OSHA Issues Final Rule Requiring Employers in High-Hazard Industries to Submit Annual Injury and Illness Data
On July 17, 2023, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued a final rule that requires employers in certain high-hazard industries to electronically submit data from their Log of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses (Form 300) and Injury and Illness Incident Report (Form 3010). The requirement for electronic submission of information from Form 300A – Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses – has been retained in the final rule and will continue to be required from organizations with 20-249 employees in certain high-hazard industries and organizations with 250 or more employees in industries that are required to routinely keep OSHA injury and illness records. The new requirements apply to establishments covered by federal OSHA as well as those covered by states with their own occupational safety and health programs.
High-hazard industries include ambulatory health care services, general medical and surgical hospitals, psychiatric and substance abuse hospitals, specialty hospitals, nursing care facilities, residential intellectual and developmental disability, mental health, and substance abuse facilities, continuing care retirement communities, and assisted living facilities for the elderly, and other residential care facilities.
From January 1, 2024, employers with 100 or more employees in high-hazard industries must submit work-related injury and illness data and their injury and illness report once a year. OSHA has confirmed that it will not collect employee names or addresses, names of health care professionals, or names and addresses of facilities where treatment was provided if treatment was provided away from the work site from Forms 300 and 301.
OSHA will start publishing data from these submissions on its website to allow employers, employees, current and potential customers, researchers, and the general public to find out about an organization’s record of safety and health in the workplace to help them make informed decisions about employment and whether to do business with those organizations. The publication of safety and health information is expected to help reduce injuries and illnesses in the workplace.
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