OSHA publishes new COVID-19 reporting FAQ

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has published additional frequently asked questions and answers (FAQs) regarding the need to report employees’ in-patient hospitalizations and fatalities resulting from work-related cases of COVID-19, the National Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association reported.

OSHA’s new FAQs provide information to help employers apply the agency’s existing injury and illness recording and reporting requirements to COVID-19.

Specifically, the FAQs provide guidance on how to calculate reporting deadlines for in-patient hospitalizations and fatalities, and clarify the meaning of the term “incident” as it relates to work-related COVID-19 in-patient hospitalizations and fatalities.

OSHA previously published revised enforcement guidance detailing how OSHA will enforce the recordkeeping requirements of 29 CFR 1904 for employee COVID-19 illnesses for all employers.