The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has recently revised their recordkeeping rule by updating the list of industries that are exempt from routinely keeping injury and illness records, and adding additional injuries to report. Employers under the Federal OSHA’s jurisdiction are now required to report all work-related fatalities within eight hours, all work-related inpatient hospitalizations, all amputations, and all losses of an eye within 24 hours.
The Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development has adopted OSHA’s recordkeeping rule. Effective February 24, 2015, all covered employers in the state of Tennessee must report all workplace fatalities or catastrophes within eight hours. Employers must also report all work-related inpatient hospitalizations, all amputations, and all losses of an eye within 24 hours. Tennessee’s OSHA allows employers to report incidents online by submitting an online form available on their website.