The OSHA Recordkeeping Answer Book, 2nd Edition

The OSHA Recordkeeping Answer Book is a Comprehensive yet plain-English explanation of OSHA' s new Recordkeeping rule. Not only is accurate recordkeeping required by state and federal regulations it can be a valuable tool for identifying and preventing safety and health hazards in your facility. This book is designed to assist you in understanding the new OSHA Recordkeeping requirements, interpretations, and procedures of the Occupational Safety and Health Act 29 CFR Part 1904. This book will help employers interpret whether an injury or illness is OSHA recordable. Once an injury or illness is determined to be recordable certain procedures need to be followed to accurately record the information. The OSHA Recordkeeping Answer Book includes all the latest changes in the new Recordkeping standard to assist you in getting into compliance. It includes the following: It provides a brief introduction to OSHA Recordkeeping that will help employers be more aware of the kinds of injuries and illnesses occurring in the workplace and the hazards that cause or contribute to them. It describes what all the new OSHA Recordkeeping requirements are. The major changes include the new forms, Recording criteria, Restricted Work definition, Days Away definition, Access to Recordkeeping forms definition and Log certification. It describes which Recordkeeping forms should be used and how the forms should be completed. It explains whether a case should be recorded or not recorded. It provides a brief description of the types of decisions employers make in the recordkeeping process. It provides answers to questions most frequently asked about recording occupational injuries and illnesses. These questions and answers elaborate on the basic recordkeeping concepts and cover the subject matter in each section of the entire rule. There is also a Glossary of Recordkeeping terms. This can be used to check the exact definition of a term that might give you some trouble.