On May 11, 2016, the Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA)
finalized a rule which will expand employer requirements to
record and submit records of workplace injuries and illnesses. The
final rule also contains new obligations pertaining to
employers' injury-reporting policies.
New Reporting Obligations
The final rule does not change employers' existing
obligation to complete and retain injury and illness records.
However, the new rule requires organizations with 250 or more
employees which are currently required to keep such records to
electronically submit this data to OSHA annually. Specifically,
these employers must submit the information that is currently
collected on OSHA Forms 300, 300A, and 301. The rule further
provides that employers with 20-249 employees in certain identified
industries must also electronically submit OSHA Form 300A on an
annual basis. The list of industries with 20 to 249 employees which
will have reporting obligations
