OSHA Releases Severe Injury Report Tracker, Publicizing Serious Injury Data for Each Employer
OSHA’s new Severe Injury Report dashboard allows the public to search and download data by year, industry NAICS code, state, establishment name (i.e., employer), and Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System codes. The dashboard includes information on all severe injuries reported by employers covered under federal OSHA from 2015 through the end of 2023. OSHA defines a severe injury as “an amputation, in-patient hospitalization, or loss of an eye.” Image from OSHA. OSHA’s new dashboard continues its years-long push to obtain compliance by publicly shaming employers and raises concerns about data interpretation and improper use by third parties. Now, for each employer under federal OSHA jurisdiction, any member of the public can see injuries, hospitalizations, and amputations over a 10-year period, including in visual form such as a graph. Requestors will also get national trends and a pie chart of top five events and exposures. Anyone with internet access ...