Companies will need to report workplace injuries to a government database that will eventually be made public under a rule proposed Thursday by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
OSHA is proposing to amend its current recordkeeping and reporting regulations to add requirements for the electronic submission of injury and illness information employers are already required to keep. The first proposed requirement is for establishments with more than 250 employees (and who are already required to keep records) to electronically submit the records on a quarterly basis to OSHA. The agency, part of the Department of Labor, also proposes that businesses with 20 or more employees, in certain industries with high injury and illness rates, be required to electronically submit a summary of work-related injuries and illnesses once a year.
