OSHA moves to end COVID-19 recordkeeping rules for healthcare employers

OSHA moves to end COVID-19 recordkeeping rules for healthcare employers 
McKnights Long-Term Care News; by Donna Shryer; 7/1/25 
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) this week proposed removing COVID-19 recordkeeping requirements for healthcare employers, including the last remaining provisions of its pandemic-era emergency safety rules. OSHA on Monday [6/30] released a proposed rule to eliminate the remaining recordkeeping and reporting provisions from its 2021 Emergency Temporary Standard for healthcare settings. The proposal would remove requirements for healthcare employers to maintain COVID logs tracking all employee cases and to report COVID-related hospitalizations and deaths to OSHA regardless of time elapsed since workplace exposure. These provisions currently apply to more than 562,000 healthcare entities employing more than 10.3 million workers. These entities include nursing homes, assisted living communities, continuing care retirement communities and home health agencies. These entities include nursing homes, assisted living communities, continuing care retirement communities and home health agencies.