USPS OIG: Reporting of OSHA Injury and Illness Rates

Posted on June 5, 2016June 5, 2016 by 21cpw

Background The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requires covered employers, including the U.S. Postal Service, to record information about every work-related injury or illness that involves medical treatment beyond first aid, days away from work, or death. OSHA also provides an OSHA injury and illness (I&I) rate that employers use to determine problem areas…

Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Confidentiality Provisions Supersede OSHA Recordkeeping Requirements

Posted on October 23, 2014October 23, 2014 by 21cpw

(October 22, 2014) The federal Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission recently issued an important ruling for employers who have to deal with conflicting reporting and confidentiality requirements under the Occupational Safety and Health Act (“OSHA”) and the Family Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”) of 1993, 29 U.S.C. §§ 2601-2654. In Secretary of Labor v. United…