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The "Infamous"
OSHA 300 Log by Joe Wheeler Employers long familiar with the injury reporting requirements of the OSHA 200 log have a new task on their hands. There’s a new form in town. "The government has helped make it easier by tripling the number of pages, doubling the length of time it’s posted and quadrupling the number of boxes to be checked," Ron Landram, Risk Services-Nevada, said about the new form. The OSHA 300 log resembles the old form, yet features new categories and new posting requirements. It also comes with several companion forms, the 300A and 301. The changes went into effect January 1, and although employers do not have to post the updated form until next year, the new reporting requirements must be met. "They said the changes were to make the form easier and create less paperwork," said Josh Schultz, safety director for Risk Services-Nevada. "The truth is, it’s more confusing and has more paperwork." Those requirements include reporting days off from work for temporary employees injured on the job, a task that left several employers confused. A key part of the injury reporting form is to track and list the number of "lost time" days; those days when an employee is unable to work due to job-related injury or illness. "When a temporary employee gets hurt, they go back to the temp agency and see their doctors," Karen Hammond, Cind-R-Lite, said about the requirement. "I don’t know what happens to them." Temporary employees usually don’t return to the job where they were hurt, so employers would have no way of knowing how many days they were out. The requirement that contractors who hire temporary employees track their days away from work because of an injury is one of several outstanding questions concerning the new form that have yet to be answered. "I’m in communication with OSHA officials about this," Schultz said. "We’ve been going back and forth on some of these issues and they’re going to take it to Washington to try to get it figured out." |
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