As we have been following in our blogs, OSHA is advising an additional column be added to the OSHA 300 log to track the quantity of musculoskeletal injuries from happening in facilities.
OSHA will be hosting a public hearing on the Occupational Injury and Illness Recording and Reporting proposal on Tuesday, March 9th in the DOL/Frances Perkins Building in Washington D.C. from 9 to 5 p.m.
Do you have a comment you’d like to share with OSHA? Submit electronically at Regulations.Gov the Federal eRulemaking Portal . The official news release can be found here.
Update, January 2011
OSHA announced on 1/25/2011 that they have withdrawn the proposal to add the MSD column to the 300 logs. Click here for more information.
Tags: David Michaels, DOL, industrial, Injury Prevention, manufacturing, msd column, musculoskeletal injury, OSHA, osha 300 form, OSHA recording, OSHA regulation, reduce risk, repetitive injuries
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