New Mexico Register / Volume XXXII, Issue 2 / January 26, 2021

This is an amendment to 11.5.1 NMAC, Section 16 effective 1/26/2021

11.5.1.16 RECORDKEEPING AND REPORTING OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES, ILLNESSES AND FATALITIES:

A. General: Except as otherwise provided in Subsection B of this section, the provisions of 29 CFR Part 1904, Recording and Reporting Occupational Injuries and Illnesses (internet: www.osha.gov), are hereby incorporated into this section.

B. Exception: Work-related injuries, illnesses and fatalities which are required to be reported by 29 CFR Part 1904.39 shall be reported, by email, telephone or facsimile machine, to the bureau in lieu of the location specified in 29 CFR Part 1904.39. The bureau’s address, email and telephone/facsimile numbers are: occupational health and safety bureau, New Mexico environment department, P.O. Box 5469, Santa Fe, NM 87502, email: nmenv-osha@state.nm.us, Tel: (505) 476-8700, Fax: (505) 476-8734.

C. Reporting noval coronavirus: Within four hours of notice that an employee tested positive for the novel coronavirus, each employer shall report the positive test to the bureau as specified in Subsection B of this section or as otherwise directed by the bureau.

[10/9/1975, 9/3/1978, 3/21/1979, 5/10/1981, 11/17/1983, 7/19/1994, 1/1/1996, 8/15/1998; 11.5.1.16 NMAC - Rn & A, 11 NMAC 5.1.16, 10/30/2008; A, 7/16/2015; A/E, 8/5/2020; A/E 12/3/2020; A, 1/26/2021]

[11.5.1.16 NMAC - N, 12/03/2020] [The department has provided the Rapid Response Submission portal that may be used to satisfy the reporting requirements of Subsection (C). The Rapid Response Submission portal is available on the bureau’s website at https://nmgov.force.com/rapidresponse/s/.]