On July 21st, the U.S. Department of Labor formally published a final rule amending its occupational injury and illness recordkeeping regulation to require certain employers to electronically submit injury and illness information to OSHA that employers are already required to keep under the recordkeeping regulation. Specifically, OSHA is amending its regulation to require establishments with 100 or more employees in certain designated industries to electronically submit information from their OSHA Forms 300 and 301 to OSHA once a year. The final rule takes effect January 1, 2024. Notably OSHA’s announcement explains that the agency will publish some of the data collected on its website “to allow employers, employees, potential employees, employee representatives, current and potential customers, researchers and the general public to use information about a company’s workplace safety and health record to make informed decisions.” This LeadingAge article provides a summary and initial analysis of the new rule, and this OSHA webpage provides additional information for employers.
