OSHA Abruptly Reverses Course, Says Employers Will Not Be Liable for COVID Vaccine Injuries After All

Contact Your Elected Officials

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration now says employers who mandate COVID vaccines will not be required to treat adverse reactions as โ€œrecordable injuries,โ€ thus eliminating employersโ€™ concerns about vaccine injuries impacting their safety record.

The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Friday reversed its position on requiring companies that mandate COVID vaccines to treat adverse reactions as โ€œrecordable injuries,โ€ announcing that it will no longer enforce its previous ruling.

OSHA said it made the change in order to avoid โ€œthe appearance of discouraging workersโ€ from getting theย COVIDย vaccine and also because it did not wish to โ€œdisincentivize employersโ€™ vaccination efforts.โ€

According to the agencyโ€™s website:

โ€œDOL [U.S. Department of Labor] 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 employersโ€™ vaccination efforts. As a result, OSHA will not enforce 29 CFR 1904โ€™s recording requirements to require any employers to record worker side effects from COVID-19 vaccination through May 2022. We will reevaluate the agencyโ€™s position at that time to determine the best course of action moving forward.โ€

As The Defender reported May 20, OSHAโ€™s website previously stated:

โ€œIf 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.โ€

In general, an adverse reaction to the COVID vaccine is recordable if the reaction is: (1) work-related, (2) a new case and (3) meets one or more of the general recording criteria inย 29 CFR 1904.7ย (e.g., days away from work, restricted work or transfer to another job, medical treatment beyond first aid).

According to OSHA, the requirement that employers must record serious work-related injuries and illness can leave employers with workerโ€™s compensation claims, which can have a negative impact on the employerโ€™s safety record.

Byย Megan Redshaw

Read Full Article on ChildrensHealthDefense.org

The Thinking Conservative
The Thinking Conservativehttps://www.thethinkingconservative.com/
The goal of THE THINKING CONSERVATIVE is to help us educate ourselves on conservative topics of importance to our freedom and our pursuit of happiness. We do this by sharing conservative opinions on all kinds of subjects, from all types of people, and all kinds of media, in a way that will challenge our perceptions and help us to make educated choices.

Was Texas Storm Manmade?

Another โ€œ1-in-100 yearsโ€ weather event in Kerr County happened next to a Texas designated โ€œWeather Modification Map of Rain-Enhancement Projects in Texasโ€.

The America Party Will Harm Democrats The Most

Elon Musk formed the America Party after an X poll asking his followers if they wanted โ€œindependence from the two-party system!

Democrats Exhibit the Dunning-Kruger Effect (DKE)

โ€œThe Dunning-Kruger effect is a cognitive bias where people with low ability at a task overestimate their competence, while those with high ability underestimate their competence.

250 Countdown

Those 56 intrepid men who signed put their very lives, honor and fortunes on the line. There was no auto-quill to accommodate their signatures.ย 

How the Senate Parliamentarian Changed the OBBB

An unelected bureaucrat does a important job in the U.S. Senate. Elizabeth MacDonough enforces senate rules on Trumpโ€™s โ€œOne Big Beautiful Billโ€.

Trump Administration Ends Deportation Protections for 76,000 From Honduras, Nicaragua

Mondayโ€™s decision is the latest in several temporary protected...

Death Toll From Texas Floods Rises to 82, Including 28 Children; Trump Plans Visit

Days after catastrophic flash floods in central Texas, rescuers are still searching for potential survivors, including 27 girls who went missing from camp.

Trump Signs Major Disaster Declaration Over Texas Flooding

President Trump signed major disaster declaration for Kerr County, TX, following floods leaving dozens dead and FEMA has been activated to respond.

Storm Chantal Makes Landfall in Carolinas, Weakens to Tropical Depression

Chantal weakened into a tropical depression, and tropical storm warnings previously issued for parts of North and South Carolina were discontinued.

Trump Announces 25 Percent Tariff on Japan, South Korea

President Donald Trump on July 7 issued letters announcing 25 percent tariffs on Japan and South Korea, set to take effect on Aug. 1, 2025.

White House Asks Americans to Pray After Deadly Texas Flooding

White Houseโ€™s Faith Office said in a statement that it is asking people โ€œto join us in prayer for the precious lives lost in the Texas floods,โ€

Trump to Meet With Netanyahu Following Iran Strikes Amid Cease-Fire Talks

President Donald Trump is set to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on the evening of July 7, 2025.

Trump Threatens BRICS-Aligned Nations With 10 Percent Tariff

President Donald Trump said on Sunday that an additional 10 percent tariff will be imposed on countries aligning with BRICS policies.
spot_img

Related Articles