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Recordkeeping and Reporting |
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Before the OSH Act
became effective, no centralized and systematic method existed for monitoring occupational
safety and health problems. Statistics on job injuries and illnesses were collected by
some states and by some private organizations; national figures were based on projections
that were not-altogether-reliable. With OSHA came the
first basis for consistent, nation-wide procedures – a vital requirement for gauging
problems and solving them. Employers of 11 or more employees must maintain records of occupational injuries and illnesses as they occur. The purposes of keeping records are to permit survey material to be compiled, to help define high hazard industries, and to inform employees of the status of their employer's record. Employers in State Plan states are required to keep the same records as employers in other states. |
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