OSHA Has Issued a New Guidance Addressing Reporting of COVID-19 Cases
On October 1, 2020, OSHA issued new guidance that addresses the circumstances under which cases of COVID-related hospital admission or a fatality must be reported to the OSHA. The new guidance for cases resulting in a hospital admission uses the following language: Under 29 CFR 1904.39(b)(6), employers are only required to report in-patient hospitalizations to…