OSHA Adds Electronic Reporting Requirements for Employee Illnesses and Injuries

May 13th, 2016 by Ann Rippe Regulatory Updates

New Rule Summary
OSHA is issuing a final rule to revise its Recording and Reporting Occupational Injuries and Illnesses regulations. The final rule requires employers in certain industries to electronically submit injury and illness data to OSHA that employers are already required to keep under existing OSHA regulations. The final rule also amends OSHA’s recordkeeping regulation to require employers to inform employees of their right to report work-related injuries and illnesses free from retaliation and to clarify the rights of employees and their representatives to access injury and illness records; clarifies the existing implicit requirement that an employer’s procedure for reporting work-related injuries and illnesses must be reasonable and not deter or discourage employees from reporting; and incorporates the existing statutory prohibition on retaliating against employees for reporting work-related injuries or illnesses.

For full text of this new rule, click here to view 81 FR 29624.

Related Citations
29 CFR 1904; 29 CFR 1904.35(a); 29 CFR 1904.35(b); 29 CFR 1904.36; 29 CFR 1904.41

Ann Rippe

Manager of Regulatory Services