable incident’ under the work health and safety legislation relates to:

• the death of a person.
• a serious injury or illness of a person.
• a dangerous incident.

Today’s final rule specifies that even if an employment incident is not immediately reportable, if such an incident results in a death of an employee or the in-patient hospitalization of 3 or more employees within 30 days after the incident occurs, the employer is required to report such fatality/multiple …

According to the Interim Enforcement Procedures, OSHA’s telephone call to the employer should take place within one day of OSHA’s receipt of the employer’s initial accident report, and OSHA’s letter should then require the employer to submit the written results of its investigation of the reported incident within the …

All employers are required to notify OSHA when an employee is killed on the job or suffers a work-related hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye. A fatality must be reported within 8 hours. An in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or eye loss must be reported within 24 hours.

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The Six Types of OSHA Violations and Their Penalties

• Here are six types of violations you could be cited for:
• De Minimus. These violations do not have a monetary penalty because they do not impact health or safety.
• Other-than-Serious.
• Serious.
• Willful Violations.
• Repeated Violations.
• Failure to Abate.

OSHA’s Top 10 Violations for 2019

• Fall protection—General Requirements: 6,010 citations.
• Hazard communication: 3,671 citations.
• Scaffolding: 2,813 citations.
• Lockout/Tagout: 2,606 citations.
• Respiratory Protection: 2,450 citations.
• Ladders: 2,345 citations.
• Powered Industrial Trucks: 2,093 citations.
• Fall Protection—Training Requirements: 1,773.

Top 10 Most Frequently Cited Standards

• Fall Protection, construction (29 CFR 1926.501) [related OSHA Safety and Health Topics page]
• Hazard Communication Standard, general industry (29 CFR 1910.1200) [related OSHA Safety and Health Topics page]]
• Respiratory Protection, general industry (29 CFR 1910.134) [related OSHA Safety and Health Topics page]

10th year running: Fall Protection leads OSHA’s annual ‘Top 10’ list of most frequently cited violations

• Fall Protection – General Requirements (29 CFR 1926.501): 5,424 violations.
• Hazard Communication (1910.1200): 3,199.
• Respiratory Protection (1910.134): 2,649.
• Scaffolding (1926.451): 2,538.
• Ladders (1926.1053): 2,129.

Fall Protection – General Requirements

An employer has the right to refuse to allow an inspection without the presentation of a search warrant. Request for a warrant will buy time before OSHA returns to conduct the inspection, but OSHA will obtain a warrant prior to any subsequent inspections.

OSHA gives workers and their representatives the right to see information that employers collect on hazards in the workplace. Workers have the right to know what hazards are present in the workplace and how to protect themselves.

If an employer requires the use of a respirator in a situation it deems “immediately dangerous” to your health or the health of patients or customers, you generally could be terminated for refusing to wear one. Your refusal could be seen as directly violating a reasonable employment policy mandated by labor law.

OSHA requires employers to post a citation near the site of the violation for 3 days for employers who receive citations for violations. OSHA Standards state that employers who receive a citation and want to protest it should contact OSHA within 15 days via a written letter.