OSHA Poised To Issue Final Rule On Amputation And Hospitalization Reporting, NAICS Coding

OSHA is expected to unveil shortly a final rule that, based on an earlier proposal, likely will change injury and illness reporting requirements by putting in place stringent and controversial new mandates for employers to let authorities know when workers suffer amputations or hospitalizations on the job – on top of a long-anticipated roll-out of the new North American classification system for work sites that are required to report incidents to OSHA.