January 1, 2015 saw OSHA change the requirements for severe injury reporting. The requirements to CALL OSHA if certain injuries occurred. The statistics from the first full year have been released.
OSHA reports that it received 7,636 “hospitalization reports” in 2015. The manufacturing industry was responsible for 26% of the hospitalization reports, while 19% were from construction, 11% from transportation and warehousing, 8% from retail trade, 6% from “administrative and support and waste management and remediation services”, 6% from health care and social assistance, 5% from wholesale trade, 3% from oil and gas extraction and 16% from other industries. (Lexology)
Source: Industry News
