OSHA Withdraws COVID-19 Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements for Employees
(Feb. 21, 2025) – The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has announced it is no longer enforcing its COVID-19 recordkeeping and reporting requirements for employees, according to a memo issued on Feb. 5, 2025.
An excerpt from the memo reads:
"… effective immediately and until further notice, OSHA will not cite employers for violations of the requirement to establish, maintain and provide copies of a COVID-19 log under 29 CFR § 1910.502(q)(2)(ii) and (q)(3)(ii)-(iv) or to report COVID-19 fatalities and hospitalizations under 29 CFR 1910.502(r)."
Employers are still required to follow normal recording and reporting of work related COVID-19 hospitalizations or fatalities that meet typical recordkeeping and reporting criteria like any other workplace injury or illness.
If you have any questions, contact Chris Saiya, safety program manager, Kansas Hospital Association Workers' Compensation Fund at (785) 233-7436 or csaiya@khsc.org.
--Chris Saiya