For preexisting injuries and illnesses, the work environment must have significantly aggravated the injury or illness before the case becomes work-related. Employers can now rebut the presumption of work relationship for cases developing from recreational activities, blood donation, etc. All work-related injuries from sharps contaminated with someone else s blood or OPIM must be recorded. Sero-conversion is a recordable illness. Work related if exposed to a n 85 decibel TWA environment.
Medical removal is a provision of some standards, such as lead and benz e ne.
Such cases are recordable. Voluntary medical removal is not recordable. The term, Lost Workdays is eliminated in the new regulation. Counting calendar days simplifies recordkeeping and should produce more reliable data on severity. Every employee must be told how he or she is to report an injury or illness to the employer.