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FILE NAME: Rogers Corporation (ROG) DATE: 1971 Sept DOC#: ROG057 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Connecticut Health Bulletin - Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT OF 1970 Recordkeeping Rules -- Effective July I, 1971 New regulations to implement the recordkeeping and reporting obliga tions of employers covered by the O c cupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 have been established by the U .S. Departments of Labor and Health, Education and Welfare. The new regulations are necessary to enforce the Act. They will also be used to develop information on the causes and prevention of on-the-job ac cidents and for accumulating statisti cal data on occupational safety and health matters. Three official forms are designated for the recordkeeping purposes. The official forms, instructions and informa tion needed to maintain the required records are being mailed to all cov ered employers. Employers with more than one location should obtain addi tional copies of the booklet for each location. Booklets may be obtained on request to the Regional Office, Occu^ o n a l Safety and Health Administra- |ohn F. Kennedy Federal Build ing, Government Center 1700C, Bos ton. Massachusetts 02203; or, U .S, De partment of Labor, 450 Main Street, Hartford, Connecticut 06103. Log of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses Each employer subject to the law must maintain in each establishment a log of occupational injuries and ill nesses. Each employer must record on the log each recordable occupational injury or illness within two working days after receiving information that it has occurred. Occupational Safety and Health Ad ministration Form O SH A No. 100 must be used for this purpose, unless the employer is specifically exempt in the manner described below under "R ec ordkeeping Exceptions" and allowed to maintain an equivalent log. Logs must be kept on a calendar year basis with the initial log recording the required oecupational injuries and illnesses occurring on and after fuly I, 1971. Required entries must be made directly in the official log -- O S H A Form 100 or another equiva lent form if specifically allowed in the manner described below under " Rec ordkeeping Exceptions" -- on and af ter August 2. 1971. It is expected that the O S H A Form will be available to subject employers on this date. Employers may use the " Supple mentary Record of Occupational In juries and lllnessess" as described be low for the purpose of recording logtype information that later must be transferred to the official log -- O S H A Form 100 or its specifically permitted equivalent if an employer has obtained permission to use another method of log recordkeeping as outlined below under " Recordkeeping Exceptions." For purposes of (he regulations ' es tablishment'' means: A single physical location where business is conducted or where services or industrial opera tions are performed. (For example; a factory, store, hotel, restaurant, movie theater, farm, bank, sales office, ware house, or central administrative office.) Where distinctly separate activities are performed at a single physical location (such as contract construction activi ties operated from the same physical location as a lumber yard), each ac tivity shall be treated as a separate es tablishment. For firms engaged in activities such as agriculture, construction, transpor tation, communications, and electric, gas and sanitary services, which may be physically dispersed, records may be maintained at a place to which em ployees report each day. Records for personnel who do not primarily report or work at a single establishment, such as traveling salesmen, technicians, en gineers, etc., shall be maintained at the location from which they are paid or the base from which personnel operate to carry out their activities. Also for purposes o f the regulations " recordable occupational injuries or illnesses" means: Any occupational in juries or illnesses which result in (1) fatalities, regardless of the time be tween ihe injury and death, or the length of the illness: or (2) lost work day eases, other than fatalities, that result in lust workdays; or (3) uonfatul cases without lost workdays which result in transfer to another job or termination of employment, or re quire medical treatment (other than first aid) or involve loss of conscious ness or restriction of work or motion. This third category also includes any diagnosed occupational illnesses which are reported to the employer but are not classified as fatalities or lost work day eases. (Continued on Page 11) HIGHLIGHTS OF NEW RULES * Log of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses * Supplementary Record of Occupational Injuries find Illnesses * Annual Summary of Oecupational Injuries and Illnesses * Temporary Rules for Interim Recordkeeping Pending Availability of Official Forms * 48-Hour Reporting of Accidents Resulting in Fatalities or Hospi talization of Employees Retention of Records * Penalties for Violations of Recordkeeping or Reporting Obligations MONTHLY BULLETIN-SEPTEMBER 1971 7 SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT (Continued front Page 7) --- Supplementary Record of .upational Injuries and Illnesses Each employer must also keep in each establishment a supplementary record of occupational injuries and ill nesses in which to enter the recordable items in greater detail than that re quired on the log. Occupational Safety and Health Administration l:orm OSH A iVo. 101 must be used for this purpose. However, workmen's com pensation, insurance or other reports may he used in lieu of this official form IF they contain the information re quired by Form O SH A No. 01. The supplementary record of recordable in juries or illnesses must be maintained beginning fuly 1, 1971. As pointed out above, the Supple mentary Record of Occupational In juries and Illnesses -- O S H A Form 101 or other acceptable workmen's compensation, insurance or other re ports being used in lieu of O S H A Form 101 -- in addition to their intended purpose, may also be used to record log-type information. If they were so used, such information must thereafter be transferred to the actual log as soon ossible. Annual Summary and Posting of Summary Each subject employer must compile an Annual Summary of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses on the official form. Occupational Safety and Health Administration Form O SH A 102. no later than one month alter the close of the calendar year, including calendar year 1971. The summary must be main tained at each establishment. Each employer must post a copy of the summary in a conspicuous place where notices to employees are custo marily posted and insure that the sum mary so posted is not altered, defaced or covered by other material. Retention of Records -- Access to Records The Log of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses, the Supplementary Rec ord of Occupational Injuries and Ill nesses and the Summary of Occupa tional Injuries and Illnesses must be retained in each establishment for five years following the end of the year to which they relate. BRISTOL JOB PROGRAM ANNOUNCED Commissioner Jack A . Fusari and Bristol Mayor Harwood Norton an nounced a joint elTort of the State La bor Department and the Bristol com munity to develop new' job opportuni ties through retraining for the unem ployed in the Bristol area. Area employers have received sur vey questionnaires to determine the manpower needs of the area. This first phase of the cooperative effort will take an inventory of projected requirements for skilled personnel in the Bristol area. With this information retraining courses will be initiated for the unem ployed with Manpower and Develop ment Training Act (MDTA) funds available for this purpose. Commissioner Fusari and Mayor Norton emphasized that through this survey, a requirement of the Coopera tive Area Manpower Planning System and the M DTA. training programs cun be tailored to fit existing and potential job opportunities. Co-sponsoring the survey of man power and training needs with the Con necticut Labor Department and the City of Bristol is the Bristol Chamber of Commerce. Pictured above are (left to right) : A. Leroy Anderson, secretary of the Bristol Chamber of Commerce; Frank Hart of the UAW New Britain CAP Council; Labor Commissioner Jack A. Fusari; Bristol Mayor J. Harwood Nor ton, )r., and Terry Fletcher of the Chamber Manpower Training Com mittee. Reporting of Fatal or Multiple Hospitalization Accidents Within 48 hours of an on-the-job ac cident that results in a fatality to one or more employees or causes the hos pitalization of five or more employees, the employer must report the accident either orally or in writing to the Area Director of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Room 617-B, 450 Main Street, Hartford. Con necticut 06103. The report may be made by telephone or telegraph and must relate the detail of the accident. Penalties for Recordkeeping Violations Entries in the Log of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses must be signed or initialed by the official or employee responsible for the accuracy of the en try. The Act subjects any person who fails to maintain records or file reports in the manner required to the issuance of citations and the assessment of pen alties. The Act also punishes any per son who knowingly falsifies any rec ord or document required to be filed or maintained. MONTHLY BULLETIN-SEPTEMBER 1971 II