Under OSHA rules, most employers with more than 10 employees are required to keep a record of serious work-related injuries and illnesses. Recorded injuries and illnesses become part of a contractors safety record.
This is the actual text of the new question and answer on the OSHA website:
"If I require my employees to take the COVID-19 vaccine as a condition of their employment, are adverse reactions to the vaccine recordable?
"If you require your employees to be vaccinated as a condition of employment (i.e., for work-related reasons), then any adverse reaction to the COVID-19 vaccine is work-related. The adverse reaction is recordable if it is a new case under 29 CFR 1904.6 and meets one or more of the general recording criteria in 29 CFR 1904.7."
In response, several large contractors said they have changed or will change their vaccination policy to only recommend—not require—a vaccine.
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It's my understanding that vaccine-related injuries will be handled as workers comp claims for insurance purposes, though I read that elsewhere and can't find it to include for you.
I don't like this one because it still gives them an inch in accepting that it is still mandatory to work there. Don't get me wrong, I love seeing OSHA being a bit based.
Show the employer the following from this link: https://www.enr.com/articles/51691-osha-imposes-new-guidance-for-employer-required-covid-19-vaccines
Under OSHA rules, most employers with more than 10 employees are required to keep a record of serious work-related injuries and illnesses. Recorded injuries and illnesses become part of a contractors safety record.
This is the actual text of the new question and answer on the OSHA website:
"If I require my employees to take the COVID-19 vaccine as a condition of their employment, are adverse reactions to the vaccine recordable?
"If you require your employees to be vaccinated as a condition of employment (i.e., for work-related reasons), then any adverse reaction to the COVID-19 vaccine is work-related. The adverse reaction is recordable if it is a new case under 29 CFR 1904.6 and meets one or more of the general recording criteria in 29 CFR 1904.7."
In response, several large contractors said they have changed or will change their vaccination policy to only recommend—not require—a vaccine. ---END---
It's my understanding that vaccine-related injuries will be handled as workers comp claims for insurance purposes, though I read that elsewhere and can't find it to include for you.
I don't like this one because it still gives them an inch in accepting that it is still mandatory to work there. Don't get me wrong, I love seeing OSHA being a bit based.