Federal OSHA’s Occupational Injury and Illness Recording and Reporting Requirements (effective January 1, 2015) require employers to report in-patient hospitalizations, amputations and loss of an eye within 24 hours. The Virginia Occupational Safety and Health (VOSH) regulation was intended to mirror the federal requirements but a legislative drafting error resulted in the reporting period for in-patient hospitalizations, amputations and loss of an eye being reduced to 8 hours. Recognizing its mistake, Virginia is suspending enforcement of the 8 hour reporting requirement until the statute is amended so long as incidents are reported within the 24 hour federal deadline.
