Fed-OSHA Makes It Official – Some Provisions of Recordkeeping Reg Are Delayed Until 2003

The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration has announced it is delaying until Jan. 1, 2003, the effective date for three provisions of its recordkeeping revisions. The rest of the rule goes into effect Jan. 1, 2002.The three provisions in question include the criteria for recording work-related hearing loss; the regulation's definition of "musculoskeletal disorder" (MSD); and the requirement that employers check the MSD column on the new OSHA 300 log. "We have to evaluate