OSHA TO BEGIN PILOT PROGRAM FOR RECORDKEEPING ON CONSTRUCTION SITES (10/07/2009)
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is launching a pilot program to monitor recordkeeping on construction and mobile worksites. The pilot program is being launched in conjunction with a national emphasis program (NEP) that is currently focusing on non-mobile worksites. OSHA will begin monitoring construction and other mobile job sites once the pilot program is complete.
The current NEP on recordkeeping directs OSHA inspectors to analyze all injury and illness records between 2007 and 2008 for the jobsite being monitored. Inspectors will then reconstruct the OSHA 300 forms from that information and compare them to the forms that were actually filed. The program was launched Sept. 30 and will expire in one year.
ABC will monitor the progression of the pilot program for the construction industry and keep members updated.
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