Judging from the dismay that apparently helped convince the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration to change its guidelines for employer-required COVID-19 vaccines—unlike the original guidelines, the latest revision won’t require employers to record adverse reactions in OSHA logs—the industry should keep a sharp eye out for what’s still to come from the agency.

目前，美国管理和预算办公室正在审查目前正在审查的新的全面联邦紧急临时Covid-19标准可能比最近发布的疫苗反应指南更具烦恼的并发症。这种紧急临时标准，执行命令或准则已经存在于14个州，但尚不清楚拜登政府美国劳工部（OSHA）的一部分将向这些州学习什么。

Determining the difference between a recordable injury or illness and a reportable one, however, can involve subjective judgements.

需要在公司日志中进行条目的记录物品不那么严重，通常不涉及药物或抗生素治疗。

Reportables, in contrast, require immediate notification to OSHA and have more severe consequences as far as medical treatment and inability to return immediately to work. The overall safety record is important in qualifying contractors for new projects and may help company managers gain higher compensation if they win those projects.

当OSHA发布临时紧急联邦Covid-19标准时，记录保存问题将很重要。相关的总承包商和其他团体要求该机构将其协议与疾病控制与预防中心发行的方案“保持一致”。经常修复的CDC指南已经引起了相当多的混乱，因为了解病毒传播的发展和疫苗的作用。

Keeping them on the same page benefits everyone.

另一个措施更为关键。通过其律师准备的评论文件，由雇主组成的联盟要求单独的与病毒有关的事件和疾病记录。换句话说，OSHA将豁免1904年OSHA标准的Covid-19：伤害和疾病记录保存，并将病毒条目置于不同的历史或清单中。

The idea is based partly on reports of employer difficulties, and long hours spent, to determine whether the COVID-19 cases among employees are work-related and belong in the employer OSHA 300 Logs. This separate-record approach would not prevent inspection. The COVID-19 cases would be kept confidential but made available to employees or their representatives with personal identity information scrubbed. No party other than OSHA and local or regional health officials would have access to the separate record.

根据加利福尼亚的紧急临时Covid-19标准，雇主必须在同一工作场所的14天内有三个或更多的COVID-19案件与当地卫生部门联系，并向卫生官员提供有关雇员的信息。这种方法将使单独的日志在接触跟踪中有用。

But having a separate COVID-19 log would prevent virus cases from instantly altering the overall safety picture at a particular project or workplace. This is especially true because, as we know, COVID-19 spread and its causes may not reflect a lapse on the part of an employer.

雇主可以遵循所有各种和变化的规则以防止传播，但仍将病毒带入工作场所。

With vaccination proving successful and COVID-19 science providing new insights, we look forward to the eventual sunset of the temporary emergency standard and a fresh understanding of how to deal with this public health crisis, even if it was achieved after 586,000 U.S. deaths.

这篇社论是5月2日更新6, 2021 to reflect the latest change in OSHA guidance.