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Executive Summary: Liberty Mutual's Most Common Workplace Injuries

Liberty Mutual Research Institute recently published the 2014 Workplace Safety Index. It's an annual ranking of the top 10 causes of serious nonfatal workplace injuries. The report is based on work related events that required an employee to miss six or more workdays. Each event type was then ranked according to the total workers' compensation costs. The results are compiled from the most recent data available from the BLS (2012). The Top Three Most Common Workplace Injuries in 2012:
Topics: News and Regulatory Alerts Workforce Safety

4 Killed: Gas Leak at Texas Chemical Plant

Four workers were killed Saturday morning around 4 A.M. after a chemical leak at the DuPont plant in La Porte, Texas. A fifth work was exposed and hospitalized. The DuPont La Porte plant has approximately 320 employees.
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Safety Check by Facebook

What Is Safety Check The Facebook team has created a simple to use tool that allows users to connect with their network during a crisis. When Will It Be Used When a natural disaster or crisis occurs it's common for people and companies to turn to the internet to check on loved ones and employees. With 3.2 billion subscribers, Facebook is a popular choice for such information.
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Final Stages: OSHA's Proposed Rule to Improve Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses

OSHA's Proposed Rule to Improve Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses The proposed rule seeks to make changes to the reporting requirements of OSHA's recordkeeping rule. The comment period on the proposed rule to improve tracking of workplace injuries and illnesses expired October 14, 2014. The next stage in this rulemaking process will be for OSHA to carefully review all comments before promulgating a final rule. Summary of Explanation of the Proposed Rule OSHA is proposing to amend its recordkeeping regulations to add requirements for the electronic submission of injury and illness information employers are already required to keep under Part 1904. The proposed rule would amend 29 CFR 1904.41 to add three new electronic reporting requirements (proposed § 1904.41—Electronic submission of injury and illness records to OSHA).
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OSHA Revises Reporting Rule for Worker Injuries

OSHA Revises Reporting Rule for Worker Injuries On 9/11/2014, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced it has issued a final rule for new requirements regarding reporting severe injuries and fatalities. The new requirements will be going into effect 1/1/2015.
Topics: Revised Injury and Illness Reporting Requirements News and Regulatory Alerts