USPOULTRY recently hosted a webinar providing guidance on Occupational Safety and Health Administration injury and illness recordkeeping and reporting. During the webinar, Matthew Spencer, vice president, HR & safety programs for USPOULTRY, provided a detailed recap of changing OSHA requirements, as well as how to appropriately address various scenarios that may arise.
Spencer began by outlining the basic requirements of OSHA recordkeeping, including to whom the requirements pertain, what injury and illness reporting does and does not mean, and exemptions to reporting requirements. He also pointed out that employees have a right to see pertinent injury and illness information, as well as have access to their own records and environmental testing for things such as noise, chemical concentrations, etc.