Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up, DOL NEWS—OSHA releases enforcement guidance regarding occupational injury and illness recording and reporting regulation, (Jan 17, 2025)
By Brandi O. Brown, J.D.
The revisions, among other things, added information regarding employees’ right to report injuries and illnesses free from retaliation.
OSHA has released an instruction, effective on January 13, 2025, that provides guidance to OSHA personnel regarding OSHA’s recordkeeping regulation, 29 CFR 1904 - Occupational Injury and Illness Recording and Reporting Requirements. The instruction includes a summary of those requirements, inspection procedures, and citation policy.
The instruction supersedes OSHA’s prior Recordkeeping Policies and Procedures Manual CPL 2-00-135, December 30, 2004. Significant changes include, among several other listed items: revision of the summary of the recording and reporting regulations; updated discussion of industry exemptions to reflect current alignment with NAICS classifications; additional information regarding employees’ rights to report injuries and illnesses free from retaliation, reflecting regulatory changes; incorporation of information about OSHA’s recent rulemakings regarding improved tracking of workplace injuries and illnesses; and updated inspection procedures and citation policy.
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