Occupational injury and illness: new recordkeeping requirements: changes to OSHA recordkeeping rules in 2002 resulted in new BLS data; comparing the old and new data series is challenging.(Recordkeeping Requirements)(Occupational Safety and Health Administration)(Bureau of Labor Statistics) From: Monthly Labor Review | Date: December 1, 2004| Author: Wiatrowski, William J. | COPYRIGHT 2004 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

In 2002, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) implemented a number of changes in the definitions of injury and illness cases recorded by employers. The new definitions in turn resulted in changes in occupational injury and illness statistics provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). As an example, in one change, the old definition considered the application of a butterfly bandage to be medical treatment and a recordable case: the new definition considers ...

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