OSHA's Occupational Injury Reporting

Occupational injury and illness recording and reporting requirements. Final rule.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is delaying the effective date of three provisions of the Occupational Injury and Illness Recording and Reporting Requirements rule published January 19, 2001 (66 FR 5916-6135) and is establishing interim criteria for recording cases of work-related hearing loss. The provisions being delayed are sections 1904.10 (a) and (b), which specify...

Occupational injury and illness recording and reporting requirements--NAICS update and reporting revisions. Final rule.

OSHA is issuing a final rule to update the appendix to its Injury and Illness Recording and Reporting regulation. The appendix contains a list of industries that are partially exempt from requirements to keep records of work-related injuries and illnesses due to relatively low occupational injury and illness rates. The updated appendix is based on more recent injury and illness data and lists i...

Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration 29 Cfr Part 1904 Occupational Injury and Illness Recording and Reporting Requirements— Naics Update and Reporting Revisions; Final Rule

Occupational Injury Statistics in Korea

OBJECTIVES The occupational accident rate was officially reported to be 0.77 per 100 workers in 2001 and 0.70 in 2009. The stagnant decrease in accident rate raises a question about the effectiveness of prevention activity because there have been active prevention efforts in the past 10 years. It is also necessary to know the exact status of occupational injuries to direct a prevention strategy...

Occupational Injury Patterns of Turkey

INTRODUCTION AND AIM Each year, a significant number of people die or become handicapped due to preventable occupational accidents or occupational diseases. The aim of this study was to investigate socio-demographic features, mechanism, causes, injury area, and sectoral features of occupational accidents in patients presented to our department. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study was carried out ...