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DOL/OSHA

RIN: 1218-AC06

Publication ID: Fall 2002

Title: Occupational Injury and Illness Recording and Reporting Requirements
Abstract: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued a final rule on Occupational Injury and Illness Recording and Reporting Requirements (66 FR 5916, January 19,2001), scheduled to become effective on January 1, 2002. Following a thorough regulatory review, the Agency determined that all but two provisions of the final rule, regarding the recording of occupational hearing (1904.10) and musculoskeletal disorders -- MSDs (1904.12), would take effect as scheduled (66 FR 35113, July 3, 2001). Following notice and comment, OSHA published a final rule delaying the effective dates for sections 1904.10, 1910.12 and a note to 1904.29(b)(7)(vi) until January 1, 2003. The same final rule provided interim guidance on recording hearing loss and MSD cases during 2002 (66 FR 52031, October 12, 2001). OSHA issued a final 1904.10 regulation setting recording criteria for occupational hearing loss (67 FR 44037, July 1, 2002), and simultaneously issued a proposal to delay the requirements for checking a separate hearing loss column on the 300 Log, as well as an additional one-year delay for the 1904.12 MSD requirements (67 FR 44124, July 1, 2002). OSHA is continuing to reconsider the 300 Log columns for occupational hearing loss and MSD, and for defining "musculoskeletal disorders" for recordkeeping purposes. OSHA will issue one or more final rules to deal with these injury and illness recording issues for the years 2003 and beyond. OSHA will make a decision on what action to take next in Novembwer 2002.
Agency: Department of Labor(DOL)	Priority: Other Significant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Long-Term Actions
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 29 CFR 1904.10 29 CFR 1904.12 29 CFR 1904.29(b)(7)(vi)
Legal Authority: 29 USC 553 29 USC 657

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	07/03/2001	66 FR 35113
NPRM Comment Period End	09/04/2001
Final Rule	10/12/2001	66 FR 52031
NPRM	07/01/2002	67 FR 44124
Final Rule	07/01/2002	67 FR 44037
NPRM Comment Period End	08/30/2002
Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: State
Small Entities Affected: No	Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
Agency Contact: Steven F. Witt Director, Directorate of Cooperative and State Programs Department of Labor 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Room N-3700, FP Building, Washington, DC 20210 Phone:202 693-2200 Fax:202 693-1671 Email: witt.steven@dol.gov