Think you recognize a recordable work injury?

摘要

The Obama Administration is determined to toughen enforcement by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. OSHA's new head, David Michaels, said flatly to the House Subcommittee on Workforce Protections in March 2010, "Safe jobs exist only when employers have adequate incentives to comply with OSHA's requirements. Those incentives are affected, in turn, by both the magnitude and the likelihood of penalties."rnOne target for stiffer penalties is the Form 300 injury and illness logs that OSHA uses to target inspections, set priorities and determine whether industries and workplaces are taking adequate safety actions. Plumbing and HVAC contractors should take proactive steps now to avoid two big mis-rntakes consistently made by building trades employers on Form 300 logs.