OSHA Issues Guidance for Recording Temp Worker Injuries

OSHA issued a new Recordkeeping Bulletin as part of its Temporary Worker Initiative, which focuses on compliance with safety and health requirements when temporary workers are employed under the joint (or dual) employment of a staffing agency and a host employer. In its new bulletin, OSHA notes that injuries and illnesses should be recorded on only one employer's OSHA 300 log and that in most cases, the employer supervising them on a day-to-day basis is responsible for recording these incidents. Because the host employer usually fills this role, it is usually the host employer that is responsible for recording injuries and illnesses on its OSHA 300 log.
   
The publication can be downloaded from OSHA's "Protecting Temporary Workers" website at https://www.osha.gov/temp_workers/.