October Public Hearing on DLSR Recordkeeping Rule Amendments

SAN FRANCISCO -- California's Division of Labor Statistics and Research (DLSR) has scheduled Oct. 22 for a public hearing on its proposed version of revisions to the federal injury and illness recordkeeping regulation. The revisions involve new requirements for recording occupational hearing loss and a delay in reporting work-related musculoskeletal disorders.In July, Fed-OSHA published a proposed final rule that takes effect Jan. 1, 2003. DLSR's version is "substantially identical" to the Feds', DLSR s