OSHA is making it easier than ever before to report severe injuries and fatalities by implementing an online reporting system. All employers under OSHA jurisdiction are required to report to OSHA upon a workplace fatality, or suffers a work-related hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye. Fatalities must be reported within 8 hours and an in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or eye loss must be reported within 24 hours.
OSHA recommends taking the following three steps in order to best communicate with OSHA upon a fatality or serious injury:
Be prepared to supply: Business name; names of employees affected; location and time of the incident, brief description of the incident; contact person and phone number.
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