OSHA first stated: “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.”
That's what the OSHA site may have stated a few days ago, but now the message is completely different: "DOL and OSHA, as well as other federal agencies, are working diligently to encourage COVID-19 vaccinations. OSHA does not wish to have any appearance of discouraging workers from receiving COVID-19 vaccination, and also does not wish to disincentivize employers’ vaccination efforts. As a result, OSHA will not enforce 29 CFR 1904’s recording requirements to require any employers to record worker side effects from COVID-19 vaccination through May 2022. We will reevaluate the agency’s position at that time to determine the best course of action moving forward."
So injuries from employer-mandated vaccination will no longer be counted as workplace injuries. That turnaround was even quicker than George Orwell.
Not sure what 'recording' an injury has to do with employer liability.
The context here is 'recording' injuries. Just because an employer does not record someone's adverse effects after the jab, doesn't mean they are LEAGALLY free from responsibility. This is saying OSHA is not requiring employers to 'report' adverse vaccine reactions. I am not seeing how reporting and liability are symbiotic here. OSHA rules are rules...not laws. They are SUPPOSED to protect workers ... but clearly they are taking the posture here to protect the employers.