| Preface | p. xi |
| Acknowledgments | p. xix |
| Acronyms | p. xxi |
| About the Author | p. xxiii |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Highlights and Major Changes to OSHA's Recordkeeping Rule | p. 1 |
| How Can I Tell If I Am Exempt? | p. 4 |
| Low-Hazard Industry Exemption | p. 4 |
| What Is Important About Recordkeeping? | p. 8 |
| An Overview of What Has Changed | p. 8 |
| Overview of the New Forms | p. 9 |
| Work-Related Status | p. 9 |
| Recording Criteria | p. 10 |
| Day Counts | p. 11 |
| Annual Summary | p. 11 |
| Employee Involvement (Participation) | p. 11 |
| Protecting Privacy | p. 12 |
| Reporting Information to the Government | p. 12 |
| Provisions Delayed | p. 12 |
| How Can I Get More Information on Recordkeeping? | p. 13 |
| State Programs | p. 13 |
| Understanding the Rule | p. 15 |
| Overview of the Final Regulation | p. 17 |
| Changes to the New Rule | p. 17 |
| Transition from the Old Rule to the New Rule | p. 18 |
| Changes in the Recording Criteria | p. 19 |
| Overview of the Final Regulation | p. 24 |
| New OSHA Instructions | p. 25 |
| Recording and Reporting Requirements | p. 25 |
| Enforcement Date | p. 26 |
| Summary of the New Recordkeeping Rule | p. 26 |
| Citations and Penalties | p. 38 |
| Recording Criteria for Cases Involving Medical Removal | p. 39 |
| Privacy Concern Cases--Employee Privacy | p. 40 |
| Physician or Other Licensed Health Care Provider's Opinion | p. 41 |
| Other Changes | p. 42 |
| Occupational Injury and Illness Recording and Reporting Requirements, Part 1904 | p. 48 |
| Purpose--Subpart A | p. 51 |
| Definitions, Section 1904.46, Subpart G | p. 51 |
| Scope--Subpart B | p. 58 |
| Partial Exemption for Employers with 10 or Fewer Employees, Section 1904.1 | p. 59 |
| Partial Exemption for Establishments in Certain Industries, Section 1904.2 | p. 60 |
| Keeping Records for More Than One Agency, Section 1904.3 | p. 63 |
| Recordkeeping Forms and Recording Criteria--Subpart C | p. 63 |
| Recording Criteria, Section 1904.4 | p. 64 |
| Determination of Work-Relatedness, Section 1904.5 | p. 69 |
| Determination of New Cases, Section 1904.6 | p. 85 |
| General Recording Criteria, Section 1904.7 | p. 90 |
| Additional Criteria, Sections 1904.8 through 1904.12 | p. 111 |
| Reserved, Sections 1904.13 through 1904.28 | p. 119 |
| OSHA 300 Forms, Section 1904.29 | p. 119 |
| Other OSHA Injury and Illness Recordkeeping Requirements--Subpart D | p. 124 |
| Multiple Business Establishments, Section 1904.30 | p. 124 |
| Covered Employees, Section 1904.31 | p. 125 |
| Annual Summary, Section 1904.32 | p. 126 |
| Retention and Updating, Section 1904.33 | p. 130 |
| Change in Business Ownership, Section 1904.34 | p. 131 |
| Employee Involvement (Participation), Section 1904.35 | p. 131 |
| Prohibition Against Discrimination, Section 1904.36 | p. 135 |
| Variances from the Recordkeeping Rule, Section 1904.38 | p. 136 |
| Providing Records to Government Representatives, Section 1904.40 | p. 138 |
| Transition from the Former Rule--Subpart F | p. 139 |
| Summary and Posting of the 2001 Data, Section 1904.43 | p. 139 |
| Retention and Updating of Old Forms, Section 1904.44 | p. 139 |
| Amended Part 1952 | p. 140 |
| Reporting Fatality, Injury, and Illness Information to the Government--Subpart E | p. 141 |
| Reporting Fatalities and Multiple Hospitalization Incidents to OSHA, Section 1904.39 | p. 141 |
| Annual OSHA Injury and Illness Survey of Employers of 10 or More Employees, Section 1904.41 | p. 143 |
| Requests from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for Data, Section 1904.42 | p. 146 |
| OMB Control Number Under the Paperwork Reduction Act, Section 1904.45 | p. 146 |
| Programs that Support the Recordkeeping Rule | p. 149 |
| Conducting Effective Incident Investigations | p. 151 |
| Root Causes Defined | p. 151 |
| Benefits of Root Cause Analysis | p. 152 |
| Incident Prevention | p. 153 |
| What Causes Incidents? | p. 154 |
| Elements of the Safety System | p. 154 |
| What Should Be Investigated? | p. 155 |
| Who Should Investigate an Incident? | p. 158 |
| Analysis of Patterns | p. 159 |
| Interviewing Injured Employees | p. 161 |
| Interviewing Witnesses | p. 161 |
| Re-creating the Incident | p. 164 |
| Determining Cause | p. 164 |
| Corrective Action Plans | p. 165 |
| Problem-Solving Techniques | p. 166 |
| Investigation Report | p. 167 |
| The Benefits of Job Hazard Analysis | p. 170 |
| Why Do a JHA? | p. 170 |
| Assigning Responsibility | p. 172 |
| Conducting a JHA | p. 172 |
| Breaking Down the Job | p. 173 |
| Developing a Priority List of Tasks | p. 175 |
| Using Employee Participation to Develop Task-Specific JHAs | p. 179 |
| Reviewing the JHA Until Employees Understand the Hazards of the Job | p. 180 |
| Developing an Action Plan to Identify Incidents | p. 180 |
| Developing and Administering a Medical Surveillance Program | p. 185 |
| Why Do You Need a Medical Surveillance Program? | p. 185 |
| Who Should Manage the Medical Provider? | p. 186 |
| What Services Do You Need from a Medical Provider? | p. 187 |
| The Range of Medical Provider Functions | p. 188 |
| Early Recognition and Treatment | p. 188 |
| Protocols and Established Standardized Procedures | p. 190 |
| Medical Provider Qualifications | p. 190 |
| Evaluating the Qualifications of a Medical Provider | p. 191 |
| Employee Participation | p. 194 |
| Why Should Employees Be Involved? | p. 194 |
| Getting Employee Participation Started | p. 197 |
| Usual Forms of Employee Participation | p. 201 |
| What Management Must Do | p. 201 |
| Overview of How OSHA Works | p. 205 |
| OSHA Success Stories | p. 206 |
| OSHA's Cooperative Programs | p. 206 |
| Voluntary Protection Programs | p. 207 |
| Progress and Challenge Ahead | p. 207 |
| The Purpose of the OSHA Act | p. 208 |
| Citations and Penalties | p. 212 |
| How Does OSHA Determine Citations Based on the New Rule? | p. 218 |
| The Appeals Process | p. 227 |
| Final Words | p. 236 |
| Regulatory Requirements | p. 243 |
| Side-by-Side Comparison | p. 273 |
| Fact Sheets from OSHA Website | p. 277 |
| Frequently Asked Questions | p. 291 |
| Recordkeeping Training Presentations | p. 311 |
| Federal Jurisdiction State Plan States | p. 399 |
| Forms for Recording Occupational Injuries and Illnesses and Miscellaneous Information | p. 403 |
| OSHA Instructions | p. 433 |
| Final Update to OSHA 300 Rule | p. 465 |
| Index | p. 469 |
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