OSHA Recordkeeping for Employees Video

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OSHA Recordkeeping Training Video Excerpt: You and your employer have a powerful tool for making your facility a safer place to work. Its OSHA’s revamped recordkeeping system often referred to as Part 1904 after its federal regulation part number. In addition to establishing a standard method for recording work related illnesses and injuries. Part 1904 allows your employer to easily create statistics on any incidents that occur at your facility. These stats help your employer to identify problem areas within your facility, and to correct any hazardous conditions that exist. Part 1904 also gets you more involved in the recordkeeping process, first, by requiring that the annual summary of workplace injuries and illnesses must be posted for a longer period of time so you have a better chance of examining it. At the same time Part 1904 protects the privacy of injured and ill workers by requiring that highly personal information, such as the identities of individuals, or detailed information on sensitive conditions, be kept confidential. There’s a bigger picture here to. On a national level OSHA relies on data that managers like yours collect. Without this data OSHA cannot create more regulations or modify existing ones. And without appropriate regulations workers just like you might not be protected from serious injuries or even death. But in order for this recordkeeping system to be successful, you have to be involved. You and your representatives play a crucial role in complying with Part 1904 because you are the eyes and ears of the recordkeeping system. That is why you need to know how to report injuries and illness to management, as well as what data to give them.