1218-AC49 201510 The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 1218 Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA 1200 Department of Labor DOL Improve Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is making changes to its reporting system for occupational injuries and illnesses. An updated and modernized reporting system would enable a more efficient and timely collection of data, and would improve the accuracy and availability of the relevant records and statistics. This rulemaking involves modification to 29 CFR part 1904.41 to expand OSHA's legal authority to collect and make available injury and illness information required under part 1904, and a modification to 29 CFR part 1904.35 to clarify an employee’s right to report injury and illnesses to their employer without fear of retaliation.

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The collection of establishment specific injury and illness data in electronic format on a timely basis is needed to help OSHA, employers, employees, researchers, and the public more effectively prevent workplace injuries and illnesses, as well as support President Obama's Open Government Initiative to increase the ability of the public to easily find, download, and use the resulting dataset generated and held by the Federal Government.

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The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 authorize the Secretary of Labor to develop and maintain an effective program of collection, compilation, and analysis of occupational safety and health statistics (29 U.S.C. 673).

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The alternative to the proposed rulemaking would be to take no regulatory action.

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OSHA estimates that this final rule will have economic costs of $15 million per year.  The Agency believes that the annual benefits, while unquantified, significantly exceed the annual costs. These benefits include increased prevention of workplace injuries and illnesses as a result of expanded access to timely, establishment-specific injury/illness information by OSHA, employers, employees, employee representatives, potential employees, customers, potential customers, and researchers.

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Analysis of risks is still under development.

]]> Stakeholder Meetings 05/25/2010 75 FR 24505 NPRM 11/08/2013 78 FR 67254 NPRM Comment Period End 02/06/2014 Notice of Public Meeting on 01/09/2013 11/15/2013 78 FR 68782 NPRM Comment Period Extended 01/07/2014 79 FR 778 NPRM Comment Period Extended End 03/08/2014 NPRM Comment Period Reopened 08/14/2014 79 FR 47605 NPRM Comment Period Reopened End 10/14/2014 Final Rule 03/00/2016 No None No No No Amanda Edens Director, Directorate of Technical Support and Emergency Management 1218 Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA 202 693-2300 202 693-1644 edens.mandy@dol.gov 200 Constitution Avenue NW., FP Building, Room N-3653, Washington DC 20210