OSHA's new rule on reporting severe injuries: what to expect.

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• Personal Author:
  Largo T ; Reilly MJ ; Rosenman, Kenneth
• Description:
  Objectives: To review the experience in Michigan on identifying and investigating injuries covered by OSHA'S new reporting requirement for employers. Methods: Since 2006, State Health Department regulations required all 136 hospitals/emergency departments in Michigan to report injuries. Since 2006, Michigan has conducted multi-source tracking of all work-related amputations and since 1/1/2014 all hospitalized work-related injuries where workers' compensation was the payer. Reports received included personal identifiers of the patient and the company where the injury occurred. The patient was contacted if the name and location of the company in the medical record was not adequate for making a referral to Michigan OSHA for an enforcement investigation. Results: There were 3,901 non self-employed work-related amputations identified in Michigan from 20062012 (Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)) estimated 1,770 amputations during this same seven year period). The top three industries were manufacturing (45%), construction (12%) and food services (8%). Citations were issued for 160 of 172 (93%) of the inspections (range 7-44). Eighty eight percent of the citations were for hazards directly related to the amputation and 61% of the hazards had not been corrected prior to the inspection. There were 309 non self-employed, non-motor vehicle collision work-related acute injuries with hospitalizations in the first six months of 2014. The top industry categories were Construction (23%), Manufacturing (16%), Administrative, Support and Waste Management and Remediation (9%) and Retail Trade (9%). The major cause was a fall (194, 55%). There were no injuries for the loss of an eye. To date, 23 inspections have been referred to Michigan OSHA and one inspection has been performed, leading to five citations. Conclusion: The new OSHA reporting rule will provide company specific reports and identify a larger number of injuries than estimated in the BLS employer survey. A strategy to deal with the large number of reports will need to be developed. Selective follow-up OSHA enforcement inspections were very useful identifying ongoing safety problems. The outcome of such inspections may change if employers know that an injury is likely to lead to an OSHA inspection. Ways to use the information to develop educational campaigns will be suggested.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Automation Chemistry Chemistry, Analytic Chromatography Electrical Equipment And Supplies Laboratories Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Injuries Occupational Safety And Health Administration OSHA Policy Surveillance
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Abstract
• Place as Subject:
  Michigan ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  109
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20054628
• Citation:
  National Occupational Injury Research Symposium 2015, (NOIRS 2015), May 19-21, 2015, Kingwood, West Virginia. Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 2015 May; :109
• Contact Point Address:
  Kenneth Rosenman, MD, Professor, Medicine Michigan State University 909 Fee Road, Room 117 West Fee East Lansing, MI USA 48824
• Email:
  rosenman@msu.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2015
• Performing Organization:
  Michigan State University
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  National Occupational Injury Research Symposium 2015, (NOIRS 2015), May 19-21, 2015, Kingwood, West Virginia
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/181743/cdc_181743_DS1.pdf
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