New Reporting Requirements – OSHA Part 2

Effective Jan. 1, 2015, OSHA requires employers to report any work-related employee fatality within eight hours and inpatient hospitalization, amputation or loss of an eye within 24 hours. Employers have three options for reporting these severe incidents to OSHA. You can call the nearest area office during normal business hours, call the 24-hour OSHA hotline…

Maryland Worker’s Compensation Changes Ahead…How will it affect employers?

By: Travis Hinman Starting on January 1, 2015 Workers’ Compensation in Maryland will experience additional changes. This is the third year of changes to the experience mod calculations. A company’s experience mod helps to determine the rates charged by insurance carriers for Worker’s Compensation insurance. Claims filed will have a new higher threshold of $15,000…

Is your business ready?

OSHA reporting guidelines will change beginning January 1, 2015. 8 HOURS – Report fatalities within 8 hours of occurrence. 24 HOURS – Report hospitalizations, amputations, or loss of an eye within 24 hours of the occurrence. Per the Bureau of Labor Statistics there were reported 4,405 fatal work injuries in 2013. In 2013, the number…