OSHA issues new rule for workplace safety
OSHA issues new rule for workplace safety
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The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued a final rule designed to modernize injury data collection to better inform workers, employers, the public and OSHA about workplace hazards. With this new rule, OSHA is applying the insights of behavioral economics to improve workplace safety and prevent injuries and illnesses, it says.
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OSHA issues new rule for workplace safety
<![CDATA[The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued a final rule designed to modernize injury data collection to better inform workers, employers, the public and OSHA about workplace hazards. With this new rule, OSHA is applying the insights of behavioral economics to improve workplace safety and prevent injuries and illnesses, it says. OSHA requires many employers to keep a record of injuries and illnesses to help these employers and their employees identify hazards, fix problems and prevent additional injuries and illnesses. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reports more than 3 million workers suffer a workplace injury or illness every year. The agency says little or no information about worker injuries and illnesses at individual employers is made public or available to OSHA. Under the new rule, employers in high-hazard industries will send OSHA injury and illness data that the employers are already required to collect, for posting on the agency’s website. OSHA expects that public disclosure of work injury data will encourage employers to increase their efforts to prevent work-related injuries and illnesses. “Since high injury rates are a sign of poor management, no employer wants to be seen publicly as operating a dangerous workplace,” says…