US Department of Labor Announces Proposed Rule to Amend Federal Occupational Injury Illness Recordkeeping Regulation

The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Occupational Safety and Health Administration is proposing amendments to its occupational injury and illness recordkeeping regulation, 29 CFR 1904.41. The present regulation requires specific employers to electronically submit injury and illness information (that they are required to keep) to OSHA. The agency then utilizes these reports to identify and respond to emerging hazards and makes aspects of the information available to the public. The new proposed rule would:

• Require establishments with 100 or more employees in certain high-hazard industries to electronically submit information from their OSHA Forms 300, 301 and 300A to OSHA once a year.
• Remove the current requirement for establishments with 250 or more employees not in a designated industry to electronically submit information from their Form 300A to OSHA annually.
• Update the classification system used to determine the list of industries covered by the electronic submission requirement.
• Require establishments to include their company name when making electronic submissions to OSHA.

The proposed rule aligns with OSHA’s mission to empower workers by increasing transparency in the workforce. Companies with 20 or more employees in high-hazard industries would continue to be required to electronically submit information from their OSHA Form 300A annual summary to OSHA annually. Comments for the online Docket can be submitted here. The full Federal Register notice can also be read here. DCLRS, a government relations and consulting firm working with PHTA, will continue to monitor the proposed rule for PHTA members as the rule will impact the injuries that our members will have to report if enacted.