OSHA Extends Comment Period For Hotly Disputed Electronic Recordkeeping Rule

OSHA has extended by 30 days the public comment period on a contentious planned rule unveiled last fall that would require quarterly electronic reporting of OSHA logs by large companies, to March 8, 2014 -- bowing to calls from industry for more time to review and prepare feedback on the proposed regulations, which eventually would result in injury and illness data logged by employers being put on the web.