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In response to recent academic studies suggesting that employers underreport accidents and discourage employees from reporting injuries sustained on the job, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced on October 1, 2009, a new national emphasis program (NEP) on recordkeeping.

Starting next month, OSHA will begin its new National Emphasis Program (NEP) on injury and illness recordkeeping with recordkeeping inspections being conducted at employers’ establishments with low incidence rates in historically high rate industries, as well as inspections of a sample of construction firms. The NEP was developed after last year’s Congressional hearings on the perceived problem of injury and illness underreporting, and is consistent with Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis’ more enforcement-oriented approach to occupational safety and health. The inspections will be conducted over the next twelve months, and it is anticipated that the NEP will be expanded after th...

OSHA has launched its long-awaited Recordkeeping National Emphasis Program (NEP). Effective September 30, the NEP will subject employers in certain industries to comprehensive injury and illness records reviews. Employers in the targeted industries should take time now to review their OSHA recordkeeping logs and practices to prepare for an NEP inspection.

The Occupation Safety and Health Administration has released a list of about 15,000 workplaces with the highest numbers of injuries and illnesses in the nation for their industries, based on OSHA’s most recent survey. The agency stated it has sent a letter to these workplaces urging prompt attention to this issue, along with copies of their injury and illness data and a list of the most frequently cited OSHA standards for their specific industry.

Most employers are required to maintain the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's 300 Logs for workplace injuries and illnesses and post their 2009 annual summary by February 1, 2010. Employers must utilize the annual summary form (form 300A) when complying with the posting requirements. The form is available for downloading from the OSHA website.

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