United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 2016_register executive 2016-05-12 article Part II Rules and Regulations D09002ee1c7f632ad D09002ee1c7f63376 United States Department of Labor originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency OSHA is issuing a final rule to revise its Recording and Reporting Occupational Injuries and Illnesses regulation. The final rule requires employers in certain industries to electronically submit to OSHA injury and illness data that employers are already required to keep under existing OSHA regulations. The frequency and content of these establishment-specific submissions is set out in the final rule and is dependent on the size and industry of the employer. OSHA intends to post the data from these submissions on a publicly accessible Web site. OSHA does not intend to post any information on the Web site that could be used to identify individual employees. The final rule also amends OSHA's recordkeeping regulation to update requirements on how employers inform employees to report work- related injuries and illnesses to their employer. The final rule requires employers to inform employees of their right to report work- related injuries and illnesses free from retaliation; clarifies the existing implicit requirement that an employer's procedure for reporting work-related injuries and illnesses must be reasonable and not deter or discourage employees from reporting; and incorporates the existing statutory prohibition on retaliating against employees for reporting work-related injuries or illnesses. The final rule also amends OSHA's existing recordkeeping regulation to clarify the rights of employees and their representatives to access the injury and illness records. 81 FR 29624 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2016-05-12/2016-10443 2016-10443 fr12my16-10 RIN 1218-AC49 4510-26-P Docket No. OSHA-2013-0023 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2016-05-12/2016-10443 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2016-05-12/html/2016-10443.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2016-05-12/pdf/2016-10443.pdf Intergovernmental Relations Health Statistics Occupational Safety and Health Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements State Plans 71 p. 29624 29694 81 FR 29624 Title 29 Part 1902 29 CFR Part 1902 Title 29 Part 1904 29 CFR Part 1904 RIN 1218-AC49 Improve Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses; Federal Register Vol. 81, Issue RULE 2016-10443 II DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Occupational Safety and Health Administration 2017-01-01 Docket No. OSHA-2013-0023 4510-26-P 2016-10443 Final rule.

OSHA is issuing a final rule to revise its Recording and Reporting Occupational Injuries and Illnesses regulation. The final rule requires employers in certain industries to electronically submit to OSHA injury and illness data that employers are already required to keep under existing OSHA regulations. The frequency and content of these establishment-specific submissions is set out in the final rule and is dependent on the size and industry of the employer. OSHA intends to post the data from these submissions on a publicly accessible Web site. OSHA does not intend to post any information on the Web site that could be used to identify individual employees. The final rule also amends OSHA's recordkeeping regulation to update requirements on how employers inform employees to report work- related injuries and illnesses to their employer. The final rule requires employers to inform employees of their right to report work- related injuries and illnesses free from retaliation; clarifies the existing implicit requirement that an employer's procedure for reporting work-related injuries and illnesses must be reasonable and not deter or discourage employees from reporting; and incorporates the existing statutory prohibition on retaliating against employees for reporting work-related injuries or illnesses. The final rule also amends OSHA's existing recordkeeping regulation to clarify the rights of employees and their representatives to access the injury and illness records.

This final rule becomes effective on January 1, 2017, except for Sec. Sec. 1904.35 and 1904.36, which become effective on August 10, 2016. Collections of information: There are collections of information contained in this final rule (see Section XI, Office of Management and Budget Review Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995). Notwithstanding the general date of applicability that applies to all other requirements contained in the final rule, affected parties do not have to comply with the collections of information until the Department of Labor publishes a separate document in the Federal Register announcing that the Office of Management and Budget has approved them under the Paperwork Reduction Act. For press inquiries: Frank Meilinger, OSHA, Office of Communications, Room N-3647, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210; telephone (202) 693- 1999; email: meilinger.francis2@dol.gov Intergovernmental Relations Health Statistics Occupational Safety and Health Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements State Plans Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses , meilinger.francis2@dol.gov schoenbaum.miriam@dol.gov Data.gov http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/CUSR0000SEEE01?output_view=pct_3mths http://www.bls.gov/iif/oshsum.htm http://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/publications/2014/acs/acs-28.pdf http://www.census.gov/econ/cbp/ http://www.census.gov/econ/esp/ http://www.census.gov/hhes/socdemo/education/data/cps/2010/Table1-01.xls http://www.data.gov/raw/1461 http://www.dol.gov/informationquality.htm http://www.ntia.doc.gov/legacy/data/CPS2009_Tables.html http://www.osha.gov/dep/fatcat/dep_fatcat.html http://www.osha.gov/oshstats/index.html http://www.osha.gov/pls/odi/establishment_search.html http://www.regulations.gov http://www.sba.gov/sites/default/files/rs373tot_0.pdf https://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/GDPDEF/# https://www.osha.gov/Publications/osha3165-8514.pdf www.osha.gov www.osha.gov/recordkeeping Vol. 81, no. 92 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2016-05-12 continuing daily deposited born digital 298 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2016-05-12 P0b002ee18f6a9b30 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr12my16 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2016-05-12 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2016-05-12/pdf/FR-2016-05-12.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2016-05-12/xml/FR-2016-05-12.xml fdlp 29471 29759 DGPO 2016-05-12 2024-06-02 FR-2016-05-12 machine generated eng FR FR-2016-05-12 81 92