[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 128 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 128

 To direct the Secretary of Labor to revise regulations concerning the 
 recording and reporting of occupational injuries and illnesses under 
            the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 6, 2015

   Mr. Gene Green of Texas introduced the following bill; which was 
        referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To direct the Secretary of Labor to revise regulations concerning the 
 recording and reporting of occupational injuries and illnesses under 
            the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Worksite Reporting Act''.

SEC. 2. RECORDING AND REPORTING OF OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES AND ILLNESSES.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Labor shall revise the 
regulations in part 1904 of title 29, Code of Federal Regulations, 
concerning the recording and reporting of occupational injuries and 
illnesses under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 
U.S.C. 651 et seq.), to require site-controlling employers to keep a 
site log for all recordable injuries and illnesses occurring among all 
employees on the particular site, whether such employees are employed 
directly by the site-controlling employer or are employed by 
contractors or temporary help or employee leasing services.
    (b) Definition.--As used in this section, the term ``site-
controlling employer'' means the employer that has primary control over 
the work on a particular work site and supervises the employees on a 
day-to-day basis on a particular work site.
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