The U.S. Department of Labor today has issued a final rule that will require certain employers in high-hazard industries, including healthcare, to electronically submit injury and illness information — which they are already required to keep — to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
The final rule, which takes effect Jan. 1, 2024, includes the following submission requirements:
- Establishments with 100 or more employees in select high-hazard industries must electronically submit information from their Log of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses (Form 300) and Injury and Illness Incident Report (Form 3010) to OSHA once a year.
- To improve data quality, they must also include their legal company name when making electronic submissions to OSHA from their injury and illness records.
The requirements apply to establishments covered by federal OSHA and those covered by states with their own occupational safety and health programs, such as state plans.
OSHA said it will publish some of the data on its website to allow employers, employees, researchers and the general public, among others, to make more informed decisions due to increased access to a company's workplace safety and health record.
"OSHA will use these data to intervene through strategic outreach and enforcement to reduce worker injuries and illnesses in high-hazard industries," Dour Parker, assistant secretary for occupational safety and health, said in a July 17 news release. "The safety and health [of the] community will benefit from the insights this information will provide at the industry level, while workers and employers will be able to make more informed decisions about their workplace's safety and health."