Larger employers and those in certain high-risk industries that were supposed to electronically submit injury records to OSHA by July 1 will get a break from that deadline.
On OSHA’s Injury and Illness Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements webpage, an update has been added that states:
“OSHA is not accepting electronic submissions of injury and illness logs at this time, and intends to propose extending the July 1, 2017 date by which certain employers are required to submit the information from their completed 2016 Form 300A electronically. Updates will be posted to this webpage when they are available.”
The National Law Review reports OSHA sent an email to stakeholders which stated:
“OSHA intends to extend the initial date by which certain employers are required to electronically submit their injury and illness logs. The Recordkeeping Rule currently requires certain employers to submit the information from their completed 2016 Form 300A to OSHA electronically by July 1, 2017. The proposal will extend this to a later date. Currently, we do not have any additional information about the timeline for this. We will let you know as additional information, including a proposed extension date, is available.”
The new rule requires certain employers under federal OSHA jurisdiction to electronically submit injury and illness data that they are already required to record on their onsite OSHA injury and illness forms:
- Employers with 250 or more employees in industries covered by OSHA’s recordkeeping regulation were scheduled to submit information from their 2016 Form 300A by July 1, 2017. These same employers will be required to submit information from all 2017 forms (300A, 300 and 301) by July 1, 2018. Beginning in 2019 and every year thereafter, the information must be submitted by March 2.
- Employers with 20-249 employees in certain high-risk industries were scheduled to submit information from their 2016 Form 300A by July 1, 2017, and their 2017 Form 300A by July 1, 2018. Beginning in 2019 and every year thereafter, the information must be submitted by March 2.
- OSHA State Plans must adopt requirements that are substantially identical to the requirements in this rule.
