This is not a new requirement – just a longer length of time to be posted. A good broker would send a reminder to their clients in January that the OSHA 300 (used to be 200) should be completed and posted. I’m not sure where all these hostile remarks come from.
Just more red tape to tighten government control a little more. The more power the government can usurp, the less authority the business owner has over his business.
If one were to look at the benefits afforded to employees, one might realize that there are some unscrupulous employers that mask employee injuries. This puts it all in the open and may prompt the employer to be more careful with their work environment.
Why don’t you just spare me the Attorney’s fees and spell out exactly in black and white “and post it” at the place of my employment so I can sue my employer at no cost to me! What other useless buracracy shall we waste our well earned taxed income on?
I hope that “old timer’s” comment put an end to this string… This has been a long-time requirement; only the time period for the posting changed. Whether we philosophically agree with the requirement to post or not, to be ignorant of the requirement just illustrates a lack of knowledge (which can a liability to an employer).
The question of philosophical agreement does not address the original poster’s very valid concern about ever-growing government and liberty. U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis once wrote: “The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well-meaning but without understanding.”
We all know fraudulent WC claims are about 99% of all wc claims from those looking for a free handout. This posting of injuries is great especially for our wonderful litigious state of CA! It might even discourage fraudulent potentials from going through with the act if they know everyone else will know exactly how they got injured and how much money they got for it.
You state they can be obtained from OSHA’s web site but everything there indicates you have to buy them. If you’re going to tell people you can obtain them from the web site you should give instructions on how to do so or include a link to do so.
When posting we do have to remember some individual privacy. I agree posting the type of injury and how it occurred is good to help remind employees to be more careful. Showing the $ amount paid per claim could give some people the idea they can make money off of an extended injury. We don’t want to give anyone tempted to fraud, any ideas. Maybe just letting them know a bottom line total for the year. Just to let employees know the cost of injuries.
I can’t stand it anymore – do you people work in insurance? The form does not ask for payment amounts. Posting the information has been required as long as I’ve worked in insurance. If this is the level of knowledge out there then maybe we deserve the reputation of being C students waiting to start a career.
This is not a new requirement – just a longer length of time to be posted. A good broker would send a reminder to their clients in January that the OSHA 300 (used to be 200) should be completed and posted. I’m not sure where all these hostile remarks come from.
Just more red tape to tighten government control a little more. The more power the government can usurp, the less authority the business owner has over his business.
If one were to look at the benefits afforded to employees, one might realize that there are some unscrupulous employers that mask employee injuries. This puts it all in the open and may prompt the employer to be more careful with their work environment.
Why don’t you just spare me the Attorney’s fees and spell out exactly in black and white “and post it” at the place of my employment so I can sue my employer at no cost to me! What other useless buracracy shall we waste our well earned taxed income on?
I hope that “old timer’s” comment put an end to this string… This has been a long-time requirement; only the time period for the posting changed. Whether we philosophically agree with the requirement to post or not, to be ignorant of the requirement just illustrates a lack of knowledge (which can a liability to an employer).
The question of philosophical agreement does not address the original poster’s very valid concern about ever-growing government and liberty. U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis once wrote: “The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well-meaning but without understanding.”
He was absolutely correct.
We all know fraudulent WC claims are about 99% of all wc claims from those looking for a free handout. This posting of injuries is great especially for our wonderful litigious state of CA! It might even discourage fraudulent potentials from going through with the act if they know everyone else will know exactly how they got injured and how much money they got for it.
You state they can be obtained from OSHA’s web site but everything there indicates you have to buy them. If you’re going to tell people you can obtain them from the web site you should give instructions on how to do so or include a link to do so.
When posting we do have to remember some individual privacy. I agree posting the type of injury and how it occurred is good to help remind employees to be more careful. Showing the $ amount paid per claim could give some people the idea they can make money off of an extended injury. We don’t want to give anyone tempted to fraud, any ideas. Maybe just letting them know a bottom line total for the year. Just to let employees know the cost of injuries.
I can’t stand it anymore – do you people work in insurance? The form does not ask for payment amounts. Posting the information has been required as long as I’ve worked in insurance. If this is the level of knowledge out there then maybe we deserve the reputation of being C students waiting to start a career.
here is the website:http://www.osha.gov/recordkeeping/new-osha300form1-1-04.pdf