| Old Rule |
New Rule |
| Forms'1904.29 |
OSHA 200 - Log and Summary
OSHA 101 - Supplemental Record
|
OSHA 300 - Log
OSHA 300A - Summary
OSHA 301 - Incident Report |
| Work-Related'1904.5
|
| Any aggravation of a pre-existing
condition by a workplace event or exposure makes the case work-related |
Significant aggravation of
a pre-existing condition by a workplace event or exposure makes the case work-related |
Exceptions to presumption of work relationship:
1) Member of the general public
2) Symptoms arising on premises totally due to outside factors
3) Parking lot/Recreational facility
|
Exceptions to presumption of work relationship:
1) Member of the general public
2) Symptoms arising on premises totally due to outside factors
3) Voluntary participation in wellness program
4) Eating, drinking and preparing one=s own food
5) Personal tasks outside working hours
6) Personal grooming, self-medication, self infliction
7) Motor vehicle accident in parking lot/access road
during commute
8) Cold or flu
9) Mental illness unless employee voluntarily presents a
medical opinion stating that the employee has
a metal illness that is work-related. |
| New Case '1904.6
|
| New event or exposure, new case |
Aggravation of a case where signs
or symptoms have not resolved is a continuation of the original case |
| 30 day rule for CTDs |
No such criteria |
| General
Recording Criteria '1904.7
|
| All work-related illnesses are
recordable |
Work-related illnesses are
recordable if they meet the general recording criteria |
Restricted work activity occurs if the employee:
1) Cannot work a full shift
2) Cannot perform all of his or her normal job duties, defined
as any duty he or she would be expected to do
throughout the calendar year. |
Restricted work activity occurs if the employee:
1) Cannot work a full shift
2) Cannot perform all of his or her routine job functions,
defined as any duty he or she regularly
performs at least once a week |
| Restricted work activity limited
to the day of injury makes case recordable |
Restricted work activity limited
to the day of injury does not make case recordable |
Day counts:
Count workdays
No cap on count |
Day Counts:
Count Calendar days
180 day cap on count |
Medical treatment does not include:
1) Visits to MD for observation only
2) Diagnostic procedures
3) First aid
|
Medical treatment does not include:
1) Visits to MD for observation and counseling only
2) Diagnostic procedures (including administration of prescription medication for diagnostic purposes)
3) First aid |
| First Aid list in Bluebook was a
list of examples and not comprehensive |
First Aid list in regulation is
comprehensive. Any other procedure is medical
treatment. |
2 doses prescription med - Medical Treatment (MT)
Any dosage of OTC med - First Aid (FA)
2 or more hot/cold treatments - MT
Drilling a nail - MT
Butterfly bandage/Steri-Strip - MT |
1 dose prescription med - MT
OTC med at prescription strength - MT
Any number of hot/cold
treatments - FA
Drilling a nail - FA
Butterfly bandage/Steri-Strip - FA |
Non-minor injuries
recordable:
1) fractures
2) 2nd and 3rd degree burns
|
Significant diagnosed injury or illness
recordable:
1) fracture
2) punctured ear drum
3) cancer
4) chronic irreversible disease |
| Specific
disorders
|
| Hearing loss - Federal enforcement
for 25dB shift in hearing from original baseline |
Hearing loss - From 1/1/02 until
12/31/02 record shift in hearing averaging 25dB or more from the employee=s original baseline |
| Needlesticks and >sharps injuries= - Record only if case results in med treatment, days
away, days restricted or sero-conversion |
Needlesticks and >sharps injuries= - Record all needlesticks and injuries that result from
sharps potentially contaminated with another persons blood or other potentially infectious
material |
| Medical removal under provisions
of other OSHA standards - all medical removal cases recordable |
Medical removal under provisions
of other OSHA standards - all medical removal cases recordable |
| TB - Positive skin test recordable
when known workplace exposure to active TB disease. Presumption of work relationship in 5 industries |
TB - Positive skin test recordable
when known workplace exposure to active TB disease. No presumption of work relationship in any industry |
| Other issues
|
| Must enter the employees name on
all cases |
Must enter >Privacy Cases= rather than the employee=s name, and keep a separate list of the case number
and corresponding names |
| Access - employee access to entire
log, including names; No access to supplementary form (OSHA 101) |
Access - employee and authorized
representative access to entire log, including names; Employee access to individual=s Incident Report (OSHA 301); Authorized Representative
access to portion of all OSHA 301s |
| Fatality reporting - Report all
work-related fatalities to OSHA |
Fatality reporting - do not need
to report fatalities resulting from motor vehicle accident on public street or highway
that do not occur in construction zone |
| Certification - the employer, or
the employee who supervised the preparation of the Log and Summary, can certify the annual
summary |
Certification - company executive
must certify annual summary |
| Posting - post annual summary
during month of February |
Posting - Post annual summary from
Feb 1 to April 30 |
| No such requirement |
You must inform each employee how
he or she is to report an injury or illness |
