OSHA Changes To Recordkeeping and Submission Requirements for Employers

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OSHA Changes To Recordkeeping and Submission Requirements for Employers

 The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) issued new proposed rules today that would require “establishments with 100 or more employees in certain designated industries to electronically submit information from their OSHA Forms 300, 301 and 300A to OSHA once a year.  Establishments with 20 or more employees in certain industries would continue to be required to electronically submit information from their OSHA Form 300A annual summary to OSHA once a year.  OSHA also proposes to update the classification system used to determine the list of industries covered by the electronic submission requirement.  In addition, the proposed rule would remove the current requirement for establishments with 250 or more employees, not in a designated industry, to electronically submit information from their Form 300A and OSHA on an annual basis.  OSHA intends to post the data from the proposed annual electronic submission requirement on a public website after identifying and removing information that reasonably identifies individuals directly such as individuals’ names and contact information.  Finally, OSHA is proposing to require establishments to include their company name when making electronic submissions to OSHA.”  Want to see the whole proposed rule – see here:  [1]

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[1] Improve Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses; Proposed Rule | Occupational Safety and Health Administration (osha.gov)