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OSHA Recordkeeping

OSHA Recordkeeping
The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 assure safe and healthful working conditions for working men and women by authorizing enforcement of the standards developed under the Act. The Act requires the Secretary of Labor to produce regulations that require employers to keep records of occupational deaths, injuries, and illnesses. The records are used for several purposes. OSHA uses injury and illness statistics. OSHA collects data through the OSHA Data Initiative (ODI) to help direct its programs and measure its own performance. Inspectors also use the data during inspections to help direct their efforts to the hazards that are hurting workers. Employers and employees who implement safety and health programs at the workplaces also use the records. Analysis of data is a great method for discovering workplace safety and health problems and for tracking progress in solving those problems. The records provide the base data for the BLS Annual Survey of Occu...

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