OSHA Issues Final Rule on Regulatory Safety Updates
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APPLIES TO All Employers |
EFFECTIVE July 15, 2019 |
QUESTIONS? Contact HR On-Call |
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently issued a final rule to clarify and streamline certain safety standards. For example, it is a set rule that employers must report hearing loss injuries to OSHA if they are work-related. However, determining work-relatedness has been unclear. Now, healthcare providers must follow OSHA’s general standards for determining whether injuries are work-related, as set forth in 29 C.F.R. § 1904.5, when making a determination related to hearing loss.