A regulation to revise how companies report injury data to OSHA is one step closer to reality. The rule would also make companies’ injury data available online to the public.
OSHA’s “Improve Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses” draft final rule arrived at the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs on Oct. 5. The proposal was unveiled two years ago.
OIRA is supposed to review proposed government regulations within 90 days of receiving them. However, particularly in recent years, OIRA has been known to hold proposed regs much longer.
The National Law Reviewsays this means “OSHA anticipates publication of this final rule very soon.” It could go into effect as soon as January 2016, according to the publication.
While that’s possible, there’s no guarantee this will be the actual timeline.
But even if the reg doesn’t go into effect in January, sending it to OIRA makes it likely it will become an OSHA reg before the end of 2016.
The proposed rule would add three new electronic reporting requirements for companies:
Establishments that are already required to keep injury and illness records and had 250 or more employees in the previous calendar year will have to electronically submit information from these records to OSHA on a quarterly basis.
Establishments that are already required to keep injury and illness records and had 20 or more employees in the previous calendar year, and are in certain designated industries, will have to electronically submit the information from the OSHA annual summary Form 300A to OSHA, and
All employers who receive notification from OSHA will have to electronically submit specified information from their injury and illness records to OSHA.
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