OSHA 2002 Recordkeeping Simplified (eBook)

James Roughton (Autor)

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2002 | 1. Auflage
192 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-0-08-051343-0 (ISBN)

Infos

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has updated their recordkeeping requirements for the first time since 1971. This results in a significant number of changes for every employer with ten or more employees, which can often cause confusion and failure to comply. OSHA 2002 Recordkeeping Simplified goes beyond the explanation that OSHA supplies to provide an easy understanding of these new requirements.

OSHA 2002 Recordkeeping Simplified provides an easy to follow format that allows all those in charge of recordkeeping to comply with the updated standards. The book follows the standards as OSHA provides them and adds commentary in order to explain and simplify. Jim Roughton provides a comparison of the old standards to the new to allow for an easier transition.

The text is divided into several major subject sections. First the requirements are addressed to outline new elements compared to the current requirements. Next the supplement information for each subject area is divided into several parts: The first part reviews the relevant sections of the requirement and provides the basic concepts of how recordkeeping works, the second part provides answers to most frequently asked questions about recording and reporting of occupational injuries and illnesses. These questions and answers elaborate on the basic recordkeeping concepts and are further defined in each section. In addition, a series of flow diagrams are used to track the flow of the standard and examples of citations are offered through case histories.


A simplified user's guide to the 2002 OSHA record keeping requirements

Provides answers to frequently asked questions

Offers case histories of citations

Inhalt

Cover 1
OSHA 2002 Recordkeeping Simplified 4
Copyright Page 5
Contents 8
Preface 12
Acknowledgments 20
Acronyms 22
About the Author 24
Introduction 26
Highlights and Major Changes to OSHA's Recordkeeping Rule 26
How Can I Tell If I Am Exempt? 29
Low-Hazard Industry Exemption 29
What Is Important About Recordkeeping? 33
An Overview of What Has Changed 33
Overview of the New Forms 34
Work-Related Status 34
Recording Criteria 35
Day Counts 36
Annual Summary 36
Employee Involvement (Participation) 36
Protecting Privacy 37
Reporting Information to the Government 37
Provisions Delayed 37
How Can I Get More Information on Recordkeeping? 38
State Programs 38
Part I: UNDERSTANDING THE RULE 40
Chapter 1. Overview of the Final Regulation 42
Changes to the New Rule 42
Transition from the Old Rule to the New Rule 43
Changes in the Recording Criteria 44
Overview of the Final Regulation 49
New OSHA Instructions 50
Recording and Reporting Requirements 50
Enforcement Date 51
Summary of the New Recordkeeping Rule 51
Citations and Penalties 63
Recording Criteria for Cases Involving Medical Removal 64
Privacy Concern Cases--Employee Privacy 65
Physician or Other Licensed Health Care Provider's Opinion 66
Other Changes 67
Chapter 2. Occupational Injury and Illness Recording and Reporting Requirements, Part 1904 73
Purpose„Subpart A 76
Definitions, Section 1904.46, Subpart G 76
Scope„Subpart B 83
Partial Exemption for Employers with 10 or Fewer Employees, Section 1904.1 84
Partial Exemption for Establishments in Certain Industries, Section 1904.2 85
Keeping Records for More Than One Agency, Section 1904.3 88
Recordkeeping Forms and Recording Criteria„Subpart C 88
Recording Criteria, Section 1904.4 89
Determination of Work-Relatedness, Section 1904.5 94
Determination of New Cases, Section 1904.6 110
General Recording Criteria, Section 1904.7 115
Additional Criteria, Sections 1904.8 through 1904.12 136
Reserved, Sections 1904.13 through 1904.28 144
OSHA 300 Forms, Section 1904.29 144
Other OSHA Injury and Illness Recordkeeping Requirements„Subpart D 149
Multiple Business Establishments, Section 1904.30 149
Covered Employees, Section 1904.31 150
Annual Summary, Section 1904.32 151
Retention and Updating, Section 1904.33 155
Change in Business Ownership, Section 1904.34 156
Employee Involvement (Participation), Section 1904.35 156
Prohibition Against Discrimination, Section 1904.36 160
Variances from the Recordkeeping Rule, Section 1904.38 161
Providing Records to Government Representatives, Section 1904.40 163
Transition from the Former Rule--Subpart F 164
Summary and Posting of the 2001 Data, Section 1904.43 164
Retention and Updating of Old Forms, Section 1904.44 164
Amended Part 1952 165
Reporting Fatality, Injury, and Illness Information to the Government–Subpart E 166
Reporting Fatalities and Multiple Hospitalization Incidents to OSHA, Section 1904.39 166
Annual OSHA Injury and Illness Survey of Employers of 10 or More Employees, Section 1904.41 168
Requests from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for Data, Section 1904.42 171
OMB Control Number Under the Paperwork Reduction Act, Section 1904.45 171
Part II: PROGRAMS THAT SUPPORT THE RECORDKEEPING RULE 174
Chapter 3. Conducting Effective Incident Investigations 176
Root Causes Defined 176
Benefits of Root Cause Analysis 177
Incident Prevention 178
What Causes Incidents? 179
Elements of the Safety System 179
What Should Be Investigated? 180
Who Should Investigate an Incident? 183
Analysis of Patterns 184
Interviewing Injured Employees 186
Interviewing Witnesses 186
Re-creating the Incident 189
Determining Cause 189
Corrective Action Plans 190
Problem-Solving Techniques 191
Investigation Report 192
Chapter 4. The Benefits of Job Hazard Analysis 195
Why Do a JHA? 195
Assigning Responsibility 197
Conducting a JHA 197
Breaking Down the Job 198
Developing a Priority List of Tasks 200
Using Employee Participation to Develop Task-Specific JHAs 204
Reviewing the JHA Until Employees Understand the Hazards of the Job 205
Developing an Action Plan to Identify Incidents 205
Chapter 5. Developing and Administering a Medical Surveillance Program 210
Why Do You Need a Medical Surveillance Program? 210
Who Should Manage the Medical Provider? 211
What Services Do You Need from a Medical Provider? 212
The Range of Medical Provider Functions 213
Early Recognition and Treatment 213
Protocols and Established Standardized Procedures 215
Medical Provider Qualifications 215
Evaluating the Qualifications of a Medical Provider 216
Chapter 6. Employee Participation 219
Why Should Employees Be Involved? 219
Getting Employee Participation Started 222
Usual Forms of Employee Participation 226
What Management Must Do 226
Chapter 7. Overview of How OSHA Works 230
OSHA Success Stories 231
OSHA's Cooperative Programs 231
Voluntary Protection Programs 232
Progress and Challenge Ahead 232
The Purpose of the OSHA Act 233
Citations and Penalties 237
How Does OSHA Determine Citations Based on the New Rule? 243
The Appeals Process 252
Chapter 8. Final Words 261
Appendix A Regulatory Requirements 268
Appendix B Side-by-Side Comparison 298
Appendix C Fact Sheets from OSHA Website 302
Appendix D Frequently Asked Questions 316
Appendix E Recordkeeping Training Presentations 336
Appendix F Federal Jurisdiction State Plan States 424
Appendix G Forms for Recording Occupational Injuries and Illnesses and Miscellaneous Information 428
Appendix H OSHA Instructions 458
Appendix I Final Update to OSHA 300 Rule 490
Index 494

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 22.10.2002
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Chemie ► Technische Chemie
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Wirtschaftsrecht
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Rechnungswesen / Bilanzen
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management
• ISBN-10: 0-08-051343-3 / 0080513433
• ISBN-13: 978-0-08-051343-0 / 9780080513430