Last Updated: January 10, 2012

LLR Safety Awards Application Now Available

The South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation invite you to participate in the 2011 Safety Achievement Awards program. The program recognizes a firm’s efforts to reduce recordable occupational injuries and illnesses during the past year.

The program is open to any employer with an average of 100 or more employees. Awards are presented in four categories:

• No recordable injuries or illnesses during calendar year 2011;
• A reduction of at least 40 percent in an employer’s incidence rate between 2010 and 2011;
• A difference of at least 75 percent in an employer’s 2011 incidence rate and the 2010 South Carolina average rate for that industry.
• Worked one million or more safe work hours without a lost-time injury or illness.

If you have any questions, contact Lesia Kudelka by email at Lesia.Kudelka@llr.sc.gov or by phone at (803) 896-4376. Applications can be sent by Fax to Lesia at (803) 896-44515, emailed or sent by regular mail.

Download Application (pdf)

Complete and return the application no later than January 30, 2011.

BLS Releases 2010 State, National Injury/Illness Rates

South Carolina's on-the-job injury/illness rate for private industry was 3.1 injuries/illness per 100 workers in 2010, down slightly from 2009’s rate of 3.2.

The 2010 rate mirrors the 2008 private industry rate of 3.1, which was the lowest rate in the history of the state Occupational Safety and Health (OSHA) program since data was first recorded in the 1970s. The data comes from the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics' (BLS) annual Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses.

The U.S. rate for 2010 was 3.5.

The state's overall 2010 injury/illness rate, which includes private industry and public sector, was 3.5 injuries/illnesses per 100 workers, the same as in 2009. In 2008, the state's overall injury/illness rate was 3.4.Read More (pdf)

SOUTH CAROLINA OSHA WILL REVISE STANDARDS at a Public Hearing on October 11, 2011

On October 11, 2011, the South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation will hold a public hearing at 10:00 a.m. at the S.C. Department of LLR, 1st floor, room 107, 110 Centerview Drive, Columbia, South Carolina. The hearing is being held to revise and amend existing health and safety standards for 29 CFR parts 1910, 1917 and 1926, as necessary to comply with federal laws. A major portion of the revisions for this hearing is in response to phase III of the standards improvement project (SIP phase III). The hearing will include updates to Subpart E for exit routes, emergency action plans and fire prevention plans to conform to the most current version of the NFPA101- Life Safety Code. This subpart will also be renamed as "Exit Routes and Emergency Planning". Read More (pdf)

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