DOL Web Tool Helps Employers Understand OSHA Recordkeeping
One of the most searched topics on this blog has been OSHA, even though I haven't covered OSHA very often. Since a lot of you are concerned about OSHA issues, however, I wanted to point out a new OSHA web tool the Department of Labor is offering.
The OSHA Recordkeeping Advisor is designed to help employers report and record work-related injuries and illnesses covered by OSHA regulations. It also helps employers determine whether an injury or illness is work-related; whether a work-related injury or illness needs to be recorded; and which provisions of the regulations apply when recording a work-related injury or illness.
You can access the Advisor by clicking here. Hopefully it will at least be a good starting point for your OSHA questions.
This is a great resource for a lot of people, but tt would be great if the DOL / OSHA created a web application to help log and moniter injury and illness.
How often do business use this web tool? Is it pretty new to the internet?
It's my understanding the web tool was new as of Spring 2011. I'm not sure how often businesses are using it, but I've only heard positive feedback.