Under the OSHA Recordkeeping regulation (29 CFR 1904), covered employers are required to prepare and maintain records of serious occupational injuries and illnesses, using the OSHA 300 Log. This information is important for employers, workers and OSHA in evaluating the safety of a workplace, understanding industry hazards, and implementing worker protections to reduce and eliminate hazards.
OSHA announced changes to the list of industries that are exempt from the requirement to routinely keep OSHA injury and illness records, and to the list of severe work-related injuries and illnesses that all covered employers must report to OSHA. These new requirements went into effect on January 1, 2015.
These changes as well as the following topics will be addressed:
Instructor: George Mauch, CITEC
George Mauch has spent over thirty years with General Motors in various management positions. The majority of his career was spent in manufacturing. Concerning his role dealing with safety specifically responsible for training and implementation of safe work practices, rolling out new safety initiatives; Job hazard analysis, What’s wrong with this picture, Pre-task planning, Take two, Team board implementation and related safety metrics, and fork truck/hoist inspection to name a few, lead role in accident investigation, root cause analysis and report out and involvement in various plant safety steering committees relating to safety improvements and new equipment/process installations from a safety perspective.
Funding Provided By: New York State Occupational Safety and Health Hazard Abatement
Board through the OSH T+E Fund