OSHA announced that its final rule requiring certain employers in designated high-hazard industries to electronically submit injury and illness information to the agency will go into effect Jan. 1, 2024.
The Improve Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses standard expands upon current reporting requirements for these employers by dropping the minimum amount of employees from 250 down to 100.
This final rule requires establishments with 100 or more employees in certain high-hazard industries to electronically submit information from their Form 300 Log of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses and Form 301 Injury and Illness Incident Report to OSHA once a year.
These submissions are in addition to submission of the Form 300A Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses.
Some data published ‘to allow public to make informed decisions’
The standard will also require these establishments to include their legal company name when making these electronic injury and illness record submissions to OSHA.
OSHA states that it “will publish some of the data collected … 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.”
The agency feels that “providing public access to the data will ultimately reduce occupational injuries and illnesses.”
Employers with 20 to 249 employees who are classified in specific industries with historically high rates of occupational injuries and illnesses won’t see any significant changes to how they report.
Proposed amendments leading to this final rule were announced in March 2022. Read more from Vector Solutions on how OSHA’s new recordkeeping requirements in 2024 may affect your organization.