Alcohol-Related Workplace Injuries Recordable, OSHA Says
Employers are not exempt from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s reporting rule for on-the-job injuries linked to alcohol intoxication even though the injured employee’s consumption of alcoholic beverages took place off the job, reports Bradford T. Hammock of Jackson Lewis.
Amanda Edens, head of OSHA’s Technical Support and Emergency Management Directorate, outlined the interpretation in a later that was released April 18.
“According to Edens, OSHA health care professionals concluded the exception for self-medication does not apply because consuming alcohol ‘does not treat the disorder of alcoholism. Instead, drinking alcohol is a manifestation of the disorder,’ ” the article says.
